i am glad you guys actually are reading my posts! its amazing...thanks for keeping me updated on bob. oh man, i cant even tell you guys how much i miss him. i feel like i am a bad parent...i want to add you guys as friends so i can read your posts, but i cant understand this blog in italian, so if you guys are able hack on to my page again and add you guys as my friends. i want to see what is going on with the utah jazz(silent j) and gunner, and josie, and of course what paige bought at last chance this week...hehe kidding! well, this weekend was pretty average. friday we were rained out, so we had a mini shopping day, then we had sleepovers because marco went on a weekend yoga trip in the mountains, so we had the apartment to ourselves. saturday we went to florence, which was so full of tourists it was a drag. but i did buy some wonderful presents for my lovely mother and papa joe. then on sunday we just did touristy things in siena. but today we are renting bikes and riding around the country side. i havent ridden a bike in about 10 years (not even kidding) so lets hope my cankles can hold up. i will let you know if i end up taking the bike for a walk. oh and then, we taught marco to say "bomb.com" it was pretty great. he couldnt understand why we said it because it doesnt translate in italian. lol. but jessica and i made a new cute friend named emily, she is 28, returned missionary, and going back to school. yesterday we went to church, and it was fast sunday. it was so amazing. i can't tell you all how blessed the people in the church are here, even though they have nothing. their primary has one little boy, the relief society consists of 3 or 4 women, depending on the sunday. but the spirit in the small little building makes the hair stand up on my arms. the missionaries make up most of the ward, and there are 4. so the mission has actually grown since the last time i came when there were only 2 missionaries in this area. i miss everyone so much, and am excited to come home and spend the summer with you guys. so ben and linds, you better not be moving soon!