End of Italy and epilogue
On Monday we left venice, and drove to Milan for our flight on Tuesday. On the way to Milan we stopped just over the border of Switzerland in a town called Chiasso. In Chiasso we bought some chocolate and cashews to munch on, and we had lunch.
After we made it to our rental in Milan, we decided to send Mike to get some extra food before bed. On the way, the car got a flat tire, and Mike and the kids (everyone went with him but Alison) had to spend over an hour trying to find the tools and fix the flat.
Fortunately two helpful Italians made the job much easier and more fun. By the time that we got back, it was rather late, so we just ate and went to bed.
On Tuesday we dropped the car off at the airport, and then we got on a plane for a neverending day of flights. At 12:00pm we ended up getting home (none of the connections missed or anything, so at least that was pretty uneventful).
Other than Gideon the kids did well on the flights.
Wednesday we got our house back in order, unpacked, went shopping for food, and then celebrated Halloween. We got green pumpkins, which was pretty fun. The kids enjoyed getting candy, and we made it to bed before too late.
On Thursday Mike went back to work (his badge still worked, so apparently he wasn't fired during the long vacation). The rest of the family mostly tried to recover from Jetlag.
On Friday grandma and grandpa Sheila and Mike took Rea out to celebrate her 8th birthday by going to a play. The play was the Secret Garden, which she enjoyed a lot. Mike and Alison made contributions to the Poulson family yearly photo book for their date night. It was a pretty low key date, but one that was necessary.
On Saturday Rea was baptized. All of her family that was in Utah came as well as her grandparents. After the meeting was over we all went to the Brown's family celebration, and had pizza, cake, and swam in the pool.
After we made it to our rental in Milan, we decided to send Mike to get some extra food before bed. On the way, the car got a flat tire, and Mike and the kids (everyone went with him but Alison) had to spend over an hour trying to find the tools and fix the flat.Fortunately two helpful Italians made the job much easier and more fun. By the time that we got back, it was rather late, so we just ate and went to bed.
On Tuesday we dropped the car off at the airport, and then we got on a plane for a neverending day of flights. At 12:00pm we ended up getting home (none of the connections missed or anything, so at least that was pretty uneventful).
Other than Gideon the kids did well on the flights.
Wednesday we got our house back in order, unpacked, went shopping for food, and then celebrated Halloween. We got green pumpkins, which was pretty fun. The kids enjoyed getting candy, and we made it to bed before too late.
On Thursday Mike went back to work (his badge still worked, so apparently he wasn't fired during the long vacation). The rest of the family mostly tried to recover from Jetlag.On Friday grandma and grandpa Sheila and Mike took Rea out to celebrate her 8th birthday by going to a play. The play was the Secret Garden, which she enjoyed a lot. Mike and Alison made contributions to the Poulson family yearly photo book for their date night. It was a pretty low key date, but one that was necessary.
On Saturday Rea was baptized. All of her family that was in Utah came as well as her grandparents. After the meeting was over we all went to the Brown's family celebration, and had pizza, cake, and swam in the pool.
Sunday was fairly uneventful - we all went to church, Mike did finances, and we had dinner and then a fire. Grandpa Mike and Grandma Sheila came over and dropped off a birthday present for Gideon , and then the kids had a fun time playing at home for the rest of the evening.
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