Easter

The Easter baskets this year.  We just got home from vacation and I wasn't motivated to go buy a bunch of junk.   The kids loved it

 the hunt

Our chickens are like dogs, they follow us everywhere

 the beasts at our house loved the egg hunt

  I hid the eggs so well this year I exhausted the kids

 Our professional chauffeur to Easter Brunch

Shane's driving face. Could Shane look any worse?  don't worry, he was trying to

 Easter brunch at the club, the before picture.  The after brunch picture we all look 10 lbs heavier. 

(I knew Shane could smile)

 LAFC game for Easter (Oh Shane-o!)

Roma

 The Colosseum

 We did a lot of audio tours with Rick Steves, here was one about Circus Maximus, the chariot racing 

 Typical Lunch

 Tiber River had a beautiful river walk

 Who did it better?

 Santa Barbara (Roman) Daisey's growing all along the wall

Jewish Ghetto

 Trevi Fountain

Much larger than I imagined

 St. Angelo's Castle

 The views from the Castle were insane at sunset

 Perfect way to end our last day in Rome, roof top views at sunset

Jesse and I had the best time.  I have to praise him for all the planning he did for the trip.  It couldn't have been more perfect.  We saw a ton, but didn't feel overwhelmed and just went as we felt.  Usually after 2 weeks of being away from home you are ready to go back home.  We didn't no feel this one bit.  

We averaged about 13 miles a day and enjoyed every step

Here's to 20 years of marriage

Tuscany/Siena

Driving to Rome via the countryside of Tuscany.  It was so lush and beautiful.  We stopped at a winery but decided to push on.  We had a lot planned

 Europe isn't known for public WC's along the road, so we had to leave our mark

 Stopped in Siena for a few hours to take an audio walking tour and see the sights

 The famous Piazza del Campo, where they still do horse races around the square

 So easy to find good places to eat in Italy

 off the beaten path to the Saturnia hot springs.  View from the road

 360 blacked-out our crotches for some reason

 We drove a little out of the way to get here but so worth it

 If it wasn't for google maps we never would have found this place.  

We didn't have towels and just used the drive to Rome to dry off!

Rome

Jesse just loved how the scooters acted like they were in a race at every stop light

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The Pantheon

Inside, the ceiling had an opening and the sun could shine through

 I was wondering why Jesse wanted to hang out in the fancy shopping area.  He was using Dior's wifi to download!

walking through the parks

Obelisks from Egypt are in every square

These pink trees were in full bloom throughout the country but this was the most unusual 

walking to Vatican City, the busiest place we went to on our trip

Made it through security, searching for signs of the Pope.  Thanks to Rick Steve's audio tour, he guided us through Vatican City describing everything

No words to describe St Peter's Basilica -so massive

Jesse's illegal picture inside the Sistine Chapel.  We spent a lot of time in here but it hurts your neck to look up for so long.  

I loved this street performer

Soccer tickets to see Lazio vs Udinese, 10 minutes from our hotel.  It's not easy to get tickets, you need a passport and there's no scalping tickets 

after being throughly frisked 2 different times

It was fun to be in a European Football Stadium and experience it