WE ARE OFF AGAIN !!!!

Has it been this long since we last communicated?? So much has occurred over the past few years I will attempt to bring you up to date in two minutes or less!! Family--Mike is in college knocking out 4.0's left and right, Dana has a great job in Bellingham and continues to amaze us with her baking abilities every holiday--Megan and Matt are buying their first home, Athena and Ricky continue to be a credit to their parents parenting--Matt graduated from Western Washington with a degree in Finance--he is now a consultant and Fantasy Football guru extraordinaire--Jonny graduated from Central Washington with a degree in Sociology, he has a small online company while he continues to search in this horrendous economy--Caitie went from NYU back to UW in Seattle because of the great international program there, she is now in Ferrara Italy majoring in Italian and Psychology.

It seems like when Caitie travels so do we!! So when she decided to go to Italy we weren't far behind! It's a great excuse to take a vacation from our vacation. But before I get into our plans let finish the update on our stateside adventures. When we returned in May of 2008 to our spotless floating home in which our tenants had kept impeccably we decided it was time to build a home on this beautiful piece of land we have in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. So after a fantastic summer on Lake Union in Seattle we plunged into the wonderful world of home building. We were blessed with the best builder you can imagine who came up with creative ideas and kept to a time line while not sacrificing quality and expertise. In May 2009, our second Dream Home was complete. We have been sharing time in Colorado and Seattle ever since. We love country living while we are here and love city living while in Seattle.

Now as I was saying when Caitie goes international so do we. She has been in Italy since 12/26/09 and on 12/27/09 we started making plans. Caitie asked if we could meet her in Switzerland on her spring break and who could refuse such a request! She has never been to Suisse and it is one of our favorite countries so of course we began an intensive search for planes, trains and more trains and ultimately boats. We are flying from Albuquerque to Dallas to Sao Paulo where we board the Splendor of the Seas for Barcelona with stops in Rio, Canary Islands, Portugal and finally Barcelona, fly to Milan, meet Caitie and take train to Lugano. Then trains all over Switzerland!!. We will go to Ferrara to see this beautiful walled city and see Caitie's fairytale apartment on a small winding cobblestone road in the city across from
the castle. After a week or so we will get out of her hair and continue our adventure through Northern Italy.

We have decided that this is the perfect life for us, two great homes, and a lot of travel... I guess that would be a perfect life for a lot of people:)We have many exceptional moments over the past few years, meeting new people, getting reacquainted with old friends from childhood and of course our many new friends. So family and friends your Gypsy couple are back at it with future plans for New Zealand
Australia, Chile, Argentina and Scandinavian countries, the UK and Ireland.

Stay Tuned!
Slainte'
Mike