Dinner with the Donahues

Steve, Missy, Jen, Jed, Jacob & Jordan

What a fun, fun treat last night! Jen, Jed, Jacob & Jordan drove down from NJ to have dinner with us. We're so glad we were able to hang out with them at one of our favorite places in Old New Castle. It was so fun to see them and of course their boys totally entertained our girls! Future ladykillers!

Rachel, Jacob, Jordan & Stefanie

Jessop's Tavern makes me feel like I'm eating in an inn in early America, except that the food is totally 21st century!

Windians!

AJ, Rachel & Stefanie

One of our favorite Ohio things to do is watch the Indians play with Granny & Grandpa Teddy. This year we got lucky and they won too! We are Indians fans, we don't take this for granted.

Mike Golic & AJ

During the first inning we heard the typical vendor shouts of "who wants a hot dog". Of course we look over because I always want a hot dog at a game, but there is something different happening. The vendor is surrounded by people and there are TV cameras. So I asked the woman in front of us and it turned out it was Mike Golic (Cleveland native) from ESPN's Mike & Mike show.

Mike & AJ - check out his "Wild Thing" glasses

It took AJ about 2 seconds to get over there. He of course got a selfie and free hotdogs for him and the girls too!

Steve & Missy

Grandpa Teddy & Granny

It was a beautiful evening for baseball! Go Tribe!

Fourth of July Fun!

Almost all of the cousins...Dominic was at Cadet Field Training
Brian, Victor, Adam, AJ, Phillip, Mark, Ken
Rachel, Laura, Stefanie, Bethany, Kayleigh & Katie

We had a fun 4th of July weekend with the DelRosso family in Ithaca.  This annual tradition is a favorite time of year for the whole family.  A time to relax, reconnect and have fun together. Great-niece/Great-granddaughter Kayleigh is everyone's favorite entertainer.

Kayleigh & Stefanie

Katie, Kayleigh & Rachel

We are always very busy doing nothing and a little of something.  The girls continued the 4th of July Tshirt tradition this year with their "Keep Calm and 'Murica On" tanks.

Stefanie, Laura, Kayleigh, Rachel, Katie

We of course had the annual washers tournament. This really takes up the whole day on the 4th of July, with two games constantly taking place. Teams are drawn randomly except for the prior year winners. They can stay together.  Last year's winners, Rick & Mike, couldn't hang on and the ultimate winners were Steve and his nephew Mark. We take this very seriously, complete with "engraved" trophy.

Mark & Steve

Meanwhile, I think Dominic having some fun at Camp Buckner!

Dominic is third from the right, back row

We even managed to get a photo of the siblings and their mom together!

Motty, Vicki, Rita, Grandma/Mom, Tina, Steve

Steve continued his tradition of a fabulous fireworks show at the end of the day. Every year it gets better and better!

Celebrating AJ - One More Time!!

We had one more celebration for AJ's graduation with Steve's family. It's always good to celebrate!

AJ & Bethany

Our creative niece Bethany, who is also AJ's Godmother, and her clever mom, Steve's sister Vicki, came up with a fun candy based card for AJ. It was a perfect because not only did it highlight AJ's graduation but it contained lots and lots of candy for our candy monster. He was thrilled.