We began our final day in Rome in Vatican City. Our trusty tour guide, Rick Steves, gave perfect advice: to truly appreciate the experience, check your current beliefs at the door and enjoy it from the perspective of a catholic.
I didn’t enjoy pushing my way through the Vatican museum because it’s a one-way path crammed [...]

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We went to our community Halloween Fest last weekend, mainly to just get our free pumpkin.
Our Little Hamburger loved the bounce house. His costume will be more complete on Halloween.

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Thursday morning, we woke up early and walked down to the Colosseum. Husband tried to tell me about Rome and how there is history every where you look, but to see it on every other corner with my own eyes was spectacular. Thanks to Rick Steves’ audio tour we learned some new, fascinating things about [...]

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The next morning, we had breakfast in our room. We ordered hot chocolate and it was literally melted chocolate. It came in the cutest, little, silver tea pots.

We checked out of our hotel and explored a little more before we caught our train to Rome.
{Rialto Bridge}

{We loved watching the “mail men” move these boxes from [...]

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We took advantage of our beautiful, crisp Fall weather and joined our friends for a walk. Mid-way through, Charlie and Pres got out to play in the leaves. These two are crazy together. Don’t forget that baby Crew was there too; he is such a good baby.

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Tuesday morning after using the fancy dancy hot coco machine in our Interlaken hostel, we hopped a train to Venice, Italy.
Venice is one of those must visit cities in your lifetime, but you really only need a day (afternoon-night-morning-leave in the afternoon) to see it. Take an old Italian town, strip out the streets and [...]

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Last night, our friends invited us over for an authentic Thai cooking “class” with a bona fide chef…she’s been on the Food Network! We learned how to make massaman curry, green curry and pad thai. I especially loved the pad thai. The range of ingredients and spices was incredible. We’re hoping to continue these cooking [...]

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This past week, I got to host book club. We discussed The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; such a great, CLEAN read. It also gave me the excuse to make some yummy fall dishes that I’ve been wanting to try…

{Praline topped, baked brie served with bread & apple slices}

{Cream cheese topped with homemade [...]

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We ventured up to our favorite pumpkin patch. Little Man gets the whole Halloween thing this year. He especially loves “punkins.” He was completely ecstatic when he jumped out of the car and ran through the field shouting and pointing “PUNKINS!” He also attempted picking up several pumpkins, in which he grunted and said “ug, [...]

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Earlier this week, my brother and his two boys dropped in to stay the night on their way to a hunting trip in Wyoming. It was a short visit but fun to have them in our home for the first time.

The boys practicing their bow-and-arrow form:

Then, over the weekend, Husband’s oldest brother Dan came in [...]

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