Sorry I haven't posted until now. I just returned from a weeklong cooking school in Italy. We learned to cook some great Italian dishes. We also did some touring, shopping, and yes, lot's of wine drinking. Otis stayed home with the kids and they managed fine without me! As soon as I get my pictures, I will post a few.

Braden celebrated his 13th birthday! The picture is from his birthday party at the bowling alley.

We went downtown to watch some of the World Cup games. They have three huge screens in the middle of downtown. It is interesting being in the mist of all these different nationalities watching the games. I plan to go back and watch the USA vs. Ghana game on the big screens by myself, as Otis and the kids will be in Nurmburg watching the game in person. The lottery would only allow us to get four tickets and we thought this would be something the kids would always remember. We just hope all the USA shirts, scarves and arm bands that we ordered arrive in time!