Category: Family

A surprise visitor 0

A surprise visitor

We learned today that Grandma Snow has decided to book a flight and spend an extended weekend with us for Dominic’s second birthday. She arrives in Vegas in about an hour and leaves Monday...

Third from the Last: Make ‘Em Laugh 0

Third from the Last: Make ‘Em Laugh

I thought I would not be the last one in the family to post on our blog (It’s a race between Vinny and Pete Sr. now). It’s official: Vickey has actually done her own...

I feel the temperature rising 0

I feel the temperature rising

Yesterday for the Fourth of July we had a pretty laid-back day. We hung around the house that morning. Eliana had her weekly art class at 10 a.m. I took Ellie to the movies,...

A polyp wallop 2

A polyp wallop

A couple weeks ago, on a few different early morning occasions, I had a bloody nose that just wouldn’t stop. I drove to work with tissue stuffed up my left nostril in an effort...

Happy Italian name day, Pete 0

Happy Italian name day, Pete

My dad and I celebrated our Italian heritage today (June 29) by welcoming our official name day (see my previous post, Pete’s Blog: What’s in a Name?, and what I wrote about Dominic’s name...

Horsing around 0

Horsing around

I decided I should post more photos of Vickey and the kids. I thought this one fit the bill. Eliana was practicing her photo skills yesterday and snapped this image of Vickey and Dominic....

Dominic’s second birthday 1

Dominic’s second birthday

Hi everyone! As touted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and just about every other media outlet, there’s a lot of buzz surrounding 7/7/07. It’s the gambler’s lucky number, so you can imagine why Las...

The kids are growing up 0

The kids are growing up

Here are a few photos from some activities this month. We’ve got pictures of the carwash, one of Dominic’s favorite new words. And some photos of Dominic in the front courtyard and playing in...

Happy summer solstice 0

Happy summer solstice

Yes, it’s truly summer here in Henderson. We’re up to about 110 degrees every day. Inside of parked cars I’m sure it’s five to 10 degrees warmer than that. A couple times this week...

The cold shoulder 0

The cold shoulder

Those of you who enjoy hot or even warm showers will appreciate this story. Remember two-plus years ago when our hot water heater dumped 50 gallons of water and I had to tend to...