Hiatus
This has been the longest break that I've taken from my blog since I started it in 2008. Over the last 9 weeks our lives have been so different, every day has been the same, and the future has never felt more uncertain. Quarantine brought out the best and worst in all of us. We are all looking forward to some normalcy soon.
Things are starting to slowly come back to life in Italy. Very, very slowly though. The kids are pretty much done with school (virtually). There are still classes but no more assignments will be given out. This allows them to make up missing assignments before the official last day of school. However, the teachers already said that they will use the better of the 2 grades between quarter 3 and quarter 4 so now none of the kids are motivated to do anything else this quarter.
Jeremy is officially working from home for the foreseeable future and I have been tasked to assist with the recovery process for services to be approved to start being open on the post. This requires me to go into work nearly every day.
Mother's Day 2020
The day before Mother's Day the Italian Prime Minister put out a decree allowing people to leave their homes for non-essential reasons. This allowed us to be able to go to the lake, enjoy a short hike, and have a picnic! We needed this so much!!!
Whitney's a teenager!!!
Whitney had a less than normal 13th birthday but was a good sport about it!
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| She requested cinnamon rolls for her birthday breakfast! |
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| She wanted vanilla cake, vanilla frosting, and vanilla ice cream! :) |
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| She definitely got a little spoiled for her birthday to make up for not having a party |
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| I love you baby girl!! |
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| We celebrated the rest of the night by watching Trolls |
Memorial Day weekend
Before Memorial Day weekend we got permission to travel for leisure within our region. Luckily for us, we live in the Veneto region which includes so many wonderful locations... such as, Lake Garda.
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| We haven't done a pic like this in a long time! |
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| It was a little foggy as we arrived to the Lake but it was still such a beautiful sight to see! |
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| Once again, Jeremy totally scored the absolute best house for our weekend getaway! |
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| Aiden and I found this little tunnel by our rental house that led us right to the beach |
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| You can't tell but we are on bikes! Our house was right next to the best bike path that went all the way around the lake. We couldn't go the whole way because half of the lake is in the Lombardy region. But we thoroughly enjoyed riding and walking along the lake where we could all weekend long! |
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| It was amazing, and also a little bit creepy, to see Lake Garda this time of year without tourists. The lake is packed almost year round but especially this time of year. |
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| Our house had the best views and the perfect weather had us outside every waking moment |
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| Much deserved and needed relaxation! |
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| Hanging out with my baby girl! |
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| Exploring the town |
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| Playing Mother May I! |
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| Views from my morning walks - one of my favorite parts of the weekend. |
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| This was a much needed escape for all of us. |
