Monster Park

Saturday was a picture perfect fall day.
Frankie and her buddy, Camden

Sherri, Madds, and I went for a morning walk around the property

We loaded up and headed to the Parco dei Mostri in Bomarzo

Photo op in front of a impeccable fall tree

Sherri, Emma, and Ron coordinated so well, they could have been in a magazine :) 

An amazing group of friends!

Emma and sweet Frankie

Madds, Dave, Bridget, me, Chris, Melissa, Ron, and Sherri

When your hair matches the autumn leaves...

The kiddos 

(and Madds)

The Camilleri Leighs

The Zs

Mel

Bridget

The Ks

Dave and I with our twin Hydro-flasks ;) 

Gabri loves Zia Mel's lip gloss!

Love this beautiful girl!

Camden fits in with the crazy group perfectly! 

Bunco fun back at the house!

Madonna del Latte & Orvieto

On Friday we visited a favorite winery: Madonna del Latte

Touring the vineyards

 

Enjoying some delicious wine and food

 

Emma and Gabriella 

 

Our awesome traveling sidekicks!

 Next stop: Orvieto Cathedral

K Kiddos hanging on the steps

Chatting with Bridget and Dave

Mel, Bridget, and I window shopping

Madds, Frankie, Bridget, Camden (hiding), Mel, Chris, Sherri, Emma, and Gabri

Gorgeous late afternoon view at the edge of town

Back at our house, the guys listened to the Hawkeye football game while playing pool

Happy Thanksgiving 2019!

We took Thanksgiving on the road this year!  We rented a gorgeous villa near Orvieto with our Napoli Family.

Chris kicked off the day with a morning run

Enjoying mimosas while watching the Friends Thanksgiving Episodes (what would we do with out Netflix and a projector?!)

Camden watching Francesca paint

Emma and Gabriella hanging out

Making turkey cookies

Madds & Sherri prepping in the kitchen

2 turkey carvers and 1 potato masher

 What a feast!

Blessed to celebrate with these amazing friends!

 The Camilleri Leighs

He's officially 12 and 1/2 now!

What would I do without Sherri?!?!

 

Love these ladies!

 Family photo time

 Zia Mel with her kiddos

 

Chris, Dave, and Ron

 

Having some fun with the picture frame

 I captured a few laughs from the weekend

Dishes crew!

Life Lately: November Edition

Here's a hodgepodge of some fun we had in November...

We were so happy to introduce Stacy to Dom's when she visited

 Camden was presented a special gift by Coach Davis at the football banquet

 A fun Friday afternoon helping Joann celebrate her 40th birthday!

 We made a trip downtown so she could get a special Louis Vuitton gift 

(Maddalena let me borrow her pink fur poncho for the occasion)

 A picture with Santa at the NMHS PTSA Holiday Bazaar 

Emma won a holiday cooking gift basket

 Emma had one week off between volleyball and basketball. We are so proud of her hard work and she was over-the-moon excited to make the varsity team!

Here she is with Gabriela during an inner-squad scrimmage

 Ladies lunch at a local Michelin star restaurant, Sud

 Camden stepped up as an MC during the middle school honor roll assembly

 This pretty much sums up life with an almost 15-year-old and 12 1/2-year-old!