I love Spring!!!

Italia is beautiful right now, I wish everyone could be here to see it. I arrived at the end of April last year...and I don't think it was as pretty then as it is now. I think this is the greenest grass I have ever seen! But besides that life is great. Josh is home from yet another short deployment (this time it was Turkey). My best friend here is Italy had her beautiful baby girl on April 1st. My in-laws arrive to visit on April 29th, and then my sister Hillary gets here on May 13th, and we head back to the states on June 1st. I started school this Monday, and so far so good. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things as quick as I can. I feel pretty confident about it right now. LIFE IS GREAT!!!!

A little news

I wasn't allowed to post this picture until everyone had been notified.  But this happened while we were in Rome. 

It was so awesome to be apart of this special day for Aaron and Hillary. She of course said yes! Wish I could take credit for taking the picture, but Josh stole the camera from me and stuck me with the video camera.  Oh well. It was an awesome day! Congrats again!!

It's been awhile....

These are long overdue...but here are some of my favorites from when my family came to visit. We had an action packed 12 days. We went to Salzburg-Austria, Croatia, Venice, Florence, Pisa, and also had time to visit the local area a bit.

Venice

Croatia

Salzburg, Austria

There are many more but I know most have seen them on myspace/facebook so I will spare you. Life in Italia is going good, we are ready for it to cool off so we can give our A/C a break. Josh's sister arrives in a little over a week, so we are gearing up for a trip to Roma. Looking forward to that!! Josh has been on day shift for the last 3 or 4 weeks and I have been loving it, although that has meant that it is actually necessary to cook dinner. But all in all I'm loving Italy and cant believe it has been four months already!! Im going to miss summer and those days of laying by the pool with Tiff, but Im also looking forward to seeing those Alps covered in snow.

Hope all is well with everyone! I will post again soon!!

First Post as well as first full week in Italy

Hope this finds everyone well. My friend Tiffany helped me create this blog so you folks back home can see what Josh and I are up to over here in Italy. So far things are good, I'm still getting settled in as well as doing a little bit of traveling. So far I have travled to see Toby Keith at an Army base that is close to ours. And yesterday we went to Trieste which is a neat town along the Adriatic coast line. It was so pretty! I was even lucky enough to see a nude beach, gotta love the European ways (you will be glad to know, no pictures were taken of this!!) I will keep this updated as often as possible. I miss you all back home!!!


-These next three pictures were actually taken by Tiffany.

Me, Tiffany and Mandee

This was his 7th USO tour

Josh and I on the Pier in Trieste

A tradition that all newlyweds bring a lock for

good luck ( Josh and I are bringing one back for next time)