Grandma Winnie Turns 90!!!

So a few weekends back, we packed up the family and flew back to Wisconsin to celebrate Grandma Winnie's (or Wynne if you prefer) 90th birthday.  We stayed at Allegra and Kevin's house, watched Nolan play soccer, and threw rocks in Lake Michigan with Chris and Inge and their boys.

Saturday night, we celebrated Grandma Winnie's birthday with a home-cooked meal (made by my momma with love) and a delicious cake.  This set of pictures also includes some shots from our first night in Milwaukee when we all had dinner at Allegra and Kevin's house.














And then on Sunday, we surprised Grandma with a big celebration with all of our family and friends in Kenosha.  Fun times!

Little by Little Trickle the Pictures...

One set and one set only tonight.  Way back at the beginning of November we met Adam, Sandra, and Sandra's sister and her sons at the Intrepid in NYC.  Here are a few of the pics from that trip.  Enjoy.

Free Panty Cat

'Nuff said.

Oh, here's some links to new pics too...

Garden Booty!!! It wasn't the best summer for growing vegetables in NJ, but we still got some good harvests of tomatoes, summer squash, and zucchini.

On a Boat!!!  We celecrated the end of summer, or at least summer vacation, with a boat ride on Long Island Sound.

Halloween 2009!!! Craving pumpkins, school parades, and trick or treating.

Enjoy and more to come.

Whoa...is it really October?

Then I guess it's time to catch up on pics of the family.  Way back in August, Nonna came for a visit, we celebrated Jonah's 4th birthday, and then Allegra, Kevin, Nolan, and Vivi came to NJ.  Here we are being tourists in NYC...Sunday morning is a great time to visit the Empire State Building!

And now the links.  My pictures aren't as organized as usual so each set has a bit of everything.

The first set are mostly pictures from Nonna's visit and the second set is mostly Allegra and her crew's visit.  Both include pictures from Jonah's birthday, trips to the town pool, playing Wii, breakfasts at Rockin' Joes, and fun in the sun at the Jersey Shore.

Enjoy.

July, July, July

OK, as promised, here are several sets of pictures from July.

I thought I had posted all the Sweden pictures, but turns out I forgot the ones we took our last day in Stockholm.

Back in NJ...pictures from a trip to Schooley's Mountain for some hiking in the morning and then dinner on the lower eastside with Grandpa Pat and Baba.  This set includes Grandpa Pat on a Harley!

And finally, we broke down and got Oliver his first haircut.  He didn't go 2 years like Jonah, but a year and a half ain't so bad!  He wasn't thrilled with the experience, but came out looking pretty darn cute if you ask me!

More to come...

More Sweden Pics!!!

OK, OK. Here are highlights from the rest of our trip to Sweden. Just links tonight, nothing fancy.

First, here are a few pictures from Haringe Slott, the castle where Adam and Sandra got married.

Next, here's a set of pictures from the rehearsal dinner.

The WEDDING CEREMONY!!!!

And finally, some pictures from the party after the wedding.

More pics to come....random highlights from July, Nonna's trip to NJ, Jonah's 4th birthday, and Allegra, Kevin, Nolan, and Vivi's trip to NJ.

Out of Order

The pictures that is, not this blog. So, before we left for Sweden, Cameron came to NYC for the first time. We met him, his friend Lea (they both work at Barrio in Seattle), Adam, and Sandra for dinner at Japonais. Here are a few pics from our wonderful dinner together:


Adam and Sandra (pre-marriage):

Me and Cam:

And now a link to a few other random pictures from June 2009. This set includes naked boys playing with LEGOs! My boys are gonna love me for this!

Here we go with the pictures...

Yes, it's been 2 months, but it's taken that long just to get through our Sweden pics to make online albums. We had a wonderful time in Sweden and shot about 1,600 pictures. So reviewing them and getting them online has taken awhile to say the least. And I'm a slacker.

First, here's a few pics of some of the bounty from our garden:


Mmmmmmm...zucchinis and summer squash...


And now the picture linkies:

Sweden Pictures - Set 1
Sweden Pictures - Set 2
Sweden Pictures - Set 3
Sweden Pictures - Set 4

More to come, including wedding pics.

Is it really June?!

Wow. We didn't take a single picture in May. I was on the road (eastern WA, Pittsburgh, Italy) and the camera was in Daniela's office most of the month. Oh well. The boys are growing and we'll have new pics of them soon enough.

From Deliceto - Part I

In the meantime, here are 2 sets of pictures from my recent trip to Italy with my Dad. He took most of these pictures (and hundreds more!).

Deliceto - Part I
Deliceto - Part II

This past weekend, Daniela and I got all fancy and attended Kean University's annual gala. This year the event was held on Ellis Island. Very, very cool place to hold an event.

From Kean U Gala

Since the gala benefited the Human Rights Institute at Kean, Paul Rusesabagina and Nicholas Kristof were two of the keynote speakers. Inspirational and yet depressing to hear some of their stories. Didn't seem to stop anyone from having a good time though! So here's a small collection of pictures of us (and several of Daniela's colleagues) at the gala.

Kean University 2009 Gala

Enjoy!

It's Only Mid-April...

...Give or take a few days. But it's time to post some pics.

First, here are a few pics of Jonah and me in the canoe on the Rahway River here in town.


And now a few of Daniela's new poster. This is at the Union Train Station if anyone wants to check it out.

And let's finish it up with some links:

Celebrating Grandpa Pat's 90th Birthday.

Easter in Wisconsin...Meeting Vivianna!