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cooking class

food and exercise • Jan 10, 2020

Matt really wants to learn to cook Italian food, so for the final day of his holiday leave, we booked a class. We asked Titti, a Neopolitan woman who teaches cooking and language classes to many people in…

around here: hikes, parties, friends, and fun

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , kid projects , mama's projects , outdoor adventures • Sep 30, 2019

A hike in the hills and a walk through Cassertavecchia, Boy Scouts camp for Cedar, bowling and a food festival in downtown Naples with Rosa and kids, a terme trip for Jess, Band parties (a potluck, the Admiral’s,…

abruzzo national park:: lago di barrea

beautiful things , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Aug 8, 2018

After Gargano, Matt and I decided to switch gears and head out to the mountains. We miss camping, and we had heard there are some campgrounds in Abruzzo. Abruzzo is a mountainous region in central Italy, and it…

cilento: valley of the orchids

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Jul 1, 2018

On the last day of our Cilento weekend, we decided to check out a place in Cilento National Park called Valley of the Orchids. The trail was filled with little orchids and signs telling us which orchids to…

snapshots of the start our new life

family , food and exercise , kid projects , mama's projects • May 31, 2018

Well, we are in Naples now. The 24 hours of travelling, drastic time change, luggage lost (then found), Navy Lodge apartment, and jet lag are all kind of a blur now. I do remember clearly the outpouring of…

a very jones thanksgiving

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Dec 29, 2017

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mount townsend

beautiful things , food and exercise , outdoor adventures • Jul 30, 2017

Being in decent shape right now for walking up a mountain, we decided to go ahead and make the (4 miles straight up) trip up Mount Townsend. It was hard, but, as usual on long hikes, something happened…

spring gifts

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , kid projects , mama's projects , outdoor adventures • May 16, 2017

Spring has brought us time working on the yard and house, time with friends, and time with our church community. The kids and I have been taking walks in the woods by our house many days of the…

they jump!

beautiful things , family , food and exercise , kid projects • May 16, 2017

These kids jump morning, afternoon and evening; when they ought to be in bed and when they’re supposed to be doing math and piano; always when friends come over, sometimes alone, preferably together, and definitely with Dad. On the trampoline…

her: a birthday, and a bit of outside

family , food and exercise , kid projects , outdoor adventures • Apr 14, 2017

She turned 12. She had a sleepover, went to the movies, ate food she wanted, and enjoyed her cakes and presents. I’ve also included here photos of her venturing out for bits of time as the weather warmed:…

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