6 years later :)

So it was not for our anniversary, but in August this summer we went back to Greystone, where we got married to check it out.  Vince has been watching our wedding video since our anniversary in July and has been asking to go there, so we thought since we were up for a wedding it would be a great time to check it out.  When we got there no one was around, so we were not able to go inside, but we did get to see the ceremony area because it is outside.  Vince thought it was very cool and so did we.  The place still looks great and I am sure anyone who gets married there loves it.  Here are a few pictures from Greystone.

 Where we said "I Do," now with a couple of kids 

Aww, we look just the same :) 

Brotherly love!

Fan/Kid Day at U of M

For the third year running we went to Fan/Kid day at the Big House.  This year we went with our friends the Barnes family.  Their kids, Addie and Koen, are about the same ages as our boys.  The kids got to run around, Vince and Dominic had their picture taken with the cheerleaders, Vince got to play the drums, both boys got to tackle daddy, and we got to see the kickers practice.  From the first year to this year they have really improved fan day and now have so much more for families to do. Even if you are not a U of M fan, it is pretty cool and you should check it out.

Dominic enjoyed walking around and really did not care about the other people, he just went where he wanted :)

Addie, Koen, and Vince played very well together. 

The height difference between Addie and Vince gets me every time.  Vince is only 3 months younger than her!

The best one of the four of them.

Brother and Sister love!

Little ladies man

Dominic on the other hand was not so sure of the cheerleaders

Vince enjoyed playing the drums

Coach watching the kickers

Rogers City for Nautical Festival

The first weekend of August is the Nautical Festival in Rogers City, and since last year we did not make it up there we decided to go this year.  We did a lot of different things, but I think the two highlights were seeing the big equipment at Calcite, and the parade.  It is really impressive how huge the dump trucks are!  Vince and Dominic also got a couple of new toys!  Cousin Ethan outgrew some of his riding toys, so Annie and Brian offered to let us have them.  They boys really like them.  It was a great weekend!

 Donkey has been at all the family events for at least 8 years now, maybe longer

 Vince's new tractor

 Dominic really liked riding the little four wheeler too

 The Bellmores

 The Santinis

 Huge Wheel

 Vince was driving the dump truck

 Dominic had to drive too

 We were so little compared to it!

Ann Arbor Kids Museum

This summer we wanted to check out some things that would be fun for the kids and one that we had heard great things about was the Ann Arbor Children's Museum.  It was very cool!  The kids had a great time and there was so much to do.  We will definitely be going back.  They have stuff for all ages and even Nick and I had a good time. :)  Here are a few pictures from the day.

 Playing in the young kids room, they loved all the balls and water table!

 This was a pretty neat section they had set up, the green screen.

Vince and Dominic got to play the piano with their feet :)

The Zoo

A few weeks ago Vince, Dominic, and I went to the zoo with my cousin Lisa and her two boys, TJ and JoJo.  The boys did really well.  We went to the Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek which is about half way for both of us.  They have a very nice zoo with a "train" that takes you to Africa.  We each brought a wagon which was great, but a little heavy at times.  :)  Vince really likes hanging out with his cousins and I know Dominic will appreciate it more in the near future.  It is really nice having them in Michigan now.  I am sure as the boys get a little bigger we will get together more often! 

 The boys started out with their siblings in the wagons.  I love JoJo's smile, he is the cutest. 

 This little guy woke up while we were looking at him. 

 On the "Train"

 TJ and Vince holding hands. :) They are buddies.

 Wild Africa

 Checking out the animals

 Nice smiles

 The boys had the opportunity to feed the Giraffes, Vince and Dominic were not too interested. 

It looks like the Zebra and Giraffe are attached here, they are not just in case you were wondering. :)



Up North

This summer we decided to take a mini family vacation up north.  Nick and I met 12 years ago at Schuss Mountain and that is where we went (it was also our 6th wedding anniversary).  We were able to rent a condo and it was really nice.  The boys had such a great time.  I think the favorite part was the bunk beds.  We took the top mattress off and put it on the floor and they spent a lot of time going up and down.  We went swimming in the pools, went out to Torch Lake and fished, and just enjoyed being up north.  Another favorite was that we could see the tee box for the first hole at Schuss so Vince sat out on the deck and watched a lot of people tee off.  The British Open was also on, so at times he was watching people tee off and Tiger Woods on TV, it really could not get much better than that. 

 We did not get a picture on his birthday, but this is Dominic's favorite way to be!

 Bunk Beds!

 Vince got to wear his flannel shirt up north.  He was so excited to wear one just like his Papa.

 The condo

 It was really a nice place

 View from the deck

Dominic's hair is getting very long :)