European Basketball CHAMPIONS X2!

Emma and Chris headed to Wiesbaden, Germany for the 2020 DoDEA European Basketball Championship Tournament

Division 2 was a round-robin tournament with a total of 6 games.  Emma got some time on the court and did fantastic!

She made the Stars and Stripes newspaper!

 Love these Lady Wildcats!

Almost got that free throw!

The boys were 4 and 0 after day 2

Hanging out with dad pre-game

 

Taking it down the court

 These 2 freshmen were having the time of their lives! 

 Emma, Alyssa, Gabs, Rox, and Lena enjoying a traditional German dinner

Taking care of business on day 3. 

The Lady Wildcats were undefeated going into the championship game!

The guys won their last game in overtime to advance to the championship!

The Naples fans and their beloved Wildcats on Friday night

These ladies are ready to bring home a Championship!

The game was broadcast live on Facebook and we were excited that our friends and family back home could watch!

VICTORY!!! 
44-35 win over Vicenza

A few hours later, we had a second Wildcat victory!
40-35 over Aviano

One ecstatic coach!

Dad and daughter sharing an incredible moment

Division 2 DoDEA European Basketball Champions

Emma, Lena, and Gabriela

We are the Champions!

Tyrell was the tournament MVP 

Coach Dad and Emma with their championship plaques 

Presidents' Day Weekend Getaway

The Wildcats had their last regular season game on the Saturday of Presidents' Day Weekend in Rome. It was a makeup of their first game of the season that was cancelled due to weather. 

 Chris joined our little getaway Saturday night. Emma stayed with friends because of some basketball commitments 

We drove an hour east of Naples in search of mountains and wine! :)

Mel, Amy, Camden, Sherri, Ron and I toured Tentua Cavalier Pepe 

Camden did a blindfold taste test of some local marmalades 

 Amy, Ron, & Sherri enjoying the wine tasting

 After hanging out at our villa Sunday morning, we headed to the town of Taurasi

 YEA! Chris is here :)

We sent this picture to Emma... 

...and she sent this back to us with the caption, "That's better"

We enjoyed a wonderful lunch and wine tasting at Cantine Antonio Caggiano

Ron, Camden ,and Chris

 Mel and I coordinated...

 ...and so did Sherri and Amy

 The lovely ladies: Daisy, Maria, me, Amy, Sherri, and Mel

 The whole gang!

Back at the villa, we had a ton of fun playing Cranium

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!