We visited Montepulciano, a town known for its wine, ate tasty food and found a really nice Christmas market. We left before it got busy, and found that visiting the markets after Christmas means it is a lot…
First, Christmas at home with caramel rolls. Next, an apartment in the city of Bologna for two nights. Jess and kids had colds, but we walked and ate our way through this very hip city. Then…
December has been filled with a LOT of activities, including…. Our base tree lighting, where we had fun with our Band friends and visited more friends afterward for hot chocolate and laughter. Ashton worked for a…
For our Thanksgiving weekend, we flew (with Matt this time!!!) to Warsaw, Poland. Matt had been to Krakow and loved it, and the flights and price worked out to check out Warsaw for 4 days. We had a…
November was a very busy month here! Matt and I went on a couple of dates and I had weekly dates with kids, there was a Boy Scout camp and volunteer opportunity for Cedar, and a rained-out crazy…
I am so lucky! I decided to be a groupie, leave the kids at home, and follow the Rock Band up to their gig in Umbria. I knew I was going to be able to spend the night…
For field trip day, the kids and I started off at Starita Pizza in downtown Naples. It was very good, and a really neat building as well: So many of the buildings in Italy and other countries look…
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…
The kids and Jess got to experience the beautiful city of Prague with our wonderful lifelong friends from Kalispell, Montana. Alan and Sarah are travelling around the world for two years, and we met them for several days…
Dad and I took a little side trip to Ireland while he was here. I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this trip: the weather was cool (I LOVED wearing a jacket, as it’s still so hot here!) and unusually…
