“Mom’s Not Home Yet”

I’ve been babysitting for my mom a lot the last week.  Every time she leaves Matthew is taking a nap, and he’s really grumpy when I come to get him instead of Mom. On Saturday morning, he was calling for me. I went to get him and he said “datie, mommy not home yet”. It was sad and funny. I agreed with him, for mom was in a deep sleep.

Tuscany

The best way to describe Italy is BEAUTIFUL!!!!  We had an awesome time with G&G in our little cabin house.  It was dark when we got there. There were these awesome clear doors in the front, so you could see through to the kitchen. The funny thing about the cabin was that there were so many doors once you got upstairs. Most were for rooms, but some were for bathrooms. I slept in a twin-sized bed beside Ryan in one room.  In the morning when it was light, we walked downstairs in amazement at the sight of Tuscany’s fields and little stone houses.

My mom took these ones. (Up.)

I love the stone and brick on the cabin and how it looks faded and old.

Luke kissing his big sister.

MILAN

We met grandma and grandpa in Milan before arriving at our villa.

This cathedral is like the 4th biggest building in Europe.

We went to a pizza place and Grandma and I got great Italian margarita pizza.

G&G!!! We LOVE them and were so excited to see them!!!!

PISA

My favorite place to see was probably Pisa just because we saw the Tower of Pisa and I thought it was  SO cool. A leaning building.

 

We also saw the baptistery and other cool buildings near the T.O.P.

11 year old activity

Last week I went rock climbing with all the 11 year olds in the stake. It was so fun! I went to the top of every wall.  Then we had lunch … pizza and watermelon. The Activity Day leader explained that the wall is like life. Sometimes it’s hard and sometimes it’s easy where you can find the handle and grab it. You also have the person belaying you, like Heavenly Father holding you and telling you which way to go.  Some young women were talking about the young women program and girls camp (I will be going next year) and EFY.  It got me exited!

Monastery Ruins

 

We went to the Monastery Ruins with the Chuggs!  It was so fun!

These are the ruins of the monastery that Hitler took apart to build an amphitheater.

Us being crazy.

Emily and Hanna.

Matt is so cute!!!

The amphitheater.

 

Silly faces.

       

Cole.

   

The Chuggs :)