Beautiful Venice. I can't believe it's almost time to leave. 

Hello Florence. 

Today we went to the Vatican, which was very beautiful and also very exhausting. 

Hello from Rome! Today we went to the Forum, Colosseum and Pallatine Hill. It was so hot but so so fun. 

Ciao!

Good news: Paris is still amazing. Also, guess who I ran into at the Eiffel Tower?

(It's Jimmer!)

Jump For My Love

Just doing a little Pinteresting and listening to this song on repeat.

What up Saturday night?


(and a big thank you to Nat the Fat Rat)

Lately I'm Loving...

white jeans

playing with false eyelashes

  

these people

snowcones on long summer nights

What's making you smile today?

Do It Yourself

This little blog is wanting for content, so I took it upon myself to do something worth writing about.  That something was a craft.  This little jewelry stand is all over Pinterest, so I thought I'd add my tutorial to the mix.

1.  Head to your local thrift store/junk shop/craft fair/antique mall and pick up some fancy plates.  Mine match but yours don't have to.  Also, find some candle sticks to separate the tiers.

(While you're there, buy a sa-weet denim jacket for only $6!)

2.  Pile your supplies in the car and drive them to your mother's house, because she has a hot glue gun.

3.  Decide that the hot glue gun takes too long to heat up and makes too much of a mess.  Pick the dried glue off of your pieces....

4.  Raid your brothers' superglue stash.  If your brothers are anything like mine, they have plenty. 

5.  Finally get down to business!  Start with your largest plate.  Carefully spread glue along the bottom of one of your candlesticks and center it on the plate.

6.  Let the glue dry (it doesn't take long) before stacking and gluing the rest of your pieces.  If you want, use a teacup on top instead of a saucer.

7.  Congratulations! You are now crafty.  Add your jewelry and admire your handiwork!

Pictures from a week at home

Thanks to my iPhone, I now take pictures of every single thing that happens to me.  Thanks to this blog, you get to see them too.  So I now present . . . my week in photos!

Took this little guy out for a drive and a picnic...

saw this...

                                                                    

 and knocked over a tree for good measure.

a little sibling love

the boys made and demonstrated slingshots

Emma wore Christmas socks in July

and then we saw this guy on the freeway.

So obviously the Duncan House is a happening place.  Or not.  But what can I say, I sure do love these folks!  I hope your week was as awesome as mine!

Subscribe

Well, it's a new month...and do you know what that means? That means 5 pounds of fresh Peachy Patties in my mailbox!  Because cool kids subscribe to their candy.

Insta-Summer

I wish every day of my summer could look like this....

That's all folks! After a 27-hour(!) day, we arrived safely home at around 1:00 this morning. Thanks for following along with us on this amazing, crazy, wonderful journey!

I'll try to keep updating this little blog... Probably nothing as exciting as traveling across Europe, just my silly musings and tidbits from my life, but feel free to stop by every once in a while!

They don't call it the Emerald Isle for nothing...

We like Scotland because it has a lot of castles and a lot of souvenirs with our name on them. And Loch Ness. We LOVE Loch Ness.

(These pictures were mostly taken through the window of a moving bus, so just pretend that they're nice, ok?)