Middle Schooler and High Schooler!

And just like that we have a 7th grader and...

a 9th grader

 Our favorite Wildcats

Jillian & Emma

 Emma & Antonia

 Super cheesy smile from me as I greet my new class of 6th graders

A little action shot from our Welcome to 6th Grade Meeting this morning

This is pretty much me this evening!!!!

Wildcats in the Mud Run

The Wildcat volleyball and footballs teams were out in force to represent at the Mud Run!

Start of the Wildcat Heat

Our friend out on the course captured a few pictures of Camden

Epic mud splash!

 Emma was all smiles crawling through the last obstacle 

The football boys went back to meet one of their teammates who fell behind, so Camden got to go on the mud slide a second time

Now that's what I call teamwork!

Volleyball victory!

 Football victory!

End of Summer '19 Fun

We managed to squeeze in some more fun once we returned from our trip to Iowa.  

Chris and I went on a little getaway to Sorrento.

Sunset cocktails

We joined friends for a day in the woods on a high ropes course

 Izzy and Emma

 So happy to reunite with Sherri and Colleen and catch up on our summer adventures

Emma and I headed up north so she could attend a volleyball camp in Vicenza

The Sparling family was so gracious to host us and we had a wonderful time catching up!

Walking around downtown Vicenza

An evening of imaginary-net-volleyball 

 Enjoying good food and great friends

Saturday afternoon hike

 Savoring the last day of summer break with a prosecco cheers!

Central Iowa Summer '19

After Chicago, we made our way to Des Moines. We were out and about each day, but I didn't seem to snap that many pictures (maybe because we spent so much time shopping!)

Blank Park Zoo was one of our first stops. These crazy Italian kids wanted to ride the cow in the petting zoo

Teaching Nana the art of the selfie

 We had a reunion with the Parker family at the zoo and then enjoyed lunch together

 What a blessing to see Emma's BFF and Camden's Godmother! 

 We played a lot of pickle ball on the court in Mom and Dad's neighborhood

 Grandpa, Camden, Emma, and Nana

 We visited the Iowa Capitol

No trip to Winterset is complete without Frosty's with the Schmitts

Another wonderful summer reunion with Sarah!