I love how life finds special ways to bring you together with great people! Max’s best friend Giovanni (in Las Vegas) connected us with his cousin, Salvatrice, who just happens to live ten minutes from us (here in Southern California). And as it would happen, we love her husband Brent & their three adorable children! Salvatrice & Brent are both educators, so I immediately felt a kinship with them—& now even more so since we both had three kids in quick succession in the last few years. We know that they know how chaotic it can be—but the Kuykendalls seem to have it all dialed in pretty nicely! One night, they had us over for dinner, & I watched with amazement at their well-oiled machine of an after-dinner routine; they not only know how to have fun, but they also know how to clean it up with the efficiency of an assembly line. I attribute it to their both having been math teachers—figure out the formula & do it! Max & I marvel at how well they manage two careers & three kids. Their littlest Giuliana, turns one this year, & she is toddling around after big bro Rocco & big sis Daniella. It’s been so fun to share the parenting journey with these wonderful friends!