No, really I can't believe its raining. I'm sure its because I washed my car yesterday. Isn't that how it works?

Friday is one of our pool days, and as soon as we got there it starts thundering. Now I didn't just drive 20 min to the base for K to be in the water for 5 minutes. To somewhat satisfy my disappointed child, we headed to the park until the rain actually began. We ended up leaving before the rain started, but I'm consistently amazed at the weather patterns in this region.

My drive home began without rain, then light rain, sunshine, pouring down rain with hail, sunshine, & then drizzle. We live exactly 11 miles from base; it is so crazy that I can experience so many weather patterns in such a short period of time. This has happened to me numerous times. I have this thought that the weather is so unpredictable because we are at the base of the mountains and only an hour from the beach. I'm no meteorologist, but I'm pretty sure that the mountain air and the humid ocean air makes for some crazy weather. Anyways, I get pretty annoyed when the rain thoroughly messes up my day.

Most of y'all know that Kennedy has had a schedule since the day she was born. I/we thrive on schedules. Actually, yesterday morning we sat down and filled out her calendar for the next few weeks with all of her activities. This afternoon of rain means a lazy day in the house. I usually would fill up the time cleaning or with some other project, but I'm going to take this opportunity to sit and watch Willie Wonka with Ms. K. So, I will be relaxing and eating popcorn with my girl for the next 2 hours.

Italian beauty...relaxing on the beach with great friends, laughing children, sun, and sand!

Caorle Beach is where our day took us. We start these adventures and don't always know where they will lead us. We found our way to the beach and used our meager Italian language skills to rent umbrellas and chairs for our crew. Once the bags were set down and the towels laid out, out came the sunscreen. We applied and applied, but some of us still ended up with a little burn. Us ladies chatted while the kids dug in the sand. Well, Kennedy, my neat freak child, decided to roll in the sand. I don't know what got into that girl, but she had sand from head to toe.

(Kennedy & Jacob...family)



The water was perfect! The temperature was great; it was the perfect depth for the kids to play in.
I can't say anything other than GREAT things about our day. Sometimes you can't believe the blessing you are given. I haven't been feeling too chipper since Brian left, so this is just what I needed.

Caorle has so much history and character. It is definitely more than a beach town. I'm looking forward to our next trip and more time to wander around. As we looked out into the water this church was in our view. The story behind it is below.

The church of Blessed Virgin of the Angel is built on a little promontory on the sea. In ancient times, the church had three naves, but the sea repeatedly destroyed one of them. So in eighteenth century the church was rebuilt, with the structure that it has today. The legend says that one day a number of fishermen saw a light on the sea; when they approached it, they found a statue of the Virgin Mary with Child, and they carried it to the shore. The bishop and the townspeople tried to carry the statue to the cathedral but it was very heavy; so the bishop called a group of children (because of their innocence) and they succeeded in carrying it to the nearby church of the Archangel Michael (for this "Virgin of the Angel").