Burano, Italy

   Burano, Italy

      As you have probably seen on my Facebook and Instagram, you know that Aaron, Connor, and I did a little exploring this weekend. We have visited Venice multiple times, and even visited one of the islands off it named Murano, but we had never been to the island of Burano. I have seen many beautiful pictures of it's colorful buildings and knew we had to make a trip at least once before we move back to the the states.

Venice, Asiago, & Marostica with Chrissy & Ryan

    We have been having some major computer issues over here, so I am super late posting these next few blogs, however I really want to remember these moments, so better late then never. :)

    My sister-in-law, Chrissy, and her boyfriend, Ryan, came to visit us a couple weeks ago {7/12}.  We picked them up at the airport in the morning and then spent the rest of the day sightseeing in Venice.

Waiting for Auntie Sissy and Uncle Ryan to come. You can see them walking out the door in the picture on the right.

Eastern Mediterranean Cruise: Embarkation From Venice

     I can't believe that after months of planning and looking forward to our family vacation, it's already come and gone! We had a blast on our 7 night cruise through the Mediterranean and I can't wait to share our experiences. I took tons of pictures, so I will do a post for each day like I do for all our vacation trips. 

     On our first day {6/21- Father's Day}, our friend dropped us off at the port in Venice at about 11am. Our check in time wasn't until 1, but we wanted to be there extra early since we had no idea where to go or what to expect. We dropped our luggage off first, and then went to check in. They gave us a priority boarding ticket since we had a small child with us {Thank you Connor!}. We showed our paperwork and passports, took our id pictures, and then went through security. We were done with everything and walking on the ship about 25 minutes after starting the check in process. It was fairly simple and we were so lucky to not have to wait in any long lines.

Our ship! Since we were so close to the ship, I couldn't get a picture of the entire boat.

Just Another Day In Venezia

     On Saturday, we went to Venice {the second time I went this week}. We are so grateful that we live less than an hour from a place where people travel thousands of miles to vacation! We needed to buy Aaron a hat for Halloween and we wanted to walk around the canals just for fun. Our good friends Matt and Kelsey went with us too, so we had a great time! 

I love this little boy more then he will ever know!

Venice, Italy

     We had a wonderful visit with Aaron's dad and his wife a couple weekends ago when they came to visit us. Aaron just happened to have a four day weekend, so he was off the entire time they were here. It worked out perfectly! The first day {9/18} was pretty relaxed. We signed them in on base and then ate dinner at a local restaurant. We were a little bummed that our favorite pizzeria was closed, but made the best of it and tried some place new.