Ribbons Undone

The girls looking for sea creatures on the jetty. They spent hours doing this every day.

success!

Papa teaching Kiera how to skip a rock

card games

Spinning Quinnie

Kiera’s turn!

sisters

Quinnie and her friends burying Papa. By the way, the Papa of these girls is a childhood friend of Simon’s that he hadn’t seen in over 20 years. Simon randomly ran into him at the beach and our girls really hit it off. They met up most of the rest of the vacation (and had tons of fun!).

Chasing Papa

The girls and I spent hours and hours collecting sea glass.

We brought home quite a collection (along with some interesting rocks from the region)!

These pics crack me up. Happy as a clam (Kiera LOVES riding on Papa’s shoulders. / Gets distracted. Starts knocking off his glasses.

Papa trying to get her off (check out her face!). / Not happening, Papa! Hanging on for dear life 🙂

These were taken at San Lorenzo beach (Simon’s favorite when he was a kid).

For our second visit to Italy this year (Easter vacation), we decided to drive. Growing up, if Simon and his family didn’t take the overnight train to Italy, they’d drive. It’s a gorgeous drive. My favorite part is going through Switzerland and seeing the Alps. SO beautiful! I was a little nervous about how the girls would do on a 10 hour road trip (we drove straight through), but they did great! Hardly any complaining at all (and without movies!).

Alps! Wish I’d gotten some better pics of the adorable Swiss villages and rolling green hills as we drove past. Maybe next time!

Simon and his family would always stop at this rest stop to grab a bite to eat before entering the crazy long Gotthard Tunnel (that connects German speaking Switzerland to Italian speaking Switzerland). So we decided to do the same.