We arrived at the coast in the bay of Kotor and found our super cute Airbnb, which had awesome views of sea, beach, and mountains. Over the next several days, we drove much of the Montenegro coast and…
We finally got to fly somewhere with Matt! For Matt’s summer leave we went on a family trip to Montenegro. We flew into Split, Croatia, rented a car, and drove through Croatia, Bosnia, and into the mountains of…
Cedar went to Scouts Camp for over a week and Matt left on a work trip, so Ashton and I went on our own trip… to Berlin. I had heard it was an interesting city, and it was…
Matt had a Band gig in Orvieto, a town in the Umbria region a few hours north of us. I’ve decided that if I can go to his gigs, I will… so I did! The kids and I…
We had a BBQ in the park, a very hot hike (the weather has been insanely hot lately), pool time, and fun with friends. Matt has been doing a lot of travelling for work (Morocco, Montenegro, and Romania),…
A LOT of rain, an Escape Room, a Navy Band performance featuring a spectacularly fun Neopolitan choir, an authentic Chinese dinner with our Judo team, friends, a sad farewell to a friend, Boy Scouts, dog-sitting, lots of cooking,…
An Escape Room, Cedar’s origami obsession, Ashton’s Easter Egg Hunt, a cupcake class for Ashton with epic ingredients, learning to buy vegetable off-base for Jess, a lunch out, a 12th birthday party (with cupcakes, dirt cake, bowling and…
For our Easter three-day weekend, we drove up the coast about 2 hours north to the region of Lazio. We spent an afternoon in the cute beach town of Sperlonga, then made it to our apartment in Sabaudia…
A yellow belt in Judo for Cedar, a fun day with our Italian friends, a birthday for a 14 year old, a Boy Scouts camp-out, a walk around a lake on a spring day, cooking for both kids,…