Tea for Two

We have been making some really delicious dinners lately. Most of our ideas come from Pinterest  and they turn out to be tasty. I love making baked  french fries . Jonathan made amazing french dip sandwiches! Next time, I think I'll make fries as a side dish. I brought home some cheese from the Netherlands and I decided to make a fancy cheese board. It was so good! We had provolone, brie, green pesto gouda, and asiago cheese. I also got salami and prosciutto. I really want to do this again. Partially since we still have half of the gouda wheel that I brought home. I have fallen in love with roasted green beans . I make plenty of them and typically have multiple servings of them because they are so delicious! Now that it's summer, Jonathan has been making corn on the cob with BBQ chicken. I like cutting the corn off of the cob while Jonathan eats it off of the cob. Either way, it's so good! Slowly but surely, we are having more deliciou...

I have the tendency to have multiple photos stacked inside of frames. A few weeks ago, I was going through all the frames I have because I'm wanting to finally recreate the photo gallery I had in our last apartment. Of course, I don't have a picture of the frames on the wall.  I found some old gems of the kids! It's crazy how much they have all grown. Ryan is a teenager and probably taller than me now. Ruby, Theodore, and Spencer have joined the family since these pictures. Tyler has glasses. The "little" boys aren't little anymore. They are learning and growing into wonderful people.

This was our last full day in Europe and we finished strong! We started our morning at the Roman Colosseum . The size and construction of it is impressive. It is very similar to modern sports arenas. The cross is there because at one point there was a catholic church built inside of the Colosseum. I noticed that the light grey stones have letters carved in them. Stairs to go up to a higher level. The view from the Colosseum towards the Roman Forum. Here's a model of the church that used to be inside the Colosseum. After we finished touring the Colosseum, we made our way over to the  Roman Forum . The  Arch of Constantine . Walking towards the  Arch of Titus . A close up of the arch of Titus. The  Basilica of Maxentius . The foreground is the  House of the Vestal Virgins  and their temple. The  Temple of Romulus  with the original bronze door....