Our Trip to Visit Gia Roccatani

Nov 3, 2002

On Sunday, November 3rd, Sally and I visited Gia Roccatani, my first cousin once removed (See http://www.rootsweb.com/~billingh/relation.shtml ).
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Also there were Gia's parents, Fred and Rose Roccatani, and Gia's new significant other, Nick.

To start, here is Gia in front of her new house in Chino Hills, CA. A really big place -  5 bedrooms!
 

 


The inside (ask me sometime about that coffee table):






We had a nice time visiting, a great fish dinner cooked on the BBQ and some really interesting stuffed Zucini. After dinner, we took a walk around her new neighborhood. There is a new park being built nearby called Big League Dreams.




It is a bunch (6 maybe) of ball fields each modeled after an old Major League baseball park. The outfield walls are painted to look like stands filled with people. There I took a few group photos. Here is Nick, Gia, Fred and Rose.



Here is me, Sally, Rose, Gia and Nick (Fred took the photo).



Here is Rose and Fred.



Here is Nick and Fred checking out the visiting team dugout.



I forgot to mention, the gates to the field were locked but Gia found a way in.



We had dessert (made by Sally) when we got back to Gia's house. Here is a picture (as it was getting dark) of Gia's backyard. Over the past year, Gia, Fred, and Nick transformed it from an empty piece of dirt to a yard with grass, a covered patio and a planter.



We had a great time seeing them. It had been a couple of years since our last get together.

Mark and Sally

email :  markd@san.rr.com

Here are links to some of our earlier trips

Grand Canyon 2002
Park City 2001
Pittsburgh 1999
Sally's  Organ
Idyllwild 1999
Carrizo Gorge 2002
Jerome AZ 2002


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