Katie's First Day of Kindergarten

Katie had her first day of school today. Mary Kay and Vittoria put her on the bus (for an hour!) and then raced to the school to get pictures of the arrival.

She was the first one off. Makes for a very nice picture.


A throng (or hoard) of adoring parents.


They made their way to the doors.


And inside.


Caption contest!

Deep Creek Lake, 2008

Pictures from our recent trip to Deep Creek Lake.


Feeding the ducks.


Swimming in the cove.


Feeding the ducks, this time at home.


A nice sunset.


A very nice picture of Ryan.




Four generations.


We can be exhausting.







Thanks to Enzo, Eleanora and Andrew for hosting all of us.

Party in Baltimore

We had a party in Baltimore to celebrate our many successes this year (Mary Kay getting tenure, Paul and Andrew graduating, etc.)



Deborah is always a favorite.

Hershey Park

Here are some pictures from our recent trip to Hershey Park.

Katie got a blue icee drink. She then wreaked havoc.


We watched a 3D movie. Mary was not such a big fan once the movie began.


The rides. Oh the rides.


You guess if Katie is our favorite or if Mary did not want to have her picture taken with the Kiss.


Katie enjoyed this at the time, but now she is worried that she hit her head on the ceiling.


Vittoria's first time in the swimming pool.

Enzo BIG Fish

Great Fall

same as last year

Member night at the zoo

We took Gabrielle.







Vittoria played her first game of peek-a-boo.

After we had a great weekend visiting Derek, Mary Kay, Katie, Mary, and Vittoria, Ryan wasted no time getting down to some heavy playing at home in his toy box.

SAMANTHA 4-Month old

Franco need a big drink

Mary Kay's Tenure Party

It was a pretty big hit. About eighty people came.

We had a pig roast.




And a lot of food (most of which was made by Vittoria; Rhoda made the mango pie).




And a pinata.