Saturday, June 27, 2020

June Celebrations

We love to celebrate Flag Day (a.k.a. Colleen's birthday)! The occasion called for a day trip to Vietri. This was the first time any of us had ventured outside of Naples since the quarantine lifted.
First stop: Cafe and cornetti

We shopped for ceramics and olive wood, then enjoyed a delicious seafood lunch and sipped on rose

I'll say it again and again... I LOVE these ladies!

That night, Camden celebrated Jake's birthday

Roxanne, Lena, Gabriela, and Emma had a sunset photoshoot on the beach

Happy Father's Day to the GREATEST day in the universe!

Emma gave mermaid Gabriella swim lessons

Pure joy of Francesa in the pool :)

Dave, Chris, Ron, and Jim

Mel, Francesca, Madds, and Sherri

Brave Gabriella taking a big jump into the pool

Sherri, Amy, and I enjoying a perfect Sunday afternoon!

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Starting off Summer 2020

Summer Break, we are so happy to see you!

Camden had Jake, Dylan, and Carter over to hang out one rainy afternoon

We celebrated Lacey's 40th birthday with a fabulous luncheon

Chris and Jojo got to do their final Sunday afternoon show in person. She is an absolute doll!

Raniyah, Kennedy, Gabriela, Emma, and Ryan had lots of laughs trying to float on Selene (the unicorn)

Attempting to get a ball out of the palm tree

Saturday morning walk around the freshly mowed yard

Someone left this sign for me...

We were able to attend the First Holy Communion Mass last night. Notice all the chalices on the alter. All 16 children had their own chalice. Here's our sweet friend, John Wilson, receiving his First Communion

Congratulations, John Wilson!

Emma and her favorite dynamic duo: Virginia & James

All the kids at the dinner celebration

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

School's Out for the Summer!

It was bittersweet closing up my classroom for the summer this year - 3 months to the day that I last had students there.

I left this date on my board and looked at it each week when I virtually taught out of my classroom.

Sherri's talented niece made us these awesome shirts!

We sported them at our Google Meet Dance Send Off on Tuesday morning

Cupid Shufflin' Colleagues :)

LOVE these ladies!!!

Emma hung out with her friends on base. The wonderful Le'aito family made this frame in honor of the last day

Gabriela, Emma, and Roxanne

These 2 kids are AMAZING!

An 8th grader who is getting taller than the 10th grader

As we begin Summer Break 2020, it's going to look a lot different than summers past. We have always kicked off Summer Break with a getaway...

2012 was our first trip to England (Cambridge and London)

In 2013, the kids and I went to Scotland

2014 One Direction Concert in Paris

2015 girls' trip to London

2016 had us heading back to the states for Nathaniel and Callie's wedding

In 2017, Chris went on a guys' trip to Dublin

Back to La Maddalena in 2018

In 2019 we saw Ed Sheeran at Firenze Rocks, then Emma and Chris headed to the Women's World Cup in Paris

Summer 2020 was kicked off today playing some games...

...and enjoying a wonderful lunch with a few friends. We were just finishing our delicious seaside meal and had to run for cover when a torrential downpour snuck up. Hopefully next time I'll get a picture of us with the beautiful view!

Monday, June 1, 2020

That's A Wrap, May!

I cannot believe today is June 1! The past 3 months have been unprecedented, but May was a blur!

Chris and Emma continue having a blast co-hosting Name That Tune

The quarantine "mop" is gone! Camden finally got a haircut

Once the travel ban within our region was lifted and the girls were finished with all of their AP testing, Emma had her dear friends over for an afternoon at the pool.

The last time Roxanne, Lena, Gabriela, and Emma all really spent time together was their Basketball Euros trip to Germany!