Stop one: Venice

Venice was such an incredible city! The food was amazing. I have never had such good pizza and I don't think my brothers will ever recover from the amount of gelato they consumed on the trip. I didn't think it was possible to eat that much! The city was so full of life and history. We were only there for about a day before our cruise departed but we had a blast wandering around shopping and sight seeing. Our hotel was right at the base of the famous Rialto Bridge and it was ancient. Our room was at the tip top and when we got our room assignment the bell boy seemed to mysteriously vanish leaving Ricky and I to carry our own bags up the 7 narrow flights of stairs that led to the top of the old place. It was quite the experience!

Around the World and Back

I realize these updates are long overdue. I have been slacking on my blogging lately but now that I'm done with school I have fully dedicated myself to keeping up on my blogging.

This summer has been a busy one for us; I graduated from BYU-Idaho, we went to Europe with my family and now we're getting ready for Ricky to start another busy semester. On our trip we were able to see Venice, Bari and Rome Italy. But we were on a cruise so we actually went to Rome last and we were able to see Olympia, Greece; Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey; and Dubrovnik, Croatia all in-between. Because we took soo many pictures I'm going to post them in segments according to place. Hope you love them as much as we do!

DONE!!

It's finally here! I'm done done done! I didn't think it would ever happen! No more school! And don't you love my cute announcements that I made??

There is that pesky little thing about a job still, but it will come... right? But I still have photography which is the plan of course. And we'll still be in Rexburg while Ricky finishes school, so the party continues at the Packard home as usual. We're off on vaca with the fam in a week and we can't wait!!! Italy here we come! Look for tons of updates soon! I know I've been slacking, but I promise updates are coming!

Ricky's Birthday

We had so much fun for Ricky's birthday this year. He's feeling a little old now that he's 23... ? We've been getting so excited for the warmer weather to get here (that is if it ever does get here) that Ricky has really been looking forward to camping. So for his birthday he got a tent and some camping chairs. The cake was the best part though. It's a Packard favorite... Mud Pie. Oreos and Ice Cream with caramel and chocolate syrup with whipped cream on top, sign us up!!

Play Ball!

Baseball season has officially started! Ricky is coaching and playing in the BYU-Idaho competitive league with my brother Drew. Ricky is #26 and Drew is #24. We are really expecting great things out of their team, the Hawks, with the stellar coaching they have this season. Ricky is also umpiring a few games when he's not playing and we can't get enough baseball around here!

At BYU-Idaho we even have a closing prayer.

La Belle Vie

I have been working hard on my photography. These are the postcards I hope to put around town to generate business. I want to put them in the dress shop on Main St and hopefully in a few of the jewelry stores. What do we think?

This is the front

This is the back

San Diego Part 2

The San Diego Zoo was a hoot! We saw everything there.