Thursday, April 5, 2018

Eggstravaganza 2018

Spring was in the air on Saturday and Eggstravaganza 2018 was a success!

Here is Camden helping "hide" candy on the baseball field
Chris giving directions to the hunters
Meanwhile, Emma was off hanging out with her friends
Racing Jabare on the obstacle course
Gabriela and Emma
Camden is ready to go!
He was so speedy filling his bag!

 Father and son :)
 Emma and her friend are ready for the teen hunt



Our annual Easter Bunny picture
Chris and John with the Easter Bunny
This guy and his staff put on an incredible event!

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Seabee Ball 2018

We attended the 2018 Seabee Ball last weekend and had a wonderful time!
 Enjoying some laughs with Shanie and Joe
 The fabulous Bunny and me
 Table #2 was the place to be!  Ashely and I shared lots of laughs
 Kim stops by for a selfie
Chris, me, Bunny, and Jeremy

Youth Sports Basketball Season 2018

Another season of youth sports basketball is in the books!  Emma moved up to the senior league and Camden played in the junior league.  Ironically, they both had the same uniform. 
 Camden at the line
Point guard taking it down the court
A free throw in action
 Emma was excited to have Madison and Caitlyn on her team
Playing tough defense
 Emma definitely had a height disadvantage to overcome :)
 Camden's team made it to the championship game in the end of season tournament. He played an AMAZING game and they lost by a point.
 Chris was asked to coach the Junior All Star team. Last Saturday they were victorious against a visiting Italian team
 Keller, Camden, and Coach K


Willy Wonka

Emma had the honor of being cast in her second production at Naples Middle High School.  This year's musical was Willy Wonka.  Our Violet Beaureguard was a HUGE hit at all 4 shows. Photo credits to the talented, Dot Ramirez, who caught some wonderful moments for us!

Violet gets her Golden Ticket

Seeing Mr. Wonka's factory for the first time
Augustus Gloop falls into the Chocolate River
Sailing in Wonka's eerie boat
Wonka introduces Violet to his special gum
 
She doesn't listen to his warning...
 The Oompa Loompas carry Violet, the blueberry, back on stage


 Mel, Sherri, and Ron with Emma after the show
 PROUD parents!!!!

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Snow Day in Naples

I would never (in a million years) have thought that we would have a snow day in Naples, Italy. 
Today proved me wrong.

A Siberian Blast has brought the big chill to most of Europe.  On our drive to school Monday morning, it started snowing. This was the view out the front door of the school a few hours later.
All after school activities were cancelled and everyone was encouraged to go home before it got dark and the temperatures dropped. The forecast called for below freezing temperatures (but no snow) which would ice up the roads.  
A 2 hour delay was called for Tuesday.
Flash forward to this morning when I looked out my window.  
To my surprise, there was a blanket of fresh snow on the ground.  Here are 2 excited kiddos in our yard about 7:00.
 We all loaded up into our Jeep Cherokee and headed out to base.
Just before we got to this point, we found out school had been cancelled. We decided to continue on to base and wait out the snow that was supposed to stop in a few hours.
The kids outside the school. 
They were over the moon excited and I was asked, "Mom, why don't we have snow boots and snow pants?"
Answer: It NEVER snows in Naples!  
My neighbor posted a pictures of her yard.  That's our house in the background. :)
1:00 and the highway is drying up on our way home
Thankfully there was still snow to play with in our yard.