Summer Water Fun

Well, we have had an unusually hot week.  Most people around here are complaining about it, but hey, its a reprieve from the usual British rainy summers!  Today we used the paddling pool (wading pool for your Americans) for the third time in the past week.  Thankfully, the experience was different from last year’s paddling… Continue Reading Summer Water Fun

Anniversary Pictures

Sorry for the few days delay, but we finally have our act together and some pictures to share – if you click on a pic, it gets bigger.  We stayed about 45 minutes (by train) north of Rome.  More of that in a moment, but we did get one day in Rome . . .… Continue Reading Anniversary Pictures

Joyful Joel

Joel cut his tongue pretty badly yesterday and so was a bit miserable.  However, he seemed back to his normal jovial self today, full of smiles and making people laugh.  What would we do without him?  He just bounced into the room, giggling, and ran over to me.  I scooped him up and said, “Joel,… Continue Reading Joyful Joel