A Very Merry Christmas 2024

 Christmas Eve morning started with Herky cuddles on the couch watching a movie

Baking cookies

We watched It's A Wonderful Life at the theater, then it was off to Christmas Eve Mass

A family selfie in front of the tree turned into a series of funny pictures with Camden trying to cover up the not-so-great haircut he got that afternoon 😆

Opening up their Christmas pajamas

Christmas morning opening gifts

Our traditional family "jump" picture on Christmas Day

More cuddles and movies in front of the fire

Santa's Little Helper 

Winter Break Tuscany Trip

To kick off Winter Break 2024, we headed to Tuscany for a few days.

Saturday morning we went to the Christmas Market in Arezzo

A gorgeous afternoon in Cortona 

Sunday was spent in our favorite Tuscan town: Montepulciano

Lunch and wine tasting at De Ricci

 

Before heading home, we stopped by Manvi to pick up some wine

Senior Basketball Season is Here!

Camden's senior season started off with 2 weekends of home games

It was great seeing Taylor Rhinehart!

Emma was here for the second weekend of games against Stuttgart 💖

A special reunion with these roommates from Basketball Euros in 2021

Kennedy, Daisa, and Emma

Luca and Emma had not seen each other since last Winter Break

Post game family picture

Watching the girls game Saturday morning

 

Viterbo and Capodimonte

On Friday morning, we headed to Viterbo. It was an adorable hilltop town in Northern Lazio.

Chris was happy when he found some Vin Brule 

The town was very festive for Christmas

 

Gorgeous views on a perfect fall day!

We found a cute winery nearby and enjoyed a fabulous tasting.  Thank you, Le Crete!

On Saturday we decided to check out one of the little towns on Lake Bolsena.  We battled some frigid winds as we walked around Capodimonte. 

Back to Viterbo to check out more of the Christmas Market that was opened on the weekend.

We were happy to spend the evening back in our warm villa in Orte for a night of games and laughs!