{Christmas Decorations 2011}

Some pretty wreaths I picked up at the garden store near our house.

                                Our Christmas tree all decorated.  The kids were excited to get it set up today!

Enjoy :D
Ciao!

{Happy 9th Birthday Kieran!!!} 15 Oct. 2011

{Happy 12th Birthday Mark!}

We celebrated Mark's 12th birthday yesterday (10/4).  Can't believe he's 12 already! His birthday present (and Kieran's too, her birthday is in 11 days) is a trip to Disneyland Paris this weekend.....SO EXCITED!
Ciao.

{First Day of School} 29 August 2011

 

Our first day of school! Mark is in 7th grade & Kieran in 4th.  It was my first day of school with 18 First Graders.  We all had a GREAT first day!! Here's to a FANTASTIC school year!

Ciao!!!

{exciting news!!!} 17 Aug 2011

It's official.........I accepted an offer to teach 1st grade here! I'm SUPER excited. I start 23 August and the kids go back to school 29 August.  Mark will be in 7th grade and Kieran will be in 4th.  We are enjoying the last little bit of summer vacation. 

Ciao!

{Swim Completed!} 12 Aug. 2011

21miles or 34,000meters at the post pool.

I started mid-June and finished this morning--swimming 1500m each time I went to the pool.

LOVE the t-shirt :D

Ciao!

{20 yrs!} Happy Anniversary to us!

{my birthday} 16 July 2011

Mark & Kieran made my cake this year. They were so excited to make it! It turned out fabulous, if I may say so myself :D

{Happy Birthday Mark!} 29 June 2011

{I'm married to an Ironman & a skydiver!} June 2011

Mark coming across the finish line in 7hrs. 51min. He competed in the Ironman 70.3 in Rapperswil, Switzerland on 5 June......we are SO proud of his accomplishment!

Mark did a tandem sky-dive in Thiene, Italy on 18 June...Happy Father's Day :D

You can see by the smile after, HE LOVED IT! and is already planning his next jump!

Enjoy...........

Ciao!

{trying to post pictures......honest!}

UGH! I've been trying to post pictures from Kieran's study trip to Sirmione and our latest adventure--a walking wine/food tour through the Italian countryside...............BUT............uploading pictures is NOT happening :(

I will try again soon......sorry if you've been visiting & haven't seen any updates.

Ciao!

{a walk through the backyard} 29 April 2011

Mark planted several rose bushes along the fence by the garden....they are starting to bloom :D

Looking at the back of the bakery/bread shop....every so often we can smell them baking :D


a vase of flowers I brought inside........

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{Easter} 2011

Kieran & her friends before the Post Egg Hunt...

getting ready...........

GO! It was CrAzY! Kieran had fun with her friends & that's what matters.

Easter Treats

Kieran got an extra basket at breakfast--We went to the 7am Sunrise Service and breakfast at the Dining Facility.

Enjoy :D
Ciao!

{2nd marathon COMPLETED!!!} 17 April 2011

I ran the Padova Marathon {Corri a Padova! Maratona S. Antonio}. I had an AWESOME race........I finished in 4hrs 26min 25 sec.........21 min faster than my first marathon :D A perfect day to run too.

You can't see it too clearly, but I wrote "for Pete" on my leg. He was never far from my thoughts--he's an inspiration to us all.

Enjoy :D

Ciao!

{Kieran's 1/2 birthday} 15 April 2011

Kieran celebrated with 1/2 a cake......an annual tradition :D

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{happy 1/2 birthday Mark} 4 Apr 2011

11 1/2 today.........in keeping with our annual tradition, Mark celebrated with a 1/2 birthday cake!

Enjoy :D

Ciao!

{shopping & lunch} 31 Mar 2011

I spent the day purse shopping & having coffee & lunch with friends.........a FABULOUS day!

us with our new, beautiful Italian leather purses :D

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{a VERY sad day} 24 Mar 2011

Rude--our beautiful, sweet kitten--is in kitty heaven. He developed a fatal disease, FIPV (feline infectious peritonitis virus) and he could not be saved....we are really going to miss him :(

{happy SPRING} 20 Mar 2011

flowers blooming here...........sunny & 60F today...................WELCOME SPRING!!!

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{first sign of spring}

This past fall when my mom was visiting, we planted a LOT of bulbs. Then we had flooding & I wasn't sure we'd have flowers this spring. But.........they are starting to bloom :D

Enjoy :D

Ciao!

{Milan} 13 March 2011

We had a nice surprise..........Suzanne (my cousin) e-mailed early last week and told me she had a business trip to Milan :D We drove up today to spend the day with her-she arrived about an hour before we got there--we met her at her hotel. It was a rainy day, but we had a WONDERFUL time exploring Milan.

The Duomo is magnificient. There was Mass being held as we walked around inside.


Suzanne in Milan!

Gelato :D

Castello

After visiting the museum, we took the metro back to the Duomo and had pizza made in a wood oven for lunch. A perfect way to spend a Sunday!

Enjoy :D

Ciao!