We celebrated the 4th of July by hanging up a flag and having a big bbq. The next day a group of us went camping up in the mountains at a place called Lake Scanno, you can see our little blue tent that we had set up in the yard to spray it off and clean before the actual outing, girls only of course. Torrie, myelf, Fernanda, and Tasha. Pasquale and I went out for a picnic under the pine trees. This is a picture perfect demonstration of what it's like trying to succor to the needs of both my husband's feet and our doggy.

more recently

i'm just doing the typical blog write-post-and approve...please have patience as i learn how to make our blog more exciting. the important thing is to see us though, so here are some more recent fotos (aaron note the phonetic spelling here of the word photos). Pasquale is in the garden, on the couch with some friends, positioned well to show-off our built in arm chairs. It was a couch we long awaited but a couch that is currently only used by Megan. It is too slim for pasquale...and of course Zula is not allowed to hop up. On the far right you can see some of my crazy high school students. We had an end of the year pizza night.

when family came

Surely you have all seen these fotos of when the family came but it was sure a historically memorable week! This is a place near our house where one can look out at this ever-growing city and the infinite-seeming Adriatic Sea.

signing for the mortgage

We have let so much time pass without filling you all in on a detailed description of the take-off after August 30, 2007...so here are some images of key events...

Here we are at the Notary after the signing for our home. This is the couple who kept the house so paradisically spotless and organized. When you see it now you realize that the people who occupy its spaces are stretched to the limits with time and patience...