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Culture Shock, Heat, & Heartache

Our first few months in Italy can be summed up in three words: Culture shock and HEAT. Oh man, it was so hot. Even after 4 summers here we’ve yet to experience heat like we had in 2015. A couple […]

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Naples – Downtown and Spooky Naples

For those of you who aren’t local friends, or who have never been to Napoli, I wanted to tell you a little bit about our experiences living here and our impressions of the area after 3.5 years. I asked each […]

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What a Mighty God…

We have just about a month left here in Italy. It’s so insane to believe that 3 years (and some change) have flown by so quickly. When we arrived here Gideon was only two years old and Harper was just […]

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Sant’Agata de’Goti

Earlier this year some friends and I took off on a day the big kids were at school to visit the town of Sant’Agata de’Goti. It’s about 45 minutes from base and is known for the striking image of old […]

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And our next home will be…

We are so excited to move from Europe to Asia later this year. I’m excited to share our Japan adventures with you all soon. <3

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2017 in a Nutshell. Or just one blog post…

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 […]

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Capua Ruins

Ahhhh! A new post! 🙂 Some of you may know that my husband is deployed. Because of this our adventures these days are more likely to be to the bowling alley or a local restaurant near base. Further exploration is […]

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Grape Harvesting and Stomping – Cantina Del Vesuvio

The very same day we returned from our grand adventure on the Island of Ischia we had a trip booked for grape harvesting and stomping with lunch and wine tasting. By the time we got home we had 20 minutes […]

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The Island of Ischia and the Risk of Adventure

Traveling in a foreign country always brings about challenges. There is the language barrier that makes everything into a frenzied charades dance, the unfamiliar cities with street layouts designed before modern vehicles even existed, and a few other things like […]

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Agriturismo La Grotta – Our 5th Anniversary

Our 5th wedding anniversary was August 13th! Since we’d only be in Italy for about a month it was hard to coordinate something for the actual day. We originally wanted to celebrate the weekend after but August 15th is a […]

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