I'm American :)

Ohhhhh boy so much stuff happened today i hope i dont leave anything out. First, i took Leone and Camilla to the secret garden today. It was all nice and dandy until we had to head back to the house. Luisa was planning on taking us to Lake Garda at noon so about 11:30 i tell Camilla in my italican (italian/american) like spanglish but not haha i tell her we need to go to the house to eat lunch then go to the lake. She repeats me and points to all of us then points to the direction of her house, does the "eat"sign in baby sign language, then makes waves with her arms and says boat so i know she understood me. So we start walkin and then she decides she doesnt want to go and is begging me to stay. These kids are hellians. LET ME TELLLLL YOU! they dont get disciplines...i heard its a cultural thing cuz all the kids here are babied to no end, never told no, cry to get whatever they want, and it kills me. Im so glad im american haha thanks mom and dad for making us do stupid chores (my dad used to make chores up for us if we didnt have any that needed to be done...like moping the garage?? c'mon what other kid has to do stuff like that? haha well we did but it was just so we could work...or sweep the street, or pull weeds in the desert...haha im still bitter dad ;) jk im glad we did that cuz these kids dont do anything!! With me tho they know i dont put up with their crap and i'll make them bend down and pick up a toy haha gosh i swear im not abusive and i hope these italians dont think im some mean american comin in here forcing kids to obey and not even looking at a child when they cry...oh well :) I think their is only 2 types of crying- 1-legit crying(physical or emotional hurt) then 2- ATTENTION. so unless they have a legit reason to cry, which is never, if they start crying i tell them they have 3 seconds to stop and then i'll count to 3 and if they dont then i say okay if you wanna cry, you can cry in your room and i pick them up and put them in their rooms...works wonders because now they know to listen to me and that im not like every other italian who hears a kid cry and will do anything for them.  Sooooo exibit a- Camilla. Throws a huge tantrum and thats an understatement....she is screaming bloody murder "mommaaaaaa" while leone and i are walkin up the stairs from the deer farm. I turn around and i tell her in my mixed italian, english/sign language to stop crying and walk up the stairs, we're leaving to eat and go to the lake and i she wants to cry she can cry in her room when we get there. She stops crying and starts walkin up the stairs. Im smiling to myself like freak yeah this little girl is progressing pretty fast its only been 2 weeks.....that is until she saw some people walking up at the top. This means she has a crowd now, a call for atention so she starts screaming and crying momma again and 1 man and 3 ladies come runnin down the steps (theres like 70 of them its huge) and im holding leone a little bit ahead of Camilla. These people are all rushing to her going off in italian like ohhhhh Camilla whats wrong?! seriously? i was so mad. Actually i laughed first cuz its kinda funny. If a kid in my family threw a fit like that oh my gosh it wouldnt even happen cuz we just know you dont do that but to these kids the more they cry the more attention they get and they can literally get anythingggg. So here i am explaining to these people with my hands that she is with me and she is crying for attention to leave her alone we have to go home to eat. Well one of the ladies knew her and told me she knows her mother and she will take her home cuz she is lost. NO WOMAN i am her babysitter haha geez she isnt lost she is only crying because you guys are letting her!! None of them spoke any english but i recognized some of the words they used since its similar to spanish so i understood them but they dont understand me so i call up luisa and have to tell her whats going on so she can translate to these people that im not kiddnapping her children im the flippin nanny....it was a rough 15 minutes. But then we went to the lake and the lake is GORGEOUS. Gosh there are castles all around it and geez it is so pretty i could ride on those boats forever just looking at everything. Oh and then Camilla-(today was not her day haha) she started screaming throwing another tantrum just crying once we got off the boat in some little town because the ice cream shop we stopped at didnt have the kind of ice cream she wanted. And guess what her mother did? We walked around for 20 minutes up and down all these streets pushing both kids in strollers until we found the ice cream she wanted and the entire time she was screaming and crying. That would never fly in america thats for danggg sure. Same thing happened last night, they wanted to watch Shrek at 9pm and the mom said no its too late but you can watch it for a few minutes. So she asks the dad and he says the same thing so she throws a huge tantrum and so she cries and cries and about 15 minutes later i hear the tv playing and its Shrek, i go take a shower, read, clean my room, its been a good hour so i go out and they are still watchin the movie...ta-dah she has them wrapped around her finger she knows crying will get her anything. I would say no ice cream, and no movie at all if you act like that as would all of you that read this im sure.  And Leone is the same way, he probably learned from his sister... cry and scream til they get what they want. I cant even tell you how many times i say "just cuz you cry doesnt mean im giving you what you want!" When its just me with them they are so sweet and behave much better than they did at first but once other people come in oh my gosh its all an act to get whatever they want. American kids discipline>Italians.

