italy…part 1 of ???… there’s just so much goodness

i can't even edit in order.. i am posting random pics that caught my eye today. sigh, i miss this place! we did a few touristy things while there.. but really, we were in the middle of everyday italy.. south of naples and we LOVED it. i loved seeing the neighborhoods, seeing the people.. seeing the grit of everyday life. and since i can only handle touristy things in little bits.. i was so glad to share this trip with the people. it was such a people trip. we seriously made the most amazing friends. we are so thankful. it's amazing how you can live across the world, speak different languages.. but still connect.
here is the website that hosted the event.. there is a little video on there that shows some good stuff. the women enjoyed chris, LOL. i am cracking up that the ONLY speaking part of the video is CHRIS TALKING. hahahaha. ahhhh. i love them.

chris hung out with emily's husband a bit while i taught. this was taken while hiking up a volcano.

chris got this one of me teaching.. it's not the best photo but i LOVE it sooo much because me and my new friend paola are cracking up. my translators were the best. THE BEST!

good stuff.. FOOD. get OUT! nutella pizza?! deliciously insane. 🙂

my new favorite appetizer of all time. the potato croquette. i will dream about it.

best pizza ever. good part- it's all for one person. bad part- i have to cut it myself?!

and i love that they have little dessert bars like this. why can't our starbucks be stocked like this? seriously, that would be dangerous.

the women embarrassing chris. 🙂

we met people from france, netherlands, turkey and norway.. and so on the flight home, we couldn't help but befriend a traveller from ireland and gave her a lift to the train station 🙂

ciao!

June 8, 2008 24

thirteen

gasp! we have a teenager! she's having her sleepover next weekend so today will be a mellow day with us. chris and i are just STUNNED at how quickly 13 years passed by. i'm telling you, as soon as they start school– it just flies by. she's such a great girl.. we are so proud to have her in our lives.

lotsa italy pics to come.. we are trying to adjust with the jet lag and prepare for our wedding tomorrow. 🙂

June 6, 2008 25

ciao!

we bought a charger the other day, yippee! tomorrow is our last morning in italy and we will head to london for 2 nights.. then h o m e. i miss my bed. 🙂 but we have spent our days with new friends, delicious meals and lots of walking. we are whooped.it has been such a great time. i will miss our new friends.. and the gelato..i will miss the gelato, lol! we will be home by the end of the week to wish kira a happy birthday and then shoot a wedding the next day. gee i am tired just thinking about it 🙂

June 2, 2008 14

thanks

for all the encouragement.. unfortunately we are in a small town that doesnt have a best buy or a camera store or anything like that here.. we are holding out hope for monday when we go to rome.
although we had an AMAZING time today and had a full battery today so if this is all i get for the whole trip, i will be okay. i think.

May 29, 2008 9

sniff.

in london right now.. we don’t have our battery charger for our camera. i feel sick about it.

May 28, 2008 16

weekend full of relaxation and cozies

is what i am hoping for!
this is elsie’s cozy spot. our bed. just smothered in the goose down duvet. she loves it. she buries herself in there and says, cozy cozy cozy. then she wakes up and says i was cozy with my blankie. 🙂 but that’s not the type of blankie you take out of the house and drag around with you, and lately she’s been asking to, and i can’t let her! 🙂

we’ll be busy getting things organized here.. as chris and i leave on tuesday for italy! we’re excited but sad to be missing cam’s playoff games. my mom will have a busy schedule with the kiddos! hope to post from italy, just not sure if we’ll have internet and such.

have a great 3 day weekend! there are some great sales, heehee!

May 23, 2008 5

FYI

i know some of my readers don’t like me mixing my jac business here but i am pretty darn proud of this, and this is my blog so i really can do whatever i want 🙂
i just wanted to announce our new { j a c } blog!
i got pretty computer geeky with it, my first experiences with HTML and all that.. it’s pretty basic but again, i am pretty darn proud of myself for getting it going. 🙂
so there you go. with wedding season just around the corner, we thought it’d be nice to give jac some of it’s own glory….and we have a boatload of engagement sessions coming up that will go there. this blog isn’t going anywhere– there will still be a massive amount of family photos and scrapbooking over here 🙂

May 21, 2008 23

im little

cleaning out caleb's school work from last week to get ready for this week and came across this:

he is SOOO cute. we talk about him being little but strong 🙂
when we took him in for his 7 year check up the doc was surprised that he weighed so little.. that he was the average size of a 4-5 year old. our little guy.

happy monday, people!

May 19, 2008 13

giveaway from hero arts!

the good people over at hero arts generously donated some goodies for me to giveaway! i love the new big design blocks! i used them in the above layout for the background paper and for the big number 2. and their clear design stamps are the best quality. if you haven’t checked out their blog, it’s definitely worth checking out.. there are some good tips, videos and challenges! and jenniferis just one talented lady! super inspiring! 🙂

leave me a comment and i’ll pick a winner over the weekend! 🙂

happy friday!

May 16, 2008 304

two!

2 new pics of our girl!
one blurry…

one with lovely wind and light…

i forced myself to take some pics this afternoon.
i really don’t have much to show- i’ve been working on some jac stuff and a little scrapping (come back on friday for a giveaway) and getting ready for our trip to italy! we found out we’ll be stopping in london for 2 nights so chris and i are just happy campers!

May 14, 2008 8