Swinging in the trees

Colby and Logan LOVE to swing in the trees in our front yard. They could swing there for hours.

Father's Day

Jason and his 2 favorite boys

2 wheelin

Colby has expressed interested in wanting to ride his bike without training wheels. So, we took them off this weekend, and gave him his first lesson. He still has a ways to go, but he's getting more and more comfortable withouth the training wheels each time we go out.

Jason showing us how it's done! :)

Batman!

Pa has a very cool Batmobile at his house which Colby & Logan enjoyed riding around the cul-de-sac.

We also drove over to Algonkian Park to the playground, and Pa showed us some cool trees to hide in.

Fingerpainting

When Colby was a baby, about 10 months old, I tried fingerpainting a picture for Jason's birthday. Logan is 10 months old now, so I decided to try it with him for Father's Day.

All clean and ready to go!

Tasting it first

Yuck!

Getting his little finger messy

A messy cute kid

Overall, he wasn't too interested in getting messy, but the picture came out cute.

New Pier in Nags Head

We took a weekend trip to Nags Head, NC and were there for the grand opening of a new pier. Jeanette's pier is beautiful and they celebrated with skydivers from an airplane. The kids all thought that was really cool.

Monte Carlo

After a wonderful stay on the water, we took another train along the coast to Monaco for the company portion of our trip. Monte Carlo is beautiful. The people were busy getting ready for the Grand Prix race that's coming up at the end of the month.
There were lots of huge yachts
Monte Carlo Casino - nothing like the casinos in Vegas
Awards Gala evening
After dinner, there was a private performance by Train, which was so much fun!
Lots of Ferraris and other fancy cars there
The beach was beautiful, but not sandy...lots of rocks
Dressed up for a nice dinner out.
Last night - a RED party

Cinque Terre

After another day in Florence, we took a train to the Italian Riviera to visit the Cinque Terre. I had never been there before, but Jason had been here with his brother when they backpacked years ago. He said it was the one place he really wanted to go. I wish we would've have planned to stay here longer than just 1 night, because it was beautiful. We stayed in Monterosso in a sweet little B&B where the owner was so nice.

After we dropped our suitcases in our room, we went down to the docks and took a boat ride to see each of the 5 towns from the water. Each of the towns are connected by a hiking path. You can hike the whole path in about 6 hours. We weren't there very long, so we only hiked a small trail from Riomaggiore to Manarole on a trail called Via Dell' Amore. It was an easy walk with beautiful views.

Europe Day 2 Tuscany

On our 2nd day in Europe, we rented a car and drove south from Florence down to Tuscany. We stopped at a winery for lunch and a tasting, then continued through the hillsides to San Gimignano and Siena.


San Gimignano was a great little town up on a hill. Of the 72 towers built, only 14 are left standing.




Il Campo in Siena - Siena is another gorgeous town in the Chianti region.

EUROPE! (Florence)

Jason was awarded a trip to Monte Carlo for all his hard work. Only the top 15% make this trip, so we were really excited. Jason and I have both toured Europe when we were younger, separately, but we haven't been back in many years. I have been wanting to get back for a long time. We decided to extend the trip and visit Florence, Italy for a few days first. We were so lucky to have our family members volunteer to watch our precious boys while we were gone.

After a very very long flight that was made even longer by having to wait on the plane's runway for 4 hours due to computer and weather issues, we finally arrived in Florence, Italy!
The Duomo
Wonderful cafes with paninis and sweets
Gelato!
Ponte Vecchio Bridge
We hiked across the Ponte Vecchio bridge, over the Arno River, up to the Piazza Michaelangelo to see a beautiful view of the whole city.