Friday, May 16, 2014

Family Pictures

We took the opportunity of having everyone around to take some family pictures.  We also did just the four of us on Vince's actual birthday.  I think they turned out really nice.

 The whole group!
 The Santinis
 The Coors
 How they really act :)
 The perfect senior pose
 We were all smiling :)
 Such a big boy
 Sweet boy
 This is how they really are, always running!
 Best one of the two of them
 5 years old
 Silly boy

Blowing out the candles again!

Vince's Birthday

This year Vince's birthday fell on a Sunday, so we were able to have the grandparents and uncles down for a small party on Saturday and then spend some time together on Sunday too. It was very nice.  The boys had a lot of fun getting a lot of attention from everyone.  This year we did request that a few things be wrapped up for Dominic too, because he is going through a "me too" phase.  If Vince has it he wants it, and sometimes he even just takes it.  Oh to be 1. :)  Speaking of Dominic, he loves his big brother.  In the morning if Vince is not up yet, he has to go and wake him up.  He runs into his room yelling "morning", and then he usually jumps on his bed.  So much brotherly love.  Vince is not usually as excited about it, but who can blame him.  They are starting to play more side by side lately which is fun to watch as well.  It is so hard to believe that Vince is 5.  It still feels like yesterday he was born!  He has turned into such a great little boy.  He is so loving and kind and he is really becoming social, which if you knew him in the past, that is a complete change.  He waves to everyone at the store and now that he is 5, he likes to tell them.  Preschool has been a huge benefit to him!  I hope the next 5 years don't go so fast, but some how I know they will :).

 These were Vince's brownies for his school party
 Nick and I might have played with the balloons a little before we decorated

 Vince picked our his cake all by himself
 The boys with Amy, she watches them while we work, they love her so much!
 We blew out the candles a few time
 It was really good cake
 Present time
 Eric wears suspenders, so Vince wanted some, and that is what they got him.  He has worn them every day since.
 The theme of this years presents was guitars
 Vince got a ukulele, he has one at Amy and Eric's house and really enjoys it 
Vince also got Nick's old guitar from when he was little!


Thursday, May 15, 2014

Easter

This year for Easter we stayed home and had a quite holiday, which was nice.  The boys got some cool new things from the Easter bunny.
 It was such a nice day that we were able to dye eggs on the deck

 They turned out pretty good
 Easter egg hunt
 The Easter bunny put one up on the basketball hoop, silly bunny!
 One on the door handle too!
 The Easter bunny hid Dominic's basket in the pantry which happens to be Dominic's favorite hiding place.
 A T-ball bat!
They sure got some great stuff!

Brother cuddles and building a garden box

We decided to grow some fruits and veggies this year.  Because we have bunnies, moles, and deer in our area we decided to build a couple of garden boxes.  It was a little bit of a bigger project than what we planned, but it turned out great!  I really hope we are able to get some good food out of it this year :).  Also, Vince has been asking to cuddle with his brother lately and with Dominic always being on the go it is difficult to get those moment.  One day after school Dominic fell asleep so Vince got to hold his brother and he was so happy!  It always makes me happy to see them loving each other :).
 I love this picture :)

 Using Nick's new saw!

 Before
 Getting it all ready
 Vince helping getting all the boards ready

 We had our tractor serviced this year and this is Vince pretending to be the guy who came and got it to take it to be serviced.  Dominic sat on it for a long time pretending to drive.
 It took a lot of dirt to fill our boxes
Finished project.  We put in tomatoes, onions, green peppers, red peppers, strawberries, raspberries, and blue berries.:)  Our next outside project is to stain the deck.