Steve's Family April 2016

Ah, lovely unmistakeable Venice.

Kent loved feeding the pigeons.  This place was his playground and we spent many hours here just chilling.   Look at his flip flops.  Isn't he so so cute?

The famous photo that is in every depiction of Venice.  Tom said the yellow building in the corner of the photo is his favorite.  It was stunning.

Dinner along the Canal.  Yes the waiters and owners were extremely friendly....but it was because of Kent.  Italians love their bambinos.  

It seemed like all the towers were leaning.  I like how in the plazas that is where they 'play' whether it is a game of soccer or playing jump rope.  No green grass parks in Venice!

Just picturesque.  And the wisteria was in full bloom.

Looks ideal right?  Our apartment was on a canal, and it was fun to watch the gondolas pass by.  What I didn't think about was that Kent thought it was great fun to throw things into the water.  Yikes.

In a nutshell, our visit with Steve and Felicia and Kent was marvelous.  We watched Kent while the parents went to Paris.  We had a nice family trip to Venice and the weather was fantastic.  Steve was able to visit everything in Belgium on his bucket list: frites, Stockel waffles, downtown, Tervuren Lake, the bluebells in the forest, Atomium, Domus, BAS, Brugge.  It was hard to watch him take his 'last look' at his birthplace and his childhood home and all the memories and landmarks that makes up who he is and where he grew up.  I saw a T-shirt advertised where there is a tree and the roots are of the colors of the American flag and the branches and leaves are the colors of the Belgian flag representing people who live in Belgium but have American roots.  Felicia said, "In your case Steve, it would be just the opposite."  It's true.