Anywayssss enough of me venting :) haha Ice cream- Today on our lake trip we were having ice cream and mine was so gross!!! Im eating it and i get this instant headache and i keep thinking theres no way the ice cream really tastes this bad so i keep taking bites to test it and finally i turn to luisa and say dude this ice cream tastes like childrens bubbles that you blow but the soapy mixture..its like im drinking that mixture. She tastes it and goes ohhhh yes this is called english soap ice cream its so famous around here!  are you kidding me?! first of all- i cant believe i guessed it right and 2nd i cant believe people actually like it. oh and 3rd, i still have that headache :(

Accents- I've been told so many times that people love my accent because they hate the english accent like the UK kind...i thought it was funny.

Americans...the family thinks im so funny cuz i love peanut butter and they dont eat it here. And nesquik. I drink nesquik everyday and they just laugh at me. Today we were eating pizza (little did i know that everyone actually get a full pizza and youre expected to eat it all with a fork and knife but the pizza is super thin so it breaks and im just awkward anyway so finally i just said im ameriacan and picked it up and ripped it all and just ate with my hands. They were laughing so hard making fun of me cuz their pizzas have perfect cuts and mine is all ripped and messy  but whatever it all went in my stomache just like theirs did so i dont think it matters how i went about eating it haha. They went grocery shoppin today and Luciano asks me "What food do you want? Hot dogs? *obviously laughing and sarcasm* me-  "I know that was an american joke but i acutally do love hot dogs so yes please..."  he bought them for me :) Then tonight i was makin gnochii idk if i spelled it right but its pasta made from potatoes and with some spaghetti sauce so im sitting i the kitchen waiting for the water to boil and this is how mine and luisas conversation goes...
Luisa- When bubbles come up that means the waters boiling, did you add salt to the water?
Me- Lusia? i'm American not stupid!
Luisa &i both start dying laughing
Luisa- Well i know but americans dont eat pasta i wasnt sure if you knew how to make it!
Me- boiling water is pretty basic....and thats a common misconception, we dont just eat bread and hot dogs. We're not all fat and lazy either. We eat pasta and some of us play sports or work out, theres even some that are too skinny its a disease....*lots of sarcasm*
Luisa- Really?? is there anyone in your family that is fat? hahahaha oh man we were laughing so hard. We get along really well so we joked around about italians and americans for a while.
Living here has been so fun, today was a really fun day (despite the tantrums but hey italian kids, its expected and the rest of the time they are sweet little angels so i guess it evens out :) BUTTTTT IM SO GLAD IM AMERICAN!

 Yes i pet it...and i might have screamed but only cuz i thought it was gunna bite me :O

 Deer Farm

 hahah Camilla's eyes look creepy and Leone wouldnt hold still -_-

 Deer Farm

 A worm i found and they thought i was disgusting for picking it up....ps- yes momma see those nails, i didnt bite them off!!!!

 hahaha both dead asleep after 30 seconds of driving

 Sure. I'll eat the whole thing. They eat SOOO much here! They serve me portions that are the size dad or kolten would get and then always offer me more and more and more and  dessert and i just cant keep up... this is sayin something since my whole life my mom has called me a bottomless pit and my dad said he felt sorry for any guy who took me on a date cuz i eat so much haha!

 My new italian jacket :D obviously im pretty excited about it.

 Me&Luisa

 Boat ride

 That would be a castle...

 Closer up to a smaller castle.

All the flags :)

 ITALYYY

 getting off the boat, it is so pretty!!!

il Molino....Molino. Molina...close enough :)

Secret Garden!!

So Leone and i decided to go explore a little...Luisa had told me earlier about a place where she said you could see deer but its smack dab in the city so i just thought she didnt know what deer was in english. Anyways i decided to take Leone there this afternoon and it is AMAZINGGGG! My new favorite place, and the best part is no one goes there. Its huge and all to ourselves. So green, beautiful doesnt even begin to describe it. Theres coi? idk if thats right *it just reminds me of the office haha eh eh koooooten knows what im talkin about ;)* but those ponds with goldfish in them, then theres this huge deer farm! So there are tons of deer and goats, rams, peacocks, chickens, other birds, just a bunch of animals it was like our own little zoo and they come right up to the fence so it was so much fun.

 tried to get the church castle looking thing behind me as much as i could...

 bahahah Leone's "CHEEEESE" face :D

 Isnt he so cute? Just watching the deer...trust me when he first saw them he was NOT this calm.

