CHOW!!! BUONGIORNO!!

I am back!! My mind is a hundred places right now (constantly thinking about what time it is in Italy), but it feels great to be home. I was looking forward to seeing the girls faces when they saw me in the morning. Taylor would not let go, Nicole peeked around the corner when she heard my voice and gave me alittle shy smile. She than came running over to me and gave me a HUGE hug. She said, "You were on a trip. " (I guess she said that alot while I was gone.) Kaylee saw me and came running. She sat on my lap and started to cry. I than started to cry and said to Kaylee why are you crying. She said, "My eyes just water sometimes." Warren did such a great job and the girls had a blast with him. The house was even clean when I came home. I stayed in my pajamas all day long yesterday and it felt great!! The girls just climbed all over me all day and I kept smelling them. I know that sounds weird. But for 1 week, I smelled the lovely sewers in Italy, Italian BO, and other interesting stenches. I feel very bad for Jen who lent me her backpack because as I was unpacking, I realized I took the lovely smell with me to my home. I will try my hardest to get the smell out before I return it. My sister in law Sue (who by the way is awesome and I had a great time with her) summed it up like this, "When they have you mark the little boxes in customs...you know "are you bringing any weapons into the country?" (like any of the dudes who do would mark "yes") "did you bring in any produce or meat?" They should really ask "are you returning with any foreign smells?" They wouldn't have let me back in. Or, "are you returning with mold spores in your lungs from the hotel bed, sheets, air conditioner etc?" Then they wouldn't have let my Mom in. She got sick in Rome from the mold. She mentioned that it was harder for her to breath in our hotel and in the Metro. Upon closer examination, the Metro had mold stalactites (or is it stalagmites? Whichever one means mold growing from the ceiling in cave like formations). Mold was coming out of any opening it could find in the walls. Our hotel room had the same problem (minus the cave structures. I'm sure they wiped those away before we came in.) "

The trip was awesome. I loved it and feel great. What an awesome experience. Stories to come and tons more pictures later. Here is a quick preview:

(This is for you Rachael. Here is your typical Italian man. You can't see that his shirt is unbuttoned about half way down with hair coming out, the cigarette in his right hand, and casanova way he was talking to this girl. I did take a picture of The David - and it is coming. It was amazing!!)

PS The entire run down is coming - so be prepared for a looooooong post. (or even 2)