Bill & Carlotta AND Mike & Rois: Stateside!

It had been 4 years since we had seen Bill and Carlotta, our great friends from Trento IT. Since then, Bill has moved up in the Universita' di Trento, Carlotta has worked through a series of projects in her field and most importantly, they became parents for the first time!

It was very exciting to finally meet Saverio! What an adorable boy! We were lucky that they came to the States, Bill was working on a project at JPL in Pasadena. David, Bill's brother resides in San Francisco now, so they were up for a few days to visit and we caught them then.
It was so awesome to reconnect with them. It had been too long!!

Beautiful parents:

Carlotta and I in the Mission, at the park:

Saverio, Bill and CD in the sunshine:

Saverio and Carlotta on the beach:

While we were down in the Bay area, we also got a chance to meet another new person. Our friends, Rois and Mike have recently moved to the states from Ireland and we had yet to meet Michael. Here, Mike shows Michael what not to do with crayons:

Rois and Michael just hang out

Mike is such a sweet kid: full of wonder and energy! He's like the happiest kid ever!