2012 Centofante Family Reunion

The weekend of August 4th, Sam and I hosted the 2nd reunion here at our home in Henderson.

I can't believe it had already been 2 years since our first reunion in Gilbertsville, KY.

It was an overcast weather weekend for the most part which didn't affect too many of our guests.



Uncle Freddie entertained us with his piano playing. Wonderful to hear that piano being played so well! Even if it needs tuning.



Debbie and Michael celebrating their 9th wedding anniversary...Happy Anniversary!



"Great" Aunt Dorothy and baby Adelina.



The 4 Amigos...Michael, David, Sam and Anthony. Yeah, that's right...that "was" my bottle of Crown Royal!



Our Great Niece, Charisma.



Charisma loved Great Uncle Sam's peanut butter cookies!



Our daughter Jordan and our son Alec.



Jordan and Sam.



Anthony and son Austin.



My nephew Austin was my kitchen company. He stood with me in the kitchen for at least 72 hours, lol. (It was nice to look UP and see his beautiful smile.)

Sam and I want to thank all of you for making the trek to Henderson to share in our reunion weekend. We had a great visit.
And I hear on the wind that our next reunion will be in sunny So California! Woohoo!!

xxoo

(Those of you whom aren't in my photos, I'm sorry. I wasn't behind my camera too often. And if you have any photos to share please email them to me at sncento@yahoo.com and I will add them to my blog for all of us to share.)

A Moment at the Aria

A quick moment to share a quick moment spent with my bff girlfriend from high school, Karen, who called me on Wednesday of last week and asked if we could spend an evening together like the "old days".

She booked a room for us at the ARIA on the strip for Friday night. And what a beautiful choice!







First stop once unpacked was a "sweet" from the sweet shop 'JEAN PHILIPPE'.











And after viewing the gorgeous layout of goodies we respectfully chose the lemon meringue mini pie.



Then it was two cosmo's heading to the Cosmo-politan after a delicious dinner at Mastro's Ocean Club for Karen to view "the" chandelier.



Thank you Karen for thinking of me...next visit will be a room at the Cosmopolitan.

Mahalo Hilo...Mahal kita! Part I

I had a wonderful time with Kel and the boyz in Hilo, Hawaii.
I went with Kelli for her 25th class reunion from Pahoa High School and to check on her Hilo house she has been building.



I enjoyed the company of all her welcoming classmates and family for the entire week.



Kelz close classmates met us for dinner Thursday before the reunion. Iwa and Raylyn were wonderful and Iwa's stories are a crack up.

The Friday night before the reunion we met everyone down at Kalapana Beach, their ol' high school stomping ground. Part of the beach has been overtaken by the lava flow. The night's sky was full of incredible stars.



Nothing like being hugged and kissed on the cheek by attractive Hawaiian men every time we said hello or good bye, just sayin'.



The food was amazing on our trip. Part II of my trip I will tell you all about her cousin Heather's amazing salmon.



1 lb Laulau with 2 scoops of rice...an island favorite. Too much for me.



But a 10 oz ribeye will do me just fine!



Each morning my breakfast included 1/2 a papaya with fresh squeezed lemon, not just any papaya, but a huge Hawaiian papaya (you can't get it like this on the mainland). I will never have papaya again without lemon, amazing (thank you Kel Kel!).



A walk through a lava tube with Kel and Brad. A view of the puffing smoke activity of one of the big island's volcano. What a view.



(Above photo of the Kilauea caldera and the emissions from the Halema'uma vent.)









It was great to walk everyday in a light rain along the bay. So much green! And the scent of the ocean...ya can't beat that!









When the boyz joined me we would stop for coffee along the way. No, not Starbucks (thank goodness). Kona coffee in Hilo at Jama's Coffee.

To be continued...

2012 Musso Golf Tournament!!

I'm a bit behind in blogging, okay, I'm alot behind (Hi Cheryl!)...
Had a great time this year at the Annual Musso Golf Tournament back at the end of June in sunny So Calif. Karen joined Sam and I again this year.







We had a new player on our team, John Russell. Great outfit John!



Our team finished with a 73!! Only 1 over par. I think the Crown and Coke did it! Or maybe the Bloody Mary we started off with.









Next year I am heading up and all girl team so Sam can be with the boys!



Great time, great friends, great golf! What more could you ask for?

Our Little Grandbaby Adelina is One!

Alot going on this month and last, but thought I should take a moment and blog about our adorable little Adelina who turned 1 year on June 24th.



Family and friends helped us celebrate at her birthday pool party.





Nona and Nono made the trip along with Adelina's Aunt Liz, Uncle Chris, cousins Jaiden, Haley and Ashton.







Lotsa chokies for baby Adelina!!



Daddy bbq'd the carne asada (delish) and everyone played in the pool.



Great Grandma Pat came in especially for her birthday party. I gave my Mom a relaxing week prior. Sam even gave up his remote control...what a nice son in law.



Wonderful celebration! Adelina we love you!! xxoo