A field trip to a lovely Neopolitan park (Capodimonte), dinner and board game friends, a Boy Scouts accomplishment for Cedar, a bowling date, Halloween, and Addie’s 7th birthday. For Halloween, first we had our Italian friends come over…
Yesterday was one of my very favorite days since we’ve been here. We headed out of Naples into the mountains to a little village called Castelcivita. First we toured an underground cave system with mind-blowing, imagination-invoking ancient stalactites…
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,…
Here are the next set of photos from Dad’s visit. O’m pretty sure he loved the cappucino, pastires and pizza even more than he loved seeing us! Thanks again for visiting us, we sure loved having you.…
My Dad came!!!! We had a whirlwind trip of touring some of the area’s highlights. Dad was so excited to see everything, so it was SO MUCH FUN to be a tourist with him! Here are some photos,…
After Matera, we visited the Calabrian coast, including the beach at Rocca Imperiale Marina and the town of Trebisacce, where we spent the next two nights. I’d been craving the turquoise, clear sea all summer, and I was…
For Labor Day weekend Matt got a 4-day weekend so we headed toward the south of Italy. Our first stop was Matera. From Wikipedia: Known as la città sotterranea (“the underground city”), its historical centre “Sassi” contains ancient cave dwellings.…
Typically I wouldn’t devote a whole blog post just to a family picnic, but I picked up my “real” camera for the first time in maybe a year, and I liked the photos. Similar to the lake, family…
We have found that there are certain things that really work for our family, that bring us a sense of peace and unity, and that just work for each one of us. The lake is one of them. …
A Carney Park picnic with friends, lots of kid-friend visits and sleepovers (including Ashton’s first ever 4-girl sleepover!), pool time, a date with Matt to a dinner-and-concert-fiasco-adventure, a beach trip, a hike that I lost the photos from…
