Summer's Almost Over.

Kylee and I just sat down in front of the calendar to count up how many days until the first day of school. 16 more days! Where did summer go? Not only will we have a new school year but also a new school. Kylee and Conner are so excited to be going to a brand new school with all there friends. Kylee has been hoping that the desks will be larger so all of her "stuff" will fit. Too funny. She loves all the hand painted murals on the walls through out the school building. Plus each wing (separated by grade level) has its own theme. Kindergarten -1st is the Ocean 2nd-3rd is the Jungle 4th-5th grade is Outer space. It all has to do with the earth and the world and the big theme is Grove Valley- Discovering the World together. It is a very neat concept.
A new adventure starts in just 2 weeks.

Anyone Out there?

So, just curious how many are still reading this and following it? I never have any comments. I changed the setting to make it easier to leave a comment and you can still be anonymous. Becky always has tons of comments on her blog...I am so jealous! LOL.

Too Close For Comfort

Allow me to obsess for the moment. I just read last night on yahoo that one of our ports of call from last weeks cruise got attacked and a car bomb went off and killed 2 police officers. This happened in Palma De Mallorca and island of Spain. It is one of the most visited and holiday islands for British and German. I hope the families of these officers are okay. So so sad. Scary things and tragic unnecessary events happen all over the world.

We are Back!

So good to be back home! I just wish the jetleg would be over and done with a little quicker. I am moving very slowly today and yesterday.
We had an amazing time on our trip to Rome and our cruise. I think our favorite port of call was to Villa La Franche where we took a bus up the mountain to this old medieval village called Eze. It was so charming it seemed to be out of a storybook or fairy tale. I remember remarking how it seemed like something we would see at Disney World. When we got home LeeJay looked up Eze on the internet and it said that Walt Disney spent considerable time in a Village called Eze before building Disney. He did an amazing job of getting it close to the real thing!
Well, now it is time to get back to reality and get my house in order and start to get ready for school to be back in session. Less than a month of summer left. Gosh it went by fast! I will try to post more photos later.

Our European Vacation

Rome

We have been in Rome for two days and are packing up tonight to get on the cruise tomorrow. We saw almost everything historical and of interest to us in just 2 days. I think we probably walked 10 miles or better in just 48 hours.
I cannot even describe the power of this place and the grand '"colossal" and majestic size of all of the structures in this one city Rome. It is almost crazy and ridiculous. It is definatley something that everyone would have to experience to understand or grasp. We are having an awesome time! We get on the cruise ship, Navigator of the Seas tomorrow...can not wait! I will hopefully be able to post some photos from the ship. We really miss the kids and Nana hope they are well.

Almost Time to Go.

I cannot believe that we are about to be getting on a flight to Rome. We have been planning this trip for a year now and it has finally arrived. We leave tomorrow to take the kids to Nana and then get on a plane Thurs. morning. I will try my hardest to post pics etc as we are on our journey. Wish us luck!