The Wizard of OZ and his Baby Girl

Here is Marta with her Dad getting ready to dive off Fraser Island on the Great Barrier Reef! They should be arriving in Sidney today. For Mauro, the adventure ends next weekend, but but our girl will be truckin' on in Australia for a time and then it's off to South America.

babies

Wow, I thought we were fertile over here. I feel bad that I dont even know who Layla is.
I see Monte looking out from Vivian M's photo. She is so Brian!!! I can't wait to see them in person.
How was the little piggie?? Juicy? Looks good. Love you all and miss you.

On the Bay

Neighbors on the bay resurrected an old tradition by roasting a pig. Vivian and Layla seemed to be enjoying themselves.

The full video of the party can be seen here, but you might want to just watch the beginning - when it gets to the kids playing the balloon game, its pretty much just that til the end.

Cousins Party

Rain shmain. Give yourselves a pat on the back for leaving almost no leftovers.

Here are the photos.

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Happy Birthday Kama!

Hope you're having fun watching the stars in St Lorenzo, we're here with Tara and Brian.

YAAAY!!

hurraaay! Thank you Monte!!! I have finally managed to subscribe to the blog, after 4 months of attempts!! In Asia the invitation to join would come up in the language of the country, it would show up in thai, then malaysian, then indonesian... and now I'm finally in oz and I can understand what the heck it wants-and it works...! Welcome to the 461 blog!
I'm in australia folks, after 4 crazy fantastic months in Asia, we have now been re-introduced to the civilised world.. we met up with Papa Mauro in Cairns, north east australia, and decided we weren't feelin reality just yet, so we got into the car and decided to drive into the wild wild west, the australian bush!
been on the road for 4 days now, and it is incredible..desert, trees, dead kangaroos (counted about 50 along the road today, and they are the only kangaroos we've seen by the way...), tiny desolate towns, and hardly anyone in sight.. its absolutely awesome! a real adventure!
Super duper massive incredibilicious congratulations to the fantastic parents of the new arrivals.. so so so happy and proud, I cannot wait to meet the little muffins!!
Damn, this is a really awesome family. This blog is fantastic, but it makes me miss you more! I will try and get around the globe to see everyone, New yorkers, canadians, portlandians... ASAP!
I miss you all and love you all like crazy.. MASSIVE HUGS and KISSES from australia!!

Sidewalk Surfer

Has the Ripstik craze reached beyond Breezy Point? Let me tell you -- it's way harder than it looks. Kate worked like crazy for a couple of days, and now she's a pro!

the 461 sentry...

Last time we were in town. I think for Brian and Tara's wedding we happened to find ourselves in the neighborhood as well... but Hazel definitely was not caught off guard that day.

461

Tara and I were running some errands with Vivian today and we happened by 14th street. The block was kind of quiet (it was hot and it was Monday) but I was surprised I didn't see Hazel. The house looks the same and different. Did everyone hear the story of how we went to an open house there a couple of years ago?

The Birthdays Party

We celebrated the July birthdays last Saturday. Here's a couple of minutes of it. It's not terribly exciting, but it has our favorite song in it.

Here are the pictures.