For three months we have had the great pleasure of living across the street from this wonderful family. Samuel was thrilled to have a boy his age living so close, and Samuel, Shira and Davide have been playing together constantly for the past few months.
Between rock climbing, Happy Hollow, going to see the elephant seals, joining us at soccer practice, celebrating birthdays and holidays together, we feel like they are another part of the family.
This picture is of our last dinner together before they had to return to Italy. We hope they will have the opportunity to come back here again, and they have been trying to convince us to visit them in Italy - not that I ever need an excuse for that.
Samuel keeps looking out the front window waiting to see if there are lights in their house to see if they changed their minds and didn't leave after all. It's breaking my heart a little bit.
