Our Trip to Newport Beach, Dominic's first visit to the ocean
Rocco and Nana B
Dominic did not like the feel of the sand
Eating the infamous frozen banana on Balboa Island
Rocco and Grandpa Gregg in his "Race Car"
Our Prince and Princess Crowns
Our crowns turned Super Hero Masks!
Rocco and I had a fabulous date night. We went to dinner at McDonald's (his choice of course) and then went to see a production of "Beauty and The Beast" at the Sandy Amphitheater. It was fabulous and Rocco loved it! All 2 and 1/2 hours of it! We sat on the lawn in our beach chairs and snuggled under the blanket once the sun went down. We purchased crowns, he was the prince and I was Belle, which quickly turned into superhero masks but putting them over our eyes. After the play Rocco was able to meet the cast members which he thought was REALLY COOL. His favorite was not the Beast, not Lumiere, but "Chip", Mrs. Potts son, played by a 7 yr. old little boy named Andrew. I think Rocco was bitten by the acting bug that night, he says he'd like to play Chip next year.
How cute is the uniform!
Gettin' in on the action
How many goals Rocco scored his first game!
Ok all, sorry I haven't posted in a while. Where did August go? You blink and it's gone. Bye-bye summer. We had a busy month, lots of fun things happened. I posted a few of the highlights and will try to catch up and post the rest of our August adventures. I'm not going to let September slip away from me like August did. Here are a few of the highlights thus far. More to follow soon....
New cabin being built
Cowboys horses
Dominic riding Oreo
Even Vinnie got in on the action
Vinnie and I celebrated our 6th year anniversary on August 4th. It was Mexico in the rotation as to where we would go but seeing how Dominic is attached at the hip and everyone was a little nervous about watching him for the first time overnight, we only made it as far as Park City. It was nice, we even managed to stay up until 10 which was pretty good for us seeing how we'd gone to the Arts Festival that afternoon, rode the Alpine slide (which I won on the race down), had a nice dinner, hot tubbed and sat in the sauna. It's crazy to think we've been married for 6yrs. and even crazier to think that we've been together for 12! Good times...
"Just like Daddy's"
How cute are they? Vinnie took Rocco golfing with him. Can you tell he's a little excited!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to my friend Bridgette and her hubby Travis on the birth of their darling baby girl MIA!!! What a cutie, mind you she came 5 days after her scheduled due date. Way to hang in there Bridg- I'm glad she's here, she's beautiful!!!
Congratulations to my friend Jenica and her cute family on the birth of their new baby Harmony! This is number four, and she was born on the 4th (my wedding anniversary), it's a good day. She's pretty cute, good job Jenica.
We had fun sitting by the campfire. We made "Smores" and something new to us called "Smookies". Smookies are like smores but instead of useing Grahm Crackers you use Chips Ahoy Cookies. Very tasty, I would highly recommend it.
We beached on Saturday. The water was nice, don't listen to Dominic. Rocco caught crawdads (sp?) and got great use out of his water guns. Honey is the Larsen's dog, she is an awesome dog. She kept Dominic entertained.
If you've been to the movie theaters lately you've probably seen this display. We thought we'd have our picture taken with America's most loved animated family. For even more fun you can log onto www.simpsonsmovie.com and create your own Simpson avatar in your likeness. It's really fun to do, Rocco can even do it himself.
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Well, the decision has been made. The kids thought that "Some Dude's Playground" was more fun than "Bouncin' Off The Walls". From a moms perspective, BOTW was cleaner but no real place to sit if you have little ones too small to play. SDP, although not as clean, was bigger with more equipment and easier to sit and watch them play. However, as you can see from the pictures we had fun at both places and the best part is, Mom's can play too!
I had a fun birthday party with family and friends. Thank you all for all of the birthday wishes. I am so sad to see my birthday month coming to a close. Until next year.....
The morning of my birthday some friends and I went down to the ABC 4 Studio and sat in the audience of "Good Things Utah". It was a lot of fun and they wished me a Happy Birthday on air.
I just want to congratulate my friends Brian and Kerrian Halling on the adoption of their precious baby girl Brooklyn. How cute is big brother Hudson. Congrats! She is a very lucky little girl.
Gina and I on the first day of kindergartenIt is thanks to Gina that I was able to design my blog page. She has introduced me to the world of digital scrapbooking. It is my new found love. I aspire to be as good as she is. Gina is a long time friend and I thank her emmencly! Thank you Gina!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Here are the pictures we had taken for Vinnie for Father's Day. We used all of his favorite things, golf and sports. Rocco is actually wearing Vinnie's real golf shoes and hat and posing with his real club. Dominic was more interested in eating the club. The boys also wore Jazz jerseys (Williams and Kirilenko) both with Kirilenko hair dos to match! Vinnie played golf both Saturday and Sunday and then we BBQ'd and swam with Vinnie's parents and brother. We tried to spoil Vin as he does so much for us. After all, he is their HERO!
Vinnie is doing well. Work is keeping him busy. However, not too busy to golf. He's so glad the warm weather is finally here and golf season has officially began. He's doing well, despite the Jazz losing. We've opened our pool and are having a great time swimming and BBQing in the backyard. He is Rocco's hero. We call Rocco "Mini Vinnie". Whatever Dad does Rocco must do as well. Rocco has now sworn off "tighty whities" and will only wear boxers because that is what dad does. Poor Vinnie however rarely is called Dad. Rocco refers to him mostly as "Best Bud" or "D Will". Rocco has given everyone in the family a players name from the Jazz. He's an awesome dad!
Rocco is 3 and all boy. He recently played his first 18 holes of golf the other weekend. Dad wasn't sure he'd make it through 9 holes yet he wasn't ready to quit after the 18th. Rocco is busy, busy, busy. We're trying so hard to keep up with him. He loves sports,(especially Andre Kirilenko from the Jazz who inspires his hair do!) pirates and swords, riding his bike, water guns, and the pool. He just finished his first year of preschool. At his parent teacher conference she told us that Rocco makes sure no one goes without a friend. Whether it's playing house with a girl or blocks with a boy that no one seems to want to play with and because of this everyone wants to be his friend. We were so proud. He loves his little brother, sometimes a little too much. The other day while driving Dominic let out a horrible scream when I asked Rocco what happened he asked, "Why are eyeballs so squishy?!" However, he really does love being a big brother and does a very good job of it!
Dominic is now 6 months old and is such a fun little guy. He is so layed back, happy, and always smiling. He is now 20 pounds and 28 inches tall. This month he has started eating baby food, learned to sit up by himself (thank goodness) and much to his Daddy's delight has learned to say, "Da Da". He loves his big brother and playing in the pool.
