Monday, October 26, 2020

Life Lately: October Edition

Fall is off to a gorgeous start in bella Italia!

 We have been wanting to go to Feudi di San Gregorio for over 2 years and we finally made it happened! The first Saturday of October, we had an amazing ladies lunch

Emma went to a pumpkin patch with her friend, Ryan

Emma is kicking BUTT at European Fitness Games practice

Chris made an appearance on a virtual town hall meeting. Can you guess what he was talking about?! :)


We had a great Saturday evening with the Hilley family




Camden got to serve at Mass when Bishop Muhm was visiting.  He is scheduled to be back at the end of January for Camden's Confirmation.



A perfect Sunday afternoon catching up with Jamie


Camden has been putting in a lot of hours practicing after school. He participated in the 1st Year Color Guard competition and won first place!


No school Friday = working on his quarterback skills in the backyard

Unfortunately, the COVID cases are on the rise in Italy. We are not allow to eat in restaurants, but take-out is okay.  Here we are picking up Friday night pizzas at Erny's 

Emma and Camden hanging out with Zeki

Chris played in the annual Carney Park Cup. The American Golf Association went head to head with the Italian Golf Association.

FINALLY!!! Iowa football is back! Yes, Camden still fits into his jersey and helmet

The NMHS Yearbook Committee asked for old Halloween pictures so I sent this one in :)

Just in case you were wondering...Herky is still living his best life


Monday, October 12, 2020

Columbus Day Weekend 2020 - Sticking Close to Home

 The kids did not have school on Friday, so Chris and Camden took full advantage of the gorgeous fall weather and spent the day on the golf course

Madds and I delivered some Social Committee cheer during our Friday training day
Rachael hosted a fabulous, and much needed, Happy Hour on her porch
Saturday morning golf sporting his UNI purple
Making pizzas at Jim & Amy's on Saturday night



L-O-V-E this guy!

European Fitness Games

After 8 long months of no competitions, Emma was back at it on Thursday.  She was part of the inaugural Naples High School European Fitness Games Team.

Her first event was the basketball toss


Melissa and Chris were hard at work measuring and recording distances
The wall sit was TORTURE!



Rox, Emma, and Gabs
Thanks for all your support, Mel!
Meanwhile, Camden had JNROTC drill practice
Emma clocked the fastest girls' time for the agility competition

60 seconds of push-ups 


400 meter run
What an outstanding group of athletes!


Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Life Lately: September Edition

I know I say this each month, but boy has September flown by.  I realized that my last blog post was Labor Day! There haven't been any huge events to blog about. I feel like we are into the routine of school and work, with a few fun adventure thrown in on the weekends.  Here are a few highlights of the past month:

This pretty much sums up Herky's continued thoughts about us not being at home all day...

Camden had the honor of joining a pilot program for 8th graders participating in Naples Middle High School's Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He is absolutely loving it!

Camden, Emma, and Gabriella before school one day

 

We love having our sweet kindergartener, Gabriella, as part of our "morning crew" at school. She and Emma have matching shoes :) 

Chris snapped a pic of us one Sunday afternoon in honor of our 10th year teaching CCD.  We have a combined class of 5th & 6th graders this year and we are teaching virtually.  Camden is in his final year of CCD and will receive his Confirmation at the end of January. :) 

Dad and Son hanging in the pool
Maria organized a delicious Friday night dinner at Mastroberardino. Chris had to work, so Melissa was my date for the evening.  Lots of laughs with these fabulous friends!

Camden and Chris have gotten in a few Sunday afternoon rounds of golf.  
Our house in Silverdale, Washington went on the market. We have been very fortunate to have a handful of renters for the past 9 years, but we decided it was time to sell it.  
Scrolling through the pictures on the listing made me very nostalgic for those 4 years with little Emma and Camden in this house!
Fall storms in Naples are NOT my favorite!  Camden was sent in to fetch the furniture out of the pool
The rainy weather moved weekend golf to the backyard
He loves us....
Camden participated in his first color guard today.  He carried the Marine Corps flag