Happy Birthday to me :)

A birthday bouquet from Maria :)

Yesterday, we celebrated my birthday! It was nice to have my parents here from Georgia to celebrate with us. Dany was home all day, too, since it was SVC's Fall break!

Here is the birthday cake I wanted...The apple-cream cheese cake from Southern Living's September issue. Very good! (BTW, there's also a really good homemade pudding recipe in that issue!)

Here's the regular birthday cake that Maria baked and decorated for me. This cake was really for the kids :)

Presents...

Cati made me a doll :) What a treasure!

And Maria drew this picture of Mary for me!

The beautiful priceless gifts that I received and do not have pictures of are the many hugs and "Happy Birthdays" from my sweet kids! What a wonderful day!!

The Last Time We Were in Rome

During our upcoming visit to Italy, we're hoping to go to Rome, especially now that some of the kids are older and can really appreciate it. Here are some pictures from the last time we went to Rome in June 2004. We only had 2 kids then. Maria was 3 (nearly 4) and Cati was about 18 months.


In St. Peter's...



In front of St. Peter's...

Homecoming at SVC

Yesterday we went to Homecoming at SVC. It was a beautiful day - look at the blue sky!

First, we saw a parade...

The kids got tons of candy tossed from the Homecoming Court. No need for us to go trick-or-treating!

Lunch...

...and football. The kids really liked the bushes across the way that spell "Saint Vincent."

Matteo was very excited to watch his first football game!

Giuseppe enjoyed his first football game, too! I spent the day shading him from the sun. He was wearing his Bulldog shirt, ready to cheer UGA to a victory over TN later in the evening!!

Elena really needed a nap, so we left at halftime. The SVC Bearcats went on to win the game!