24 August 2025

We're back home after 2 wonderful weeks in Italy. The photo shows our route. We started in Rome and made a counter clockwise circle around Northern Italy, ending back in Rome. Here are some stats:
Number of cities and towns we visited: 12
Modes of transportation: 10 (plane, train, bus, subway, vaparetto, gondola, car, van, bike and walking)
Steps walked: 225,062
Steps converted to miles: 102.3 miles (more than double the distance Becky usually walks)

We stayed our last night in a hotel near the airport to make it easier to catch our flight on Wednesday morning.

Brandan used the last of our euros to buy treats for his coworkers.

We were super thankful to arrive home and find everything in good shape. While we were gone, Pacific Power installed a new meter, the last step we needed completed before we could use our solar panels. Brandan switched the panels on. Honestly, we can't tell if the solar panels are working or not. The solar installers will be back this week to check out the system and we are very curious to learn how to monitor our electricity production.

In other news, Gibson is working hard at the MTC. He met up with his cousin, Sawyer.

Sofi started law school. This is a photo on her first day of school.

Her school had a ceremony to commit the students to a code of professional accountability.

Helen joined some of her coworkers from the Salt Lake City building to volunteer to paint the house of a person with a low income. From the left are Jacob, Helen, Daffodil, Nick and Tracy.

This is another photo of the painters: Daffodil, Helen, Tracy and Nick.

Also, Nate started medical school this month. This is a photo from his white coat ceremony.