Birthday Parties Italian style

We were invited to celebrate Spencer's friend Ludo's birthday at his parents country home just outside of Florence. It was a gorgeous day, great food and we had such a nice time.

Rome...first weekend of May

The boys had a three day weekend the first of May so we headed down by train (along with every other Italian) to Rome. We had such a great time seeing the most amazing buildings and history. We also were lucky enough to get a small glimpse of the Pope!!! The only bummer was our camera lost juice so we only have a few pitures.

Sports Day at ISF

Brendan and Spencer just love their school. They had the annual sports day and had so much fun running and playing with all their friends at school.

Susan and Sydney come to visit

Susan, who was my college roomate at UCLA, and her friend Sydney came to visit it us late April. It was Susan's first visit to Italy and we had a great time having them both!!! We definately plan on living life to it's fullest where ever we may be. y be!!

The boat

We were invited by new friends of ours to sail the Med with them for three weeks in August. It was such a great invitation so the first nice weekend we decided to make a test sail up the coast from Carrera (where all that beautiful marble comes from) to Cinque Terre. It was really fun and although it will be tight with 11 of us on board, we are going for it!!!!

Spring

I can't get over the stunnning beauty that Tuscany reveils in Spring. The colors are absolutely stunning. Here are some photos that we have taken.

Julie's visit

My dear friend Julie came out to visit us for a week. It has been 20 years since we were here together and it was at that time that I fell in love with Italy.