*Knock Knock Knock* PENNY

I would like to introduce you to the beautiful new addition to our family that has been keeping us so busy.  Meet Penny :) (named after the character on the show Big Bang Theory).  This four month old Dachshund has been a handful trying to potty train her and getting her to sleep through the night and teaching her what not to chew but shes so freakin adorable and so much fun that its all worth it.  Walking her is a slow process because her cuteness stops people on the street every two steps and they all just have to pet her and ask us about her (it's actually quite frustrating). All in all Penny is doing well and slowly learning.  I've been obsessively taking pictures of her so here are a few and I'm sure there will be more to come

My Daddy is FIFTY

So as most of you know I went on a cruise last week.  We went on the biggest ship in the world, Oasis of the Seas. It was both my dad's fiftieth birthday and my aunt (his sister in law)'s fiftieth birthday, they were born like an hour apart on the same day.  So anyway our family and my aunt's family went on a birthday cruise and it was awesome! Lots of sand and sun, my favorite excursion was Jamaica where we climbed a waterfall and then tubed down a gently flowing river and ended up on a beach with sparkling white sand and turquoise water where we ate jerk chicken for lunch...doesn't get much better than that.

Here are a couple of pictures, for the full set go here

The BEACH

So this post is a little late... 45 hour work weeks are harder than they look, now I know why adults complain so much

Anyhoo Pietro and I went to the beach early in July with my friend Courtney who lives out on Long Island.  She took us to Long Beach where we had a day out of the city relaxing in the sun.  I was working on my tan for the upcoming cruise too.  Of course I brought along my camera so here are a few photos of the day.  Soon I will post cruise photos from last week I promise

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