The weekend in review

This weekend we pretended like we weren't in Italy. We ventured out on Friday to find the American bakery that we had learned about in orientation. I was very excited about the possibility of a blueberry muffin. Sadly, when we got there only one muffin remained. It was banana nut and I was a little bit sad. I immediately cheered up when I saw that I could get peanut butter on a bagel. I have been searching and searching for peanut butter. I heard a rumor that it could be found. I would love to hunt the person down who started this rumor because it is a lie. I jumped at the chance and let me tell you, it was heavenly. We hung out there for a while and came back. We had an uneventful evening. Saturday we went shopping and walked around the city. It was pretty rainy all day which was dissappointing. We all hung out that night. The rain was a downer but we prevailed. Sunday morning we were all wanting a huge breakfast. We went to the diner. Its owned by the same people that own Acqua el due where I got the yummy pasta the first week. It was all american food. YUM!! I ate an egg sandwich, hasbrowns, and turkey bacon. It was so so good. I almost feel like I'm cheating on italy and this amazing experience. So I will try to avoid pretending like I'm in America but sometimes a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. Sunday evening I got to talk to my family. Apparently it was family weekend in Austin. I got to talk to my grandparents and hear all about what they've been up to. I also got to see my daddy since he was gone last time I skyped my mom. My mom and carol were there too and I'm glad I got to see them. Flo still can't understand where the sound is coming from but I think she hears my voice. The hightlight (even though it was all wonderful) was getting to talk to my brother and Karissa. I have the best older brother and sister and I'm so glad they were in Austin so I could see them! That was definitely a wonderful end to my weekend! Just for fun here are some pics of my family since they made my weekend!

this is one of my faves of us as children


here is the day Karissa officially became family


and here's the smiths at thanksgiving


PS Mom,I don't seem to have many recent family pics, lets take care of that at christmas