We are all Family

Auntie works at a hospital that is called St Francis. Long ago there was a man named Francis who became a saint and now he is called St. Francis. Francis was a wealthy young man who one day heard God say, "Francis you need to rebuild my church." Well Francis thought God meant to fix the place up he was praying in. So Francis started doing just that, but he realized that God really wanted him to help the people love God better. SO he gave everything away and worshipped God all the time. This happened in a place called Assisi. SInce Auntie works at St. Francis Hospital the people she works for talk a lot about St. Francis and Assisi, so Auntie wanted to see it. We really liked it, it was beautiful and there was lot's to see.
St Francis, loved the animals and wrote poems to the beautiful nature that God has made. He wrote about brother sun and sister moon. We think that sounds funny, but Auntie that we are all related in God's creation, and it makes sense to her. It is also believed that St Francis had the first nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus in the manger, and with animals there too. That is where we get our nativity scenes, our Christmas scenes of the birth of Baby Jesus.
Assisi sits high on a hill too but it was much easier to drive to. It was very windy on the mountain, and Auntie had on a hat, that kept trying to fly away! We went to see the St Francis Basilica, where St Francis is buried, and the church of St. Clare, who was a friend of St. Francis. She is buried in her church too! Wow, can you imagine having a church named after you? We walked a LOT in this town, up many hills, can you see Auntie and Gogi in this photograph?
The roses by the Basilica San Francesco (that is Italian for St. Francis) were beautiful and Auntie just had to stop and have a smell! While we were walking we saw this Pinocchio, do you know that story? If you don't maybe Gogi, Auntie, Mimi or Mommy or Daddy can tell you, but Auntie just said that Pinocchio lied and his nose grew! Just look at his nose, he must have lied a LOT
Just look at these cute little sheep candies, don't they look delicious? Auntie and Gogi were cold and hungry so they stopped for a coffee and goodie, Gogi found something that she thinks is too sweet, but Auntie thought it was o.k.