love, lowry: June 2010

Going Private

I am making our blog private. Email me if you want to have access! I have been having a few issues with setting it up....it will be private by next week!

We have finally had authentic mexican food here! Its been almost a year that we have been living in Arizona and just a few weeks ago we went to a yummy yummy place called Mi Rancho. The food was deee-lish and they have huge sodas, major plus! Rob and I had a blast with Melanie and Damon as always! After dinner it was like pulling teeth to get a picture of Rob and Damon, for some reason they thought it was weird.....whatever!

Blackberry picking!!!

My friend Jenny and I went on a fun adventure, we picked blackberries! We had a great time picking our berries and chatting while we did! We both made a yummy cobbler with our hard earned berries! The farm we went to has apricots now too and we might just have to go back for some! Thanks for the fun Jenny!

Jenny is armed with her gear!

Cute little farm!

Uno baby

We love LOVE love the Thompsons and the Thompsons love Love love Uno! We had a fun night hangin out with them and playing one of their favorite games. Rob and I always enjoy when we get together with Melanie and Damon, they are great people and we love their kids!

This picture is missing Max and Hannah, the two oldest Thompson kiddos

Mr. Milo, never a dull moment with him around!

The bucket of Uno games!

Told ya!

Arrivederci Matteo!

About a month ago we had to say goodbye to our awesome cousin Matt. We loved having him living in the desert close to us. No matter what, we always have a blast spending time with Matt and we were sad to see him go. He moved overseas for his career and we know it is a fabulous opportunity for him, but selfishly, I'M MAD!!!!! The night before he left we went to a yummy dinner at Outback and just enjoyed our time together. After that we had a little sleep-over, full of fun and then he embarked on his journey the next morning. We love and miss you Matt!

Ahhh, desert views!

The gorgeous Mesa Temple

We love sleepovers!

Matt was not a fan of all the photos!

Rob loves loves loves his cousin!

I'm not happy to see him go

My days are filled with....

...these cuties! I get to take care of my friends kids a couple times a week and love it! They are such fun cute kids! Connor is 2 and Kalisa 1o months! We spend a lot of time at the pool and on this particular day Rob was able to join us!

They are the cutest!

Last day in Europe

Our last day of our trip was spent roaming the streets of Rome! We had a fabulous time taking a tour of the Great Synagogue of Rome, enjoying gelato, seeing the Colosseum again, going to the Circus Maximus, testing our luck with the Bocca della Verita, shopping at Campo dei Fiori, visiting the Pantheon, and getting caught in a rain storm! It was a fabulous end to a fabulous trip! We had such a great time seeing this beautiful world and learning about different cultures. We can't wait to go back!

The Synagogue was so interesting. Unfortunately no photos were allowed due to terrorist attacks. This was my first time to a synagogue and I found it so fascinating. They also had a wonderful museum there where we were able to learn more about the religion and culture.

Whats a day in Italy without gelato....

He would have looked so good back in 50 BC on his chariot here at the Circus Maximus!

If you tell a lie with your hand in the mouth it will be bitten off!

I went full force!

Beautiful Campo dei Fiori

Lovely!

One of my favorite shots from the trip!

Pantheon

Taking the train to the airport after being caught in the biggest rainstorm of my life!!!!!

Last day in Capri

On our last day in Capri we enjoyed nice walks and a beautiful trip to the very top of Capri, via a scary chair lift! We were able to go down to the beach resorts and to the highest point of the island all within a few hours, it was awesome! I was so scared to take the chair lift and it didn't help that it was a single chair! I am sol glad we did it though because we had an amazing view of the entire island!