It was summer since I posted last. Our life is so busy and so different from the ways it once was that I don’t often find myself taking pictures. I made an intention to find meaning and gratitude…
Since I am hardly taking pictures anymore, here are a few from my snaps over the past months. Otherwise we have been busy with work, school, gym, scouts, dog walks, chores, and a weekly trip to hike or…
August here was, once again, like every August here but even worse this year, HOT. So stupid gross humid hot. Record hot. We went to cooler Slovenia for awhile, but we also had to come home. Also the…
Matt has been out of town in the Ukraine to play music at a military festival there, so the kids and I have been way busy with fun stuff. We took Rosa and the kids up to Monte…
Cedar’s Scouts troop created a Summer Camp for a week. They camped at our local military park and took a lot of day trips– rafting, caves, rivers, snorkeling, etc. Cedar had a BLAST. Scouts is so awesome. I…
More chess in Vomero for Cedar, and adventuring around the town for Jess and Matt. One time we brought a new band family with us and explored Castel St’Elmo. I love watching the way the men gather together…
A backyard BBQ with our Italian friends… A date to Bacoli for market, pizza, and watching a kind of kayak/rugby/soccer match on the water… A date to Pozzuoli with Matt… A mall date with Cedar….…
A date with Nolan, Carney hikes with Matt and Addie, a pizza date on the sea, Ashton with new friends, Boy Scouts back to meetings and a campout, and chess club! Ashton has also been babysitting, and the…
A pre-lockdown walk with friends on Monte Vesuvio:: Christmassing:: Thanksgiving-ing:: An online Italian cooking class and shopping with the teacher:: Haircuts:: Vegetable markets and wine-on-tap; we are still always finding new discoveries now…
We couldn’t trick-or-treat or host a party this year due to Covid, so instead we opted for an Escape Room, a themed dinner with a friend, a treasure hunt, a gingerbread castle, a costumed video-chat with Leia, and…