Benjamin celebrated his 20th birthday back in the States!
Thankful for family and friends who came together to make his day special. He wanted everyone to try some of his favorite Chinese foods. He bought the supplies and he and Ben Doty were busy in teh kitchen preparing.
Mamaw made him some desserts for his special day!
Sitting around enjoying the company.
On a walk in Rome, we saw the cutest wild bunny.
The Pope died (Pope Frances) so we saw many motorcades of different heads of states, presidents, kings, queens, princes, etc. coming in for the funeral. Many of them drove right by our house.
Taking photos of sunsets from our balcony
Jonathan was away at meetings for several days. I had a plan for dinner, but the store was out of what I needed. I thought, I wonder if Amazon Fresh has it. Sure enough, I ordered groceries at 4:30 and the guy delivered them at 7:55. He put them in the elevator and sent them up. I might have found a new favorite way to shop! Especially since the shipping was free and it was fast.
Hudson and I went for a walk in different parts of Rome hoping to find some "invaders" Success! We found some! It's an app where you take pictures of the mosaic (if you find one) and get points. The artist travels the world and secretly puts them up. The app will tell you how many are in the city you are in once you find the first one in that city. Apparently, Rome has 76.
Another part of Rome
A sign that the weather is changing!
One of our sweet SS kids drew a picture of Katherine and a rainbow
The Spanish steps with the annual spring flowers
Genius add.
My morning SS kids...just love them!
Easter Sunday selfie on the way to church
Easter eggs...Katherine's prize
Lauren's egg had a cow and and eraser
Hudson's had a Roma lock (soccer team)
Happy Easter :)
a quick stop at McD's to get the little ones ice cream
This is THE picture that describes life at this age. S is so chill and talkative, R is a little tornado and rough and tumble with everything.
Thank you, Katherine! These guys needed a bath!
Giving chocolate eggs to the SS kids in the afternoon
We had a small group, but a lovely group.
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