Sunday, July 11, 2010

wisconsin visit: part 1



@ the racine fireworks. i think i was the only one enjoying them; my sleepydoos couldn't stay awake

















chillin' at racine's fourth fest parade.
thanks for loaning us the comfy chair, uncle mike!







our friends' kids, christopher and lucas, battling it out with tom and dominic

we had a great time, jacksons... thank you for the hospitality











the anniversary party
tommy brought out his fireman gear for us to try on... that was fun!


this is dominic's cousin, carly












dorothy (nona) even tried on the gear! :)
she looks so cute!





















































this is tommy, helping dominic get the gear on. it's really heavy!

tommy - thanks for going to the trouble to haul all this stuff out for us :)












the golden pair... cutting their replica wedding cake

(way to go jay & annamarie! a great idea to have the original wedding cake recreated!)




the original* graceffa clan

*minus david





















swinging cousins (dominic, alexis, isabelle)










dominic wrestling with his cousin, vinny















sparklers in the front yard













a new friend, dominic named him "mr. crab"











dominic and uncle john looking for mr. crab













the first part of our trip was spent in racine with tom's family. thanks for allowing us to stay with you.

during part 1 of our visit, we:
  • celebrated a 50th anniversary for tom's parents joe & dorothy. we really enjoyed ourselves at the party, where dominic had a blast playing with cousins and chasing chase, who he really is quite fond of
  • spent time at the beach in racine; building sandcastles, walking, and playing on the jungle gym
  • watched the fourth fest parade with friends
  • saw fireworks (and enjoyed the nice, cool temps)
  • cooked-out with friends
  • golfed
  • played at possibility playground
  • dominic made wonderful memories!!
i really wish we could have done more, seen more friends (sorry i missed the cook out reese's, i was stranded with no vehicle), etc.... but the time flew by and we couldn't squeeze it all in!

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