Home!

We're back from a wonderful 2 weeks away! Stella and I had a special Mother's Day in MN, Nick enjoyed his work conference, then he and I had a blast touring Italy, Stella loved every precious moment with Grandma and Grandpa, the demolition to the bathrooms has begun and now we're all adjusting back to "reality" back at home, just the three of us!
Here are some of the highlights...

Mother's Day in MN

Visiting Lisa and her new puppy, Bella

How lucky that Grandma and Grandpa have a park across the street!

Stella's favorite friend, Keisha (and she can say her name too!)

Blowing bubbles!

It was a great blessing to us that Stella had such a fun time in MN. It made it that much easier for us to enjoy our trip, knowing that she was having so much fun.

ITALY!!!

Rome--overlooking the Spanish Steps

Trevi Fountain

Colosseum

Pantheon

Inside the Pantheon

St. Paul's Basilica

Outside St. Paul's

Illegal photo of The David (Florence)

Ponte Vecchio

Cinque Terre!

The view after our 1.5 hour hike from Monterossa to Vernazza

Day trip to Portovenere

Back to Cinque Terre (Manarola)

A stop in Portofino on our way to Venice---Nick's dream 269 foot yacht!

Missing our little one...

Ahhh...Venice!!

The gondolas off of St. Mark's Square

If you'd like to see a few more photos from our trip (more scenery) follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=718187694&k=Z3L632S6PVWM51LCP1XUVT
(you don't have to have a login or password to view photos)

Our trip was a much-needed, wonderfully romantic, interesting tour of Italy. We had so much fun learning about the history, dining on the cuisine, sampling the "vini de casa" and getting a chance to hang out just the two of us.
The upstairs bathrooms are demolished...down to the studs and sub-flooring. We can only get into 2 of the 6 rooms comfortably right now. 4-5 weeks to go until we have a new upstairs! We're headed to Cincinnati for a couple's baby shower this weekend. We're looking forward to seeing some friends that we've missed since our move.
Back to reality...