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Happy Birthday, Lucy
We traveled home to celebrate Lucy’s first birthday in June and spend a couple of weeks with our families. It was wonderful! Our time in Omaha was filled with lots of time hanging at home and outside, Lucy’s first first trip to Target… celebrating Lucy’s first birthday with waffles for breakfast and a terrible failed…
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Life Lately – June 2022
I’ve been meaning to post several times since March, but here we are, in June. Oops! Here’s what we’ve been up to… Cancun, Mexico In March, Lucy and I flew to Cancun, Mexico to meet my family for my mom’s Spring Break. The number of times flight attendants and airline employees asked me, “Are you…
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Rome, Italy
I was chatting with one of Michael’s coworkers last week about our upcoming trip to Rome. She was surprised we were doing it for a 4-day weekend as she had been told by others it’s impossible to do in only 4 days. I’ve been to Rome two times before this trip, the first time nearly…
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Chicago and Omaha – Christmas 2021
Our Christmas season kicked off on November 1st thanks to my inability to wait to put up the Christmas tree. Since we had family visiting throughout November I thought it would be fun to have the apartment festive for the holidays, and it was! Lucy even got her own little tree in her room. I…
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
After our trip to Munich, Michael’s parents left the following Tuesday and my mom and sister arrived on Saturday to spend Thanksgiving week with us! On Monday, us girls drove to Verona for the day. We stopped by Juliet’s House, walked through the Christmas market, and enjoyed pizzas and spritzes in Piazza delle Erbe (Verona’s…
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Munich, Germany
Let’s go to Munich! Michael’s parents visited us in the beginning of November and we planned a trip to Munich over Veterans’ Day weekend. We took a train on Thursday morning from Vicenza (we can walk to the train station from our apartment – super convenient). The train ride was beautiful! The route goes straight…
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Zermatt, Switzerland
This past weekend we decided to take our first trip outside of Italy and headed to the Swiss Alps. We booked two nights in Zermatt, a little mountain town known for skiing, hiking, and climbing. It sits just below the Matterhorn, an almost perfect-pyramid peak. We couldn’t leave until late Saturday afternoon, and had a…
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Montalcino, Italy
In 2018 I came to Italy to visit Josie and Zach and Josie and I spent a couple of days in Tuscany in the most perfect small town, Montalcino. We stayed at one of the cutest B&Bs and I always had it in my mind that I would love to go back someday. Little did…
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Portofino, Italy
Well, it sure didn’t take long for me to totally neglect this site! I’m back with quite a few fun things to share – first, our trip to Portofino and a visit from our sweet friends. Josie and Zach visited us for ten days in August with their little guy, Thomas, who just turned 1.…
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Life Lately – August 2021
This post is half a life update and half an excuse to show off our first family photos Nancy (Michael’s mom) took of us while she was visiting. Lucy is almost two months old and the weeks are just flying by. My parents arrived at the end of June – my dad stayed for ten…