10, 12, 20

The first day of 10th grade, 12th grade, and year 20 of teaching was fantastic!

One more year of making memories together at Naples High School

Our sweet girl on the first day of kindergarten...

...and the first day of her senior year

Big things ahead for sophomore year!

Gabriella is starting 2nd grade, the same grade Emma had Maddalena as her teacher :) 

Morning line up with Maria

Emma took pictures of many of her fellow seniors wearing these funny green 80's glasses.  Thanks to Mr. Taunton for creating this graphic for the NMHS Facebook Page. 

11th Annual Back to School Block Party

The Back to School Block Party was out in FULL FORCE to kick off the 2022-2023 school year!  

The Naples Athletic Booster Club Board Members

Reunited with Frankie and Gabri (with a Sherri photo bomb)

Amy, Sherri, and me

Everyone wanted a photo op with Coach K 

Our annual family picture 

( I was trying to not get too close to Camden who was a sweaty mess after football practice)

Our very first Block Party in 2011

Dinner at Dom's afterwards

Camden and Emma spent their Saturday playing sand volleyball, swimming, and a having a bonfire on the beach with a few friends

Summer Wrap-Up

When we got back to Bella Italia, Chris and I enjoyed a night away near Sorrento  

Coach K and Camden started football practice

Emma, Kennedy, and I roundtripped to Vicenza for volleyball camp.  Along with Avonlea, they had a ton of fun!

Naples Crew

My sweet board game buddy!  It was a delight spending quality time with Sinaia 

Jessica, Jeff, and I spent an afternoon in Bassano del Grappa

Coach Leah was great at taking pictures throughout the camp

Look at this group! They have not been able to hold the camp since 2019 and everyone was excited to be back together.

The 10 + year club at NES is going strong

Camden, Maddalena, and Emma were color coordinated on Tuesday

After dinner walk to get ice cream

I-O-W-A 2022 Edition Week #5

 Emma had back to back sports camps to end our time stateside.  We dropped her off at Wartburg and headed to Cedar Falls to see the McMullen/Bjerke crew

Celebrating 25 years of friendship with Katie!

Camden made lots of friends at the Bjerke farm

Camden, Chris, Jerry, and Pam

Love these ladies! 

Tuesday morning we walked around the UNI campus

Then we stopped by Katie's downtown shop, Hatchlings & Hens, before we left town

Grandpa, Nana, and Camden at Jester Park

Emma in action at Snow Valley Basketball Camp

I had the pleasure of being Camden's driver as he played a round of golf in Waukee

Every year we have to see how much taller Camden is than Nana

Winterset High School Class of '97

I had a fabulous evening catching up with classmates at our 25th reunion

2022 edition of the Kasparek Cousins photo shoot 

Enjoying our last evening in Iowa with the Kasparek family

Camden and Cole were the first people on the golf course this morning to get in one last round of golf before we fly back to Italy tonight

Breakfast at the Bluebird Cafe