Saturday at the Park

   Weekends are my favorite and this one has seemed to go by particularly slow. On Friday we had a BBQ at our house with a few friends, and then yesterday we spent the afternoon at a park that was only a 30 minute drive from our house. Our friends were going and invited us, so I said yes and woke up Aaron so we could start getting ready. We met at their house and then followed each other there. It was lunchtime when we arrived, so we setup our picnic in the most perfect, sunny spot. After it was all setup, we realized it was way too bright to get pictures, because you know pictures are everything, so we moved it to a shady spot. We got our one good shot, while our guys were rushing us to hurry up because they were hungr, and then we moved all the food back to the sunny spot. 

 We had so much yummy food we had to get a good picture of it all. 

Carnevale di Malo

   Yesterday we went to another carnevale celebration. This time it was in Malo. We went back in 2015, and had a lot of fun seeing the floats and performers. We knew Connor would have a great time, so we spent our Sunday afternoon there.

Carnival Party in Downtown Vicenza

   Yesterday we went downtown to a carnival party {Vivere il Carnevale}. Carnevale is the Italian style of Mardi Gras and is held over the weeks before Lent. It originated in Venice, but is held in towns around Italy until the Tuesday before Lent {when it's largest celebrations are}. We didn't make it to Venice this year, or any other year we have lived here for that matter, but still wanted to take part. We didn't see any fire breathers, acrobatics, or parades like I read about, but we still had fun and made the most of it! There was plenty of music, confetti, and face painting, and Connor had so much fun.

Finding Out I'm Pregnant & Telling Family

How I found out: December 27 is the day we found out we were going to be adding a new baby to our family. I went to the grocery store with Connor while Aaron was at work. I picked up a couple of the really cheap $1 pregnancy tests because my period was a few days late {which had been the norm the last few months} and so I thought, why not? It won't hurt to just rule it out. When we got home, I unloaded groceries, we ate lunch, and I just went about my day. At some point I had to use the restroom, and remembered that I bought the pregnancy tests. I watched it very closely and the first line appeared really fast {the one saying I was pregnant} then came the control line. I was shocked and didn't believe it. So I did the second one. Same thing happened. Oh. My. Goodness. I'm pregnant!

Surprise!

    We are expecting a sweet little bundle of joy in August and couldn't be more excited! Connor has been asking for a sibling for a few months now, so his wish has come true! We are so happy to finally be sharing our good news with family and friends.