Playtime

Andrew is pretending to be a guard from the movie "Night at the Musum"  haha

Taking 99% of his toys away doesn't stop his imagination :)

Headphones

Dad's headphones are a huge hit around here; the boys like to put them on!

Packers

Andrew...err Superman watching over the packers and making sure they pack our household goods into the truck correctly!!  LOL

Via Ada Negri #7

These are the last pictures I took of the house before we started disassembling for the packers and they came and took our stuff.  I already miss the layout :l  But, here's to redecorating at a new home in September :)  Thought you guys might like one last look at our house in Italy too :)

Holloman AFB Housing

This is a picture of what our new house may look like!  We were lucky to not have to be wait-listed and get a house offered to us right off; Adam signed the housing acceptance letter this afternoon!!  There is fine print that states they can change the house if "circumstances arise" but we have an appointment for the afternoon of 9/5 so if all goes well and the house is indeed

ready we will only have to stay in TLF for 1 night there and we will have a new house almost immediately!! It is 1900 sq ft and has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living rooms, a dining room, pantry, laundry room, and 2 car garage! It will definitely be the biggest house we have lived in!! I am SO excited :)

Krismi Ariette Bande

We have become a correspondent sponsor to another child through Compassion.com; I am so excited to become a part of this little girl's life and try to brighten her day like we are able to with Anderson. Meet Krismi :)

She is 10 years old and from Burkina Faso in western Africa.

Venezia San Lucia

This was our last train ride, our last trip to Venice, and our last outing in Italy :l

It is truly bittersweet because I am so excited to start our new adventure, but will miss being able to see such beautiful scenery and experiencing such a different culture just stepping out the front door.

We had a beautiful walk through Venice and I stopped at every shop hoping for things to take with us.  I was able to find quite a lot of things to add to my home furnishings collection to remember Italy by!  The boys even found a few Italian toys to take with them for their rooms as well!

Lignano Beach

We decided to spend our last beach day in Italy at a new beach we hadn't been to yet, Lignano Beach.  I liked it better than Caorle Beach and we had a ball playing in the waves! There was even an added bonus for all the men on the beach of two beach babes running around topless...

On Your Mark! Get Set! GO!

Riley and I playing his Cars racing game; we each won a few rounds ;)

Ovvio

We made our last trip to Ovvio's today to get some home furnishings to take with us for our new house to remember Italy by.  I managed to get all of these cute furnishings and still stay within my 50 euro budget!!  :)  If I do this well in Venice I will be so excited!!