Sunday, August 14, 2011

Fun on the River in Guttenberg!

Cade and Jake getting ready to tube!

Carly and Carson after a fun ride tubin'!


Even Enzo likes to tube!!  

kamakazi!!!!!!
up at the river for Grandma's birthday - Carson and Carly, Cade and Jake had fun on the water!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Nancy!!

Aug 13th was Nancy's 75th birthday - YaHoo!!  We all had such a fun time!

We had so much fun celebrating Grandmas birthday!

The Birthday Girl!

presents!!


a double rainbow for Grandma Nancy's birthday!!  What does this mean?!!  


Pentwater Michigan



hanging with Grandpa at the beach!

chillin...

Jenny and Brady finished a run with a dip in Lake Michigan!



Tony and the kids vacationed in Pentwater, with his parents - Maggie and Jerry, his sister Jenny and her husband Brady, and Ky and B!  Duane and I flew up for the day to enjoy some time with them all on the beach and dinner with the Saylor Family!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Another beautiful day.....

For the rest of our time in Sorrento our days consisted of walks in the through the cobblestone streets, exploring the city, wandering into stores and taking it all in.  Sorrento is a beautiful city, the streets are full of life and energy.  We found Italian watches, Italian meats and cheeses (yes we shipped an entire leg of Proscuitto home!) beautiful ceramics, gorgeous flowers and plants and so much more.....  We would typically stop at a fruit and vegetable stand and get "lunch" makings, taking it back to the hotel, cleaning it up and eating on our balcony with a nice bottle of local wine.  Duane and I agreed that there really isn't "bad" wine in Italy and we particularly loved trying the local wines.  We enjoyed local restaurants and took one more day trip to Positano, such a picturesque, lovely spot...here are some pictures of our last few days in Southern Italy.


Dinner at L'Antiqua Tratorria.
 This restaurant is nestled within the stores on the streets of Sorrento, a secret Garden inside.

Proscuitto!

the beautiful, winding streets of Sorrento - this one leads down to Naples Bay.



Dinner at The Hotel

sunset in Sorrento.....





back to Positano for the day!
stunning views of the Amalfi Coast.
our view having lunch at The Sirenuse Hotel

another view from lunch at The Sirenuse



dinner our last night in Sorrento, we ate on the water in Piccolo Marina, and Italian feast of local wine, fresh seafood and pizza - what a combination and what a view!




an old Italian fisherman rowing in from fishing boat at the end of the day.....how Italian is that?!