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there and back again

June 18, 2012 at 5:56 pm

Well, I guess I went on an unexplained blogging vacation! Sorry about being MIA for all you few and faithful who look forward to updates. I’m back now with some photos today and other life updates later this week.

One reason for the lack of posting is that our little family took a trip back to the States. We did nothing but relax with family and see friends the entire time, altogether a sweet interlude in regular life. I’ll share more from our visit home later this week, but for now, here are some iPhone photos from time with family as well as a few from life since we got back last Wednesday night.

Marmee (mother of twins) teaches Lena how hard it is to take care of twin babies!

& snack time on the back deck

nature loving in the Garbers’ beautiful backyard in Virginia

now back home in Sicily, we settle back into our familiar routines (and also pots)

playtime and “helping” with the laundry

she pulls her wooden alligator behind her everywhere these days

& enjoying a traditional Sicilian breakfast (frozen granite ices inside brioche sweet buns) with my dad, who visited us this weekend

enjoying the fruits of Sicily: homemade cherry compote (in an old lemon curd jar)

& munching on an apricot on a walk

yesterday Lena found new uses for her cloth diapers as her mama took them off the line

3 :: in family, Lena, life lately, travel, Virginia

there and back again

June 18, 2012 at 4:56 pm

Marmee (mother of twins) teaches Lena how hard it is to take care of twin babies!

& snack time on the back deck

nature loving in the Garbers’ beautiful backyard in Virginia

now back home in Sicily, we settle back into our familiar routines (and also pots)

playtime and “helping” with the laundry

she pulls her wooden alligator behind her everywhere these days

& enjoying a traditional Sicilian breakfast (frozen granite ices inside brioche sweet buns) with my dad, who visited us this weekend

enjoying the fruits of Sicily: homemade cherry compote (in an old lemon curd jar)

& munching on an apricot on a walk

yesterday Lena found new uses for her cloth diapers as her mama took them off the line

3 :: in family, Lena, life lately, travel, Virginia

Italian Road Trip Day 1 :: Tivoli Gardens

May 22, 2012 at 11:22 am

Elliott admitted somewhere in the middle of this epic road trip that we were doing this for me. Around here I often wax romantic and wistful, day-dreaming about “seeing Europe.” It was for his wife’s dreaming that Elliott organized most of the details of this trip. He arranged the rental car in Rome, booked hotels along the way, brought home stacks of travel guides from the library. (I love that boy!) I need to remember this because many times it was a lot less dreamy than the photos will show. We’re always smiling in these photos. You won’t see the sweat on our brows when the GPS failed us again. You won’t see us dragging our luggage in and out of hotels each and every night. You might see a picture of us getting the most. expensive. roadway. ticket. EVER., but that’s another story for another time.

Basically we’re not sure we’ll ever road trip through Italy again! Well, at least until next year.

And now… without further ado… Tivoli Gardens: a hidden gem in the hills outside Rome.

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Italian Road Trip Day 1 :: Tivoli Gardens

May 22, 2012 at 10:22 am

Basically we’re not sure we’ll ever road trip through Italy again! Well, at least until next year.

And now… without further ado… Tivoli Gardens: a hidden gem in the hills outside Rome.

5 :: in family, Italy, Lena, Rome, travel

Lena has a big surprise!

May 21, 2012 at 3:49 pm

Lena has something very special to show you in this video. We’re so excited!

Also, yes, we’re in Germany in this video! Second surprise! Hence the reason for the light posting lately: we were at a week-long veterinary conference for Elliott. We decided to road trip up to Germany, too, and so we left four days early, rented a car, and then drove up through northern Italy, San Marino, a corner of Austria, and into Germany… and then actually hit Liechtenstein and Switzerland on the way down, too. For you faithful friends who check in here regularly, I have so many pictures, fun videos, and little anecdotes to share over the next few days!