Rome

Usually Spring Break is a time for the kids to get out of school, put on their shorts, and head somewhere on a family vacation. This year we mixed it up a little.

We flew Blaine's parents to Guatemala to watch the kids and he and I took off on an eight day vacation to Italy. Have I ever mentioned how much I love my in-laws?

Here are things I want to remember from our trip:
-being able to have a conversation with Blaine without being interrupted
-sleeping in as late as we wanted
-Spanish Steps
-Trevi Fountain
-"artistic" pictures of the Pantheon
-first taste of gelato
-scarfs
-studying the Sistine Chapel
-St. Peter's Square
-the girl in the airport that talked on her cell phone so loudly, we all know her social life. One of these days I am going to call her ex Kennon and tell him to run away. And her current boyfriend...if she doesn't like his preppy dressing style, why do you like him?
-paying outrageous amounts for mediocre lunches
-massages at the hotel
-sidewalk heist of the guys selling fake D&G sunglasses
-drinking from the aqua duct fountain that was made in the year 17 BC
-learning the myth of how Rome was started-Reamus and Romulus being raised by wolves
-visiting the dungeon Peter and Paul were held in before their martyrdom
-seeing how Roman Paganism influenced early Christianity
-going to church on Easter Sunday and having someone translate the Italian meeting in to Spanish!
-my second taste of gelato
-finding times to call the kids everyday with a nine hour time difference
-the Colosseum
-tour of ancient Rome
-walking miles everyday
-learning about the House of the Vestal Virgins
-third taste of gelato
-burial sight of Julius Ceasar
-Circus Maximus
-learning about the catacombs where the early Christians hid out
-Castel Sant'Angelo
-Italian pizza
-Vatican museum-map room and tapestry room
-Palatine Hill
-time alone with the love of my life