Life Lately: Janubruary 2025 Edition

We rang in 2025 Naples style with the best fireworks show on earth!

Our first game of the new year was against Marymount International in Rome

Herky living his best winter dog life in front of a fire

Emma and her fantastic Athletic Marketing Intern Crew

Peek into intern life part 1: working the video board in Gill Arena during a basketball game

Peek into intern life part 2: promoting the game swag for the student section

Camden's JROTC class created aircraft carriers for this year's STEM project

Vice Admiral Anderson and Rear Admiral Miller came to judge the projects

Camden made his official college decision!  Go Cyclones!

Basketball in Vicenza

 It's always a great sports season when we get to go to Vicenza because we get to see the Sparlings! 

Camden standing next to Simon. What a height difference! 😂

Jess, Camden, and Jeff

We 💖 this 20+ year friendship!

# 14 and Coach/Dad

Going in for the layup 

Basketball Senior Night

Camden played his final games in the Naples Middle High School gym this past weekend.  All the seniors were recognized on Friday night🏀

 

Camden in action

These 2 have played together since freshman year!

Loudest and