I’ve had a couple of friends start new blogs in 2018 and it made me realize it has been a year since I have given ours any attention… that’s far too long! Rather than trying to make an individual post for everything we did last year I decided to just make a 2017 recap. Perhaps later I’ll go back and blog our biggest trips and events. As we prepare to move this year I really want to start documenting our lives more. Not just the highlights and the pretty photos… but also the really and the everyday. Let’s see if I can make it happen. 🙂 Hopefully our brood will know where we go next by the end of this week. I’ll keep you all posted! For now here is our 2017 recap!

January – Gideon turned 4 and Justin and I got a rare day date opportunity at the Napoli Archeological Museum.

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February – Uncle Jarred and Aunt Natlie came to visit! We took a road trip to Sicily and experienced Carnevale!

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March – My mom came to visit!

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April – I went to Morocco on a girl’s trip with 7 of my best friends. <3

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May – Uncle Jason and Aunt Alyssa came to visit! The poppies were in full bloom. Lolly and Pop came to visit and we spent Memorial Day weekend on the island of Capri.

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June & July – Harper turned 7! He shared his bday party with his two besties Jax and Jaidyn. We left on our Eastern European summer road trip vacation to Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Venice.

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August – My women’s small group completed our study of Lysa Terkeurst’s Finding I Am.

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September – The boys went back to school! GG started sure start at the same school as Harper. We took a family trip to Paris and Justin and I went on a trip alone to Amsterdam. We had a date night at the Chaplain Corps Birthday Dinner.

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October – The family all dressed up as Star Wars characters for Halloween!

November – We returned to our favorite Italian Festival – The Chestnut Festival in Montella, Italy. We took a road trip to Switzerland!

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December – The boys finished a great soccer season! We attended the Christmas tree lighting on base and Breakfast with Santa. We spent NYE with our closest friends watching the fireworks from the top of the parking garage at Capo.

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I can’t wait to share what we’ve got planned with 2018 and to document our transition to our next duty station this summer. It could literally be anywhere in the world! <3 – Danna