Hello from beautiful Utah and Happy March! We had a good two weeks in Missouri, playing with kids and helping out. After two long driving days later, we are resting up in Utah for new adventures coming up!

Although Nathan was fighting illness the whole time, we had a great time in High Ridge with Alex’s family. We got them a trampoline for Christmas and the weather was nice enough that we could get it set up and let the wild monkeys test it out. They are energetic boys and it’s a great way for them to work out some wiggles. We really enjoyed the regular agenda of bikes, swings, books, and building (from Lego to trains) along with the new additions of trampoline and exploring the storm drain. Alex had a business trip to Orlando, so we were happy to be able to lend some extra support to Hanna while he was gone. Big shout out to Alex for finishing up the long process to become a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA). He’s a graduate! Congratulations, Alex!

Now that we are back in Utah, we can regroup and plan for what’s ahead. Nathan got some antibiotics yesterday, so hopefully he’s on the mend. He’ll stick around here for a few weeks and help Margaret with some work on her current house and with plans and selections for her new house. We are also on baby watch for the next couple of weeks as Lauren and Bo will be welcoming a new daughter soon. I will be hopping on a flight back to help out there for a bit. Once I return here, we have big plans for travel for the spring, so stay tuned!

A Change of Plans

A Change of Plans

Greetings!

When I wrote last week’s post, we were planning a road trip, driving south from Torino, eventually ending up in Rome so that we could board a cruise ship in Civitavecchia.

Welcome to…

Welcome to…

Torino, Italy! We arrived here a few days ago and we are settling in nicely. I’m actually surprised that only one person guessed Italy (you are the winner, Emily!). But we took a meandering 6 days of road-tripping to get here, so I’ll tell you that story first.

Saying Goodbye to Leipzig

Saying Goodbye to Leipzig

We are on the road this week, but I think I will save all the details of our travels for next week’s post. You can leave your guess for which city we are headed for in the comments. Whoever is closest gets the prize of…the satisfaction that they were the closest.