Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Life Lately: Janubruary Edition :)

When the month of January quickly moved into February and you realized you've not blogged lately, Janubruary evolves into a new word!

Emma Louise studying away for her 1st semester finals.  She is doing a great job balancing her academics as a student athlete!
Camden joined his friends for an afternoon of paintball 
Emma on the court in Vicenza
Coach K talking to his boys
  Prosecco on the patio is my FAVORITE thing to do after school on Fridays!
 Dinner at Dom's 
 
Camden placed 4th in the Geography Bee
 The Wildcats turned around the next weekend and went back up north to play Aviano.  Emma's height makes her easy to pick out ;)
Emma made 44 out of 100 free throws for during the Wildcat Shoot-a-Thon. Thanks to all our friends and family who supported her!
 Chris celebrated his 45th birthday
We had a little joint birthday dinner at Dom's the Friday between our birthdays
 I realized that I've taken a lot of videos of Camden on the basketball court, but not that many pictures.  Chris was traveling with high school basketball the first 2 weeks, so I was sending him as many highlights as possible.  
Camden has spent a ton of time practicing free throws this season and it has definitely paid off!

The Wildcats had a bye week and came to cheer on Camden 
Chris was a celebrity judge at Naples Got Talent

 I joined Emma's AP Human Geography class on their field trip to study southern Italian agriculture last week.  I enjoyed comparing Italy and Iowa farming!




Thursday, January 23, 2020

Hooray for Marseille! MLK Girls' Trip 2020

It's one of my favorite weekends of the year: MLK Weekend Girls' Trip.  This was #7 for me.

Prosecco with Mel at Dubl in the Naples Airport waiting for our flight Friday night
This was our view at breakfast!
Maddalena and I are ready to see the sights!
On the train up to see the Notre-Dame de la Garde
What a magnificent cathedral!


I was so happy to be reunited with Jen!  
Lunch at the port. We had the best champagne!
It's a glorious day in Marseille!
 Fun photo op
 Enjoying a Guinness at an Irish pub 
Showing off our skills at darts
All that practice at Mom & Dad's with Camden each summer paid off!
On Sunday morning we explored the Le Panier neighborhood


 Moroccan food for lunch
 Waiting for the bus back to the hotel

 Afternoon at the spa
 Monday morning walk 

Emma's 15!!!

How on EARTH did we get from this...
... to this?!?!
Our Emma Louise is 15!

When I saw that Emma's birthday fell on a Saturday this year,  I was really hoping it would be a home game weekend.  As luck would have it, we hosted Sigonella.
Here she is in action Friday night

One of her biggest fans, Antonia, made her a special birthday sign

So happy Genesis was there to cheer her on before heading back to college

Birthday morning puppy hugs

Opening a few presents



Birthday donut before her game



The birthday girl in action on the court
  (She got he first charging foul here!)

Sleepover fun with Lena, Gabriela, and Roxanne
Here's the gang playing a game of Spikeball

There was a lot of love at Emma's birthday dinner at Dom's 
Frankie and Gabri
Kate
 Mel
These definitely capture Emma living her best life! :)