 Dear Farm! *reminds me of our family vacation to the grand canyon when mom freaked out and got too scared and kaiden got his butt bit by the deer!*

 stairs

 ha! lil' monkey he wanted to climb over and get in with the animals.

 Theres a deer lying down to the left....

 Leone watching some weird goat...i HATE goats.

 I thought momma would like this cuz of all the vines growing everywhere

 view from the top of the stairs

This is definitely where we will be spending our afternoons from now on :)

holding hands. they did this themselves...."mano? mano milla?"-leone is so cute.

 Camilla spent a good 15 minutes searching for the perfect flowers for this bouquet and then gave it to me :) Its so cute seeing kids work so hard on something and then they say "no you have it!" The other day she spent sooo long coloring this picture of elephants and she told her mom she wanted to mail it so "The parents of A-ree-kuh who live in A-may-ree-kah!" haha i love their accents.

This tree is so cool, idk what the fruit is called but they taste like apples and are the size of a large olive? Theres a seed in the middle too? Im not sure but they are so good. They are green and once they turn brown they are perfect eating and its cool cuz they can turn brown within hours so in the morning we will go eat some then come out in the afternoon and there will be more!



saving Leone's life & prayer

This would be Leone's shirt....he was at the top of the slide and i dont even know how it happened but somehow he fell backward and i was on the opposite side of the slide so i dove over the top of the slide and caugh him with one finger!!! My right ring finger ripped through his shirt and thats all that held on to him. He's a solid kid...not chunky but thick and i thought i broke my finger it hurt so bad. His head maybe had like 2 inches to spare from hitting a boulder and his eyes were huge he was so scared. Thats the last time we go to that park...

Also, i realized today that i really miss family prayer. This family is Catholic but not really because they havnt been to church since the parents were little and they dont even know how to describe their church to me and they have no crosses in their house and they never pray so there is no religion here i guess. Its weird only saying prayers by myself every morning  and night and even before meals not having someone bless it. I miss squid making everyone bust up laughing and have it take us 45 minutes to pray because we cant finish a prayer bsince we end up laughing in the middle, having my mom get angry and my dad has to pretend he's on her side because lets get real momma, dad thinks we're freakin funny he just hassss to side with you cuz youre his wife. Haha family prayer is the best. Love&miss you guys <3

Gelato=heaven.

They went out one night and asked me what kind of Gelato i liked. I've never had it so i told them i didnt know but my favorite ice cream is strawberry and you can never go wrong with chocolate. I expected them to bring me back a little cup full....NOPE! Its hard to tell how big this is but its at least a cup  of each flavor....and i cant believe im saying this but the pistachio is amazing. I always thought it would be so disgusting but im obsessed with it. Dad and Derek would be in heaven if they came here.

 This is the couch i was talking about....its hugee! and i WILL have on in my house one day. i can lay all the way across it and not touch any of the sides, thats how big it is. And even sitting in front of the pillos only my feet will barely hang off the edge so its practically a bed. Its wonderful.



bells

IM GOING TO KILL SOMEONE IF THESE STUPID CHURCH BELLS DONT STOP RINGING. thats pretty much it. Idk if its special because its sunday but they seriously play for minutesssss at a time. they play 7 minutes straight every half hour! Thats like 23 minutes of quiet and then they go off again and again and again and again and AGAIN! kill me.

iphone

I got my Iphone working last night (thankyou justin) and so today Leone slept for 3 hours...."thankyou god"-koooten :) haha brother sister joke. So it was just me and Camilla which was very nice because she didnt have to fight for attention so she was a sweetheart. She took tons of pics of herself on my phone and videos and we built a castle out of blocks and watched monsters inc....good day :)

Videos of Camilla talking :)

 

having fun with the camera

 

church!

Welllllll it was my first time goin to church here in Italy and i was so scared. First of all Luciano made me drive so i could practice. oh my gosh, we lived but it is so much harder to drive here!! Its scary. Seriously like all kidding aside it really does scare me to drive! Anyways we show up and the building is just so little and old looking, we walk in and they do church backwards. So i go to relief society with one lady  named Silvia who spoke okay english but as we were walking she ran into another woman who was born and raised in Italy but moved to Utah to learn english and ended up getting married so she lives in utah now. Exo facto-perfect english...what up translator! Worked out great. The bishop is her older brother so she introduced me to him and his english was awful so our meeting was the most awkward bishops interview ive ever had haha but in the end he was very excited to have me so i guess it was good. The utah woman translated for me the whole time but her breath reeked so that was a downfall to not knowing the language myself! Then for gospel doctrine they have 2 classes...one in italian and one in english! yayyy ENGLISH! but even tho its english you have to realize that 4 of them are brothas...straight up outta Africa-ghana, nigeria&kenya and egypt. Then theres 2 italian women, a teacher and a missionary from Colorado who looks just like Gage Blue and thats it so they all have hardcore accents i have to pay real close attention and try to understand what theyre saying but i know itll onlly get easier from here on out. All the brothas are so excited im there :) haha more black boys dad ;) But they are all solid- super nice, way faithful and just make it really fun. I basically hung around the missionaries just cuz they can translate and i got an italian book of mormon and they know Brian Parker! They all love him at this branch...so thanks to him, they all love me now! Everyone kept asking me where my husband was and i was just like noooooo im 19 and a nanny...."oh okay so wheres your husband?" NOOOO let me spell this out for you haha gosh i probably had to explain that i moved here  by myself to nanny, not with my husband to nanny at least 4 times. Even tho i dont understand much when i go, its still nice being with people that i know would help me if i needed help and to hear the hymns. I cant sing italian of course so i just hum haha it works too but overall, church ended up being better than i thought :)

Missionary Work :)

Luisa and Luciano have been very interested in mormons...everyone we meet they tell them im mormon and run through a quick version of what we believe and they all are so amazed that i am 19 and dont drink wine beer or any kind of alchohol, smoke, drink coffe or tea, or have sex before marriage. Today they had 2 friends over for dinner and they were talking with me well thru luisa and luciano  but they too were so interested and i asked them if they had ever heard of mormons before. None of them have!!! Its so weird to me that they have never heard of Mormons and they have never seen a missionary. So i got on FB and showed them pictures of Kolten's mission and TJ's mission (just cuz i know it'll make koltens day, they did comment on how good looking you are haha TJ too, they told me "ohhhhh goooood choice! *picture hilarious accents and eye brow raises*) anyways i feel like a little missionary over here because they know absoloutely nothing! The only things they know are what they looked up on wilkipedia....oh boy right? so i make sure they ask me not the computer, but everything i've told them about they are so nice about it and interested and tell everyone! The only thing they think is crazy is that i want to get married already haha and that my brothers will be getting married and that i have friends that are married...that blows their minds cuz no one gets married that young here, but everything else gets them excited and they constantly have questions for me. Luciano is coming to church with me tomorrow :) so hopefully thats good, i wont be able to understand anything so i wont know whats they're talking about or be able to explain anything to him...hopefully he will like it and understand it.

No Lo So

No Lo So (I dont know)

Its still hard trying to figure out whats expected of me here, im so confused. I havnt quite figured out if they want me around allllll the time just so the kids can hear english or when the parents are home if i can come into my room and watch a movie or fb,pinterest&blog so sometimes i just feel like a little lost puppy dog just chillin. For instance today is Saturday and the mom is home so i dont think i should be the one to take care of the kids so i hope shes not mad im in my room, sometimes i'll just walk out there to get a drink or sit on the couch out there so they dont think im hiding haha! ps- they have the COOLEST couch ever. its huge like  a bed... i'll post a pic soon. Or whenever the grandparents come over/cousins/aunts/uncles which is very often and the kids are  playing with them am i supposed to just sit there or what? I havnt summoned up enough courage to talk to them about it yet but im sure it will get much better once im here for a few weeks and get used to it.  Also the kids have no schedule. -_- seriously? Thats the worst because i love/need a schedule. And i think kids especially need one. The boy is supposed to take a nap but has no schedule so some days he goes down at 11 and others at 3 and if she would just say kay at noon take  nap im sure he'd get used to it. Also bedtime, if the kids cry then they let them come out of their rooms to watch a movie with them on the couch so its like 10pm and these little kids are so exhausted but tyring to stay awake for the movie so then their schedule gets all thrown off again. So when i come in and its just me taking care of them, i like a schedule  but it has no power over them cuz the way their parents just go with the flow....its kinda difficult. However i've gotten very good at my mothers saying "if you wanna cry, you can cry in your room." hahaha this is my favorite. Tantrums just for attention dont fly with me and Camilla loves to have them. So usually once a day she gets to hear me say that to her lol. She is so cute and sweet but to Leone she will push him and purposely hurt him and already have a lie made up so when i ask her what happened she doesnt think she'll get in trouble. Poor little girl thinks she can outsmart me ;) NOPE! haha and so then she realized i caught her in a lie and she'll cry and throw a fit. Or she'll pretend she doesnt understand what im saying but i know she does she is just choosing not to listen so she will go fro loving me to hating me and then loving me again its funny. She tells everyone "I have a new american nanny from arizona named A-ree-kuh and she speaks english!!" *in italian of course*  Shes very proud of it. Welp i just re-read this and it sounds kinda bad haha it really is awesome here and the family is GREAT, just a little unsure of whats expected but i am loving it :)

old school

Sooooo i guess this picture is more new school than old school cuz look how cool their escalators are in the mall....flat! no steps. Impressive eh? I always wonder tho if someone with a really heavy cart has ever fallen down them cuz with all the weight and duh the cart has wheels...it could be pretty dangerous. Dangerous but funny too.

 Shya. Check out my "lion-which-and-the-wardrobe" closet! Cool huh? I think its so cah-ute. Right now im living in the little girls room because she stays in the game room but in a week or two my floor downstairs will be finished and i'll move down there and i wont have this fancy closet anymore haha i just think its cool cuz it reminds me of that movie every time :)

YUP. i guess their dryers suck so this is how we do it in italy :0 they have a lady that comes over and does their laundry(washing&hanging) and then another woman who's like really old who does the (ironing&foldin and puting away) cuz they say you have to iron everything here. No thankyou! I will wash my clothes myself and dry them myself. I just think its weird having someone else do it.

snail mail

LUMACA!!! (Snail)

I found this fatty on the wall outside when Leone and i were playing on the balcony....gross. I picked him up twice and dropped him twice ooops! haha and my fingers are still slimey after washing them twice :/ Also mail....it is so slowwwwwww i mailed out like 6 post cards and 2 letters so hopefully everyone gets them soon because i went to the post office today and i have to pay an extra euro if i want the letter to get there within 4-5 days other wise it can take about 2 weeks. -_- missionaries are so needy ;) haha just kidding i'll gladly pay extra.

                                                                                                                                                                     

Me and Leone, he was fascinated by it but scared at the same time. It was too funny i wish i had  a video. And i found out they dont have snakes here....YAYYYYY just snails :)

He is sooo stinkin cute! Screaming, laughing hed get so excited and go up close then jump back all scared like it was going to attack him.

 ^the backyard where we play alot of "1.2.3.4.5.6"  cuz they dont know how to say "hide-n-seek" haha so when they want to play they just cover their eyes and say "a-ree-kuh 1.2.3.4.5.6?" :)

Italians...



                                                                           Looks
When you think of Italians....what do you picture? Well let me tellllllll you, first there is your typical italian like hoochie mamas and pimps and they are freaking hilarious looking. The men crack me up with their long, greasy, slicked back hair and shirts buttoned up half way with their nasty as chest hair curling over, butt hugging pants and their thousand dollar shoes. Once my cell phone starts working i am definietly taking some candid camera pics so you all can see because it makes me laugh every time. Same with the women...its all about the shoes. Im not lying, i have seen women in sweat pants and a tank top but they still rock their 6 inch pumps or hooker heels and its so ugly but to them its style. The less the shoes and outfit match, the better! Weird. The mall is my favorite place to go to see people because there are two extremes. The first is crazy like im-goin-to-a-hollywood-party type of look where they are dressed so nice and in the nicest, tallest shoes with tons of makeup and extreme hair. And then theres the kind that look like they just rolled outta bed. Its perfectly normal to not wear makeup or do your hair here and just wear comfy clothes. Which one do you think im doing? pff i want mermaid hair so yessss ive definitely taken it upon myself to never do my hair :) Its been a whole week since my hair has seen a blow dryer or straightener yayyyyy! Id say the "casual" wear is leggings. All the women wear leggings as pants and then either just a shirt or a dress and some type of sneakers. But geez these italians are a crack up.

                                                                        The people
Italy has become the place where people from any other country come to because of the Catholic pope and charity, welcome everyone, blah blah blah so there are all kinds of people here and the italian- italians hate it. People come from Pakistan :O Kenya, Russia, germany, i cant remember where else they told me but a bunch of muslims and indians and black people. If you walk down the street there are food shops for just muslims or indians because they wont eat beef or pork. I kinda sorta maybe have a fear of muslim looking people. Im an American...they attacked my country...so whenever i see one i think oh my gosh terrorist!! is that such a crime?? Idk i cant control it, it just scares me but luckily they scare Luisa (the mom) too so we stay away from them together :) I havnt met anyone yet who speaks fluent english  besides the mom and dad of this family so whenever i follow luisa around or am with them in public and people come up and talk, i just stand there like a lost puppy dog and the people think im rude cuz i dont say anything or laugh or react but hellooooo "i no lo comprendo" thats a movie quote...i hope someone gets it. Its from stick it. go watch it.  Anyways then eventually luisa tells them im from arizona which is in america and then the people get all excited and will tell luisa they just thought i was a snob at first and then they will talk to me about america and ask me how i like it here and luisa will translate. Even in another country i first come off as a B-word....just my luck. So i've leaerned to just laugh randomly in conversations and smile all the time :) Last night lusia(the mom) luciano(the dad) and i stayed up super late talking about beliefs and differences in our countries and views on guns and stuff and luckily they are just like my family. Whewwww! Luciano even showed me his gun collection and told me we will go shooting sometime so im excited.

                                                                        The family
Because the house is hugeeeee there are 3 different families living in all sorts of the house but its sealed off so we never see them unless they all meet out in the front gardens or porch. I met all the little girls- Ludovicka (uhhh okay? i call her Ludo cuz i cant pronounce it right) Benedicta, Sofia, Fillipo, Carlo, and i cant remember the baby's name. But all these kids are under like 6 years old so it was overwhelming but hilarious at the same time cuz i had all these little kids goin off in italian to me and i had no clue what they were saying and so they would run inside and learn an english phrase from Luisa and run out and say it to me all proud. "My name is!" then theyd run off.....they didnt realize they were supposed to say their name after haha but they like to copy what i say all the time and they are just so cute. Benedicta reminds me of squid (my sister lydia) cuz she has the muscle and just looks like her in the face cept she has crazy curly hair. Fillipo looks like the little boy off of "Little Giants" the skinn "dont you be talkin bout my mama" kid....he is super skinny but has the cutest long dirty blonde hair with brown eyes and long lashes and little freckles across his nose. He walks like Jaela (my little sister) cuz his pants are always falling off so he is darling. Sometimes i feel so useless tho cuz they have  6 adults living in this huge house so when they all come outside i dont know if im supposed to take charge of the kids or what and then theres the grandparents of each family that are always there too so theres a lot of people. Then they have house cleaners and laundry ladies and so i havnt quite figured out my place yet but once all of the construction workers leave and my floor of the house is finished i think i'll fit in a little better. No complaints here :)....cept i wish i had rosetta stone to help me with this language but thats all! CIAO.

Leone :) I taught him to say "Cheeseeee!" and he thinks it is so fun and he makes the biggest smile every time.
                                                                    

got milk? &the market

 Instead of water&ice like in america where you can just go put in some money and fill up a water jug they have milk dispensers randomly set up in the town...soooo weird! And they have meat hanging all over. Meet & cheese stands randomly set up with masssssssive blocks of cheese its so cool.

 My Ma and Pops know just how much i love Mexico and going into the shops and eatin at all the little taco stands...welp every tuesday they set up market down one of the streets and it is Mexico except cleaner and italian food and i cant talk to anyone! Actually some Pakistan guy spoke okay english so i know if i ever get lost in there i can find him and communicate but those people kinda scare me :/ haha! Plus he thought Arizona was in Russia....um not really close but good try right? Everything here is super good quality too so thats an up from Mexico...dont worry PJ (haha dad remember when i used to call you this cuz of the time we watched robbin hood haha i just remembered the good ol' days when me and derek would ask you what time is is? SNUGGLE TIME! haha geez) anyways...my love for mexico will never be replaced :) duh it runs through my blood. MOLINA! <3  But this is probably where i will spend a lot of my money cuz they have tons of shops and tons of little food/candy stands which is all way different stuff then what they have in America so i gotta try it all...ps- expect christmas packages from this place :)

This is the bell tower at the top of the hill right above the house and next to the church...it rings every morning at 730 so i dont even need an alarm clock :) Im at the bottom right kinda hard to see but it is so pretty and everytime it goes off i just laugh cuz i still cant believe im in Italy. And today i heard a cop car for the first time. It was just like off of the "Italian Job", i knew it was different from American cop cars but it still caught me offguard to hear it for the first time.