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August 4, 2025

We had an Italian summer adventure and it was a DREAM! 10 days of perfecto! We traveled to Venice, Florence, Lake Como, and Milan – each stop was better than the last! Well, Lake Como was better than all of them but every place was magical. I took well over 1k photos so get ready for several days of trip photos! πŸ™‚

Our adventure began on Thursday night flying out of Atlanta to Venice…

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We arrived to Venice around 11am and took a car and then a water taxi to our hotel, Londra Palace.

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Our hotel was perfection! Great location, excellent room setup, and so nice!

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I didn’t even get a picture of our incredible balcony with the best view! We got freshened up and went out to explore!

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We stopped in shops, got some pizza (which the kids insisted was their favorite for the rest of the trip) and pasta, and walked all over Venice!

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We even stopped in Gucci which Samantha loved…

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Late afternoon we took a gondola ride and then headed to dinner…

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After dinner came gelato…of course!

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An excellent start to the trip!

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summer

July 31, 2025

Cooking lobster…

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Catching fish…

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and whatever this is!

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Summer, don’t end!

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Eww

July 29, 2025

Nothing much going on here…just finding enormous snake skins…

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and killing wasp nests!

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Happy Wednesday!

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Tooth

July 18, 2025

Really glad to have Maxwell around to help Samantha pull that loose tooth…because I’m not gonna do it!

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Say cheese!

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More Greystone

July 17, 2025

The final pics from the last few days of camp…

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They had cabin awards and Samantha got “Most likely to be Captain of the Day every day!” Very fitting!

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I was there bright and early for pickup day – I wasn’t the first car this year, I was the third – but I could have been the first! I had gotten up at the crack of dawn in Pigeon Forge to drive to North Carolina and had gotten there very early. I parked and waited at the gas station before heading into camp.

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I might not have been the first car, but I was the first mom up the hill! Samantha saw me and I got the very best running, jumping hug! There is NOTHING BETTER than that first hug after camp! I was so, so happy to see my happy camper!

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We then made the drive back to Birmingham. We both got a good laugh when we saw how many text messages she had gotten while at camp!

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I am so grateful for Camp Greystone! I think she’s ready for next summer!

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