Cherry Festival

   We went to the annual cherry festival in Marostica today. The first one was held way back in 1933. It wasn't as big as imagined it was going to be, but I blame it on the fact that it was the last day and a Sunday. We had fun nonetheless and bought some really yummy cherries!

 The festival was held on the life-size chess board they use for the human chess match they hold every other year.

Four Years

     Happy 4 Year Anniversary to my other half. Well, I am a day late posting it on here, but we have been busy celebrating and going on dates. Yes, dates, as in more than one! I can't tell you the last time we went somewhere just him and I.  It was much needed and we had so much fun!

    On Sunday, our friend offered to watch C so we could go somewhere, just the two of us. While searching for things to do, I came across Piovene Porto Godi Winery.  I contacted them to see if we could stop by and they said sure! We got ready super fast and dropped C off. He was so excited to play with Holden and Luca that he didn't even care that we left.

That's the winery from the road.

Cookout, Pool Time, and Hunter Hayes

   The weather in Vicenza has been gorgeous the last few days and we have taken full advantage. To get us in the mood for summer, we had a cookout on Saturday at our place. We invited a few of our closest friends, made yummy food, and had lots of fun!

Shish kabobs, roasted potatoes, beans, and of course the margarita were delish!

When It Rains, It Pours

     That saying has been 100% true for us over the last couple weeks. As you all know from my last post, Aaron got into a Motorcycle accident 2 Sunday's ago. Well after the surgeon in Aviano decided their equipment was not going to be fixed soon enough, he decided to send Aaron to Germany for surgery. We spent last Wednesday, 5/6, preparing for our long trip to Germany. We dropped the dogs off with our friends, packed our bags, and went to sleep early because we knew Thursday was going to be a looooooong day. 

     On Thursday morning, we woke up extra early and waited for the bus to pick us up. It was a 13 hour bus ride to Germany!!!! Connor did pretty good for being cooped up in a bus for such a long time.

 Waiting for the bus to leave.

Motorcycle Accident

     So as a lot of you know, we have had a pretty stressful couple days. Before I get to the bad, let me share our sweet family pictures we took on Saturday in front of the beautiful poppies. I have been wanting to take pictures in front of them since we moved here, and since they bloom this time of year it was the perfect time.      

     What I really wanted was for us to stand in the middle of a big poppy field, but I haven't been able to find one. When Aaron came across a big group of them lining the train tracks near our house, I knew we could make it work. So on Saturday, we met our friend near them and walked through really tall weeds/grass/pokey stuff to get to the tracks. Our friend was able to get some really great pictures after only being there for about 15 minutes. I was so nervous that a train was going to come while we were on the tracks, and sure enough it did! Oh My Gosh! I was terrified, and the only one that was scared might I add. It was a double train track and the train was coming on the one further away from us. My instinct was to grab Connor and jump in the bushes, but my friend kept me from jumping. I'm glad she did because it would have hurt. After that scary situation, I was done! I hope you enjoy our pictures as much as I do :)

One of my favorites!