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On Sunday, we had to take our leave of Frank and Diane and head home. We met Federico and Valentina at Grand Central Station, since there were spending the night at Paul's Mom's house. Mom had a nice lunch for us, after picking us up from the train station. Here is Mom, Federico, Valentina, and Paul.

Mom, Federico, Valentina, and Paul gathered around the dining table after lunch

Mom, Federico, Valentina, and Paul seated around the table with trays of baked pasta and salad after lunch

Tiffany, Bobby, and Fallyn came over first to visit.

Tiffany, Bobby, Fallyn, Federico, Valentina, and Paul posing together around the dining table

Federico and Valentina were told that this was just the beginning of the food, and that they were going to have to eat a lot more.

Valentina and Federico seated at the table with Paul standing nearby, all reacting to something off camera

(Actually, I have no idea what was said but it is an adorable picture.) Tiff did her part to eat some of the apple cake.

Mom talking with Tiffany at the kitchen counter while Tiffany eats a piece of apple cake

We played a little bocce ball until the others arrived. Federico and Valentina did not recall playing bocce ball back home. They are naturals at the game, though.

Paul, Federico, and Valentina playing bocce beside the house

Valentina holding a bocce ball and getting ready to play on the lawn

A nice shot of the back of Mom's house, and one of us down on the lawn.

Four people walking across the lawn carrying bocce balls

Federico and Valentina's visit gave people the opportunity to give them wedding gifts; here they are opening a gift from Kristen and Dan.

Federico and Valentina smiling together while opening a gift on the deck

Paul, Ron, Debi, Kristen, and Bobby.

Family and friends gathered on the deck during the party while one man drinks from a wineglass

A nice shot of the back yard behind Kristen, Federico, and Valentina. And then a photograph of Kristen, Federico, Valentina, Jeff, and Paul.

Three people standing together on the deck in front of the yard

Group portrait on the deck of five people including Federico, Valentina, and Paul

Ron, Debi, and Domenika (Jeff's girlfried).

Three people seated together on the deck under the patio umbrella

Dan, Kristen, Bobby.

Three people posing together on the deck for a portrait

Here is a picture of Federico, Valentina, Laura, and Emil.

Federico, Valentina, Debi, and Dan posing together outdoors on the deck

Paul and Valentina smiling together at the dining table indoors

Federico and Valentina valiantly ate a couple more slices of pizza.

Federico and Valentina eating pizza together at the table

Ron, Jeff, Debi, and Dan ate in the living room.

Dan sitting in the living room with pizza on a tray and waving toward the camera

Jeff, Debi, and another guest eating pizza in the living room

Federico's grandfather Eugenio is Paul's grandfather Gino's brother. The two of them (the grandfathers, that is, not Paul and Federico) were different ages but looked almost identical. Eugenio and Iole (their sister) had come over to visit back in 1975. We spent a little time looking at some of the old pictures.

Federico and Valentina looking through an album of old family photographs at the table

Several family members gathered around the dining table while Federico shows the photo album

We headed back home Sunday night. Mom brought Federico & Valentina to the train station the next morning, so that they could get their flight to Miami.

Federico and Valentina sitting together on a bench at the train station the next morning