A few months ago Kristi approached Mollie and I about taking a girl's getaway.  Originally she wanted to go to Amsterdam, but due to me not having a visa for Austria yet, I was advised that it might not be a good idea to go to Amsterdam.


Mollie was longing for the beach!  We hunted for options and settled on Malta.  I was really excited about adding a new country, but it was not meant to be.  In the midst of Kristi booking our flights the tickets wouldn't go through and when she tried again they had gone up considerable.  Phooey!  Back to the drawing board.

Bratislava, Slovakia is only an hour away from Vienna.  I began researching flight options out of their airport and ended up finding a great deal on a flight to Alghero, Italy on the island of Sardinia.  We knew of Sardinia, but had never heard of Alghero.  We were all up for an adventure, so we decided to go for it.  Kristi researched apartments and we planned a very inexpensive little getaway!

We made a beeline for the beach!!

It was beautiful, fine, powdery white sand.  If it just weren't for all that brown seaweed (you can see it close to the water's edge).  Not sure if it was left over from winter or if they get unusually high amounts of seaweed.










This rock is the Isola (island) Piana on the Capo Caccia.  There are caves underneath this area and lots of coral comes from this area.  We all bought a corral bracelet to commemorate our time together!





There have been some stressful moments during our time in Vienna and I am so thankful to the Lord for these 2 buddies who have been incredible friends during that time and their kids have been great friends to mine as well!!

Did you know that Pez was invented in 1927 by an Austrian inventor, originally created as a cigarette replacement?  Pez comes from the German word pfefferminze as the candy was originally peppermint flavored.

Initial sales of the candy in the US were low when presented in 1952.  Eduard Haas decided to redo the packaging, create a dispenser that doubled as a toy with a cartoon head and created fruity flavors.

I considered collecting Pez dispensers, but decided against it.  We just don't need more clutter.  I have seen some creative ones.

Our new Saturday morning pass time, t-ball!!

I thought Brennan & Karis would really enjoy it!

Why not Reegan?  Let's just say I knew she wouldn't be interested.  I didn't want to spend the money to find out if she would like it or not.  So, I didn't enroll her.  But, she comes to the games and we watch (well, she plays with the kids) in the dugout.

Dad says "Point your toe and throw!" The cute thing about it is she does it in more of a ballerina kind of way.  Too cute!








We're all having a great time!! We're especially loving the American treats we can buy from the concession stand!!  Yummy American beef burgers, hot dogs, Cheetos, Dr Pepper...... Now you know why we really joined t-ball!  Ha!

And I was so excited to find this little treat that I know from Prague, a trdelnik!  A sweet bread, wrapped around a metal rolling pin and cooked over an open fire.  Then, it's dipped in cinnamon & sugar or almonds.  Yum!