Riddle Family In Italy

Birthday #9...

On July 12, 2010 Adam turned 9 years old!  It is really neat to see how he has grown!   We had a few of his friends from school over for a party and had a good time together.  The menu this time was more Italian as we ate panzarotti (pizza crust type bread filled with mozzarella and tomatoes, folded over and fried!) and played games.  Adam also continued the tradition of our bowl cake.  It has been the choice of birthday cake for our family for about six or seven years running now!  It is good so it is something that we all live with!

Adam is growing up also.  It is kind of neat to have him and his brothers living here in Italy.  All three are bi-lingual and that is a gift that they will have for a lifetime.  Although at this time, Adam appreciated the Lego Jedi-Star-fighter that he got as a gift more, we are sure that in the coming years he will also appreciate the chance he has of living here in Italy.

Happy Birthday Adam!

A Long Time Ago...

One of my favorite movies of all time starts in this way and it seems fitting that a long time ago I actually wrote things on this blog!!  My but life gets away from us at times!  In the past five months we have been to Paris, France and back, had Bible School week, run all over southern Italy, spent much time in the hospital with a member of our congregation, got a new cat, put a new turbo in our car and all sorts of other things! 

It is now the middle of summer break from school and we are now in a period of what could be called "calm".  One of the things that we continue to learn though is that "calm" is a relative term in life.  One day can be smooth and the next day can be completely crazy. 

We hope to put a few things here in the coming days/weeks to bring you all up to date of some of the things we have done and are doing.  It is interesting being here in Italy at this time because we see God moving in some really cool ways.

We will try to keep you all posted.  :)