Frank & Bobbie on Soul Train

It's been a while but it's time for More Fun with my Parents' Pictures!

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Don't feel too bad for my parents. They like to see themselves dressed crazily, as evidenced by this picture from the mid-70's:

First Day of School

The kids have been back to school for almost 3 weeks now, but still...better late than never.

As a 3^rd Grader, Katie started out at the "big" campus this year. All the kids will be here by the end of October (Please God, let the New Elementary School Building be completed soon), but until then my kids are on 2 different campuses.

Here's the pictures we took in the morning, with the sun in her eyes and at a bad angle as I was trying not to get hit by other parents' cars.

After school was a little bit better time to take a picture.

Because they are on different campuses Katie takes the "bus" to school.

Here's Vito on his first day of Kindergarten. We are very happy that he has the same Kindergarten teacher that Katie did.

Croatia and Venice

After being home for two straight weeks we decided it was time for another vacation! We spent 4 nights in Poreč, Croatia.

After a 6+ hour drive, it was nice to take a swim at the beach. Croatia is on the Adriatic Sea.

After dinner we took a walk on the beach. The sunset was was AMAZINGLY beautiful.

While the sea water was refreshing, the beaches in Croatia are very rocky. It was very difficult to stand up and so we decided that the resort's pool was the better option for swimming for the rest of our stay.

The resort had a kid's club that we could check the kids into while we relaxed. The club held all sorts of games and activities for the kids, like races in the pool.

While there we celebrated Anna's Birthday. No Birthday Cake but no worries because the beer and wine were all included!Venice is just a little over 2 hours across the Adriatic from Poreč so we took the ferry over one day. Although we could have wished for a little more time here, we still had a really nice day.

A gondola ride was a must, of course.

Anna and the kids in Piazza San Marco.

The whole family poses on the Rialto Bridge.

On Saturday we ventured an hour south to Pula. The main attraction in Pula is the Pula Arena. Very similar to the Colosseum in Rome, albeit a little bit smaller. They still hold concerts here and were actually getting ready for one when we visited. (According to a poster in a store we saw we apparently just missed our opportunity to see Michael Bolton in concert...may be next time - not!)

We were very lucky and had a really easy drive home. We went through Slovenia - which was VERY picturesque and we look forward to heading there for a visit next year.

Lake Balaton

After getting home from the States and settling back in (Katie had a really bad case of jet lag) we spent a really enjoyable Saturday with several friends down at Lake Balaton - a popular Hungarian get away - about 1¹/₂ hours drive South of Budapest.

Vito and Katie with their friends Brianne and Haley making sand castles. The 5 families rented this boat and the kids had a great time siding into the lake.

There was even these great slides to go down! Katie had a great time but Vito only slid down once - under protest.

A really fun day capped off by dinner with our friends at a local Hungarian restaurant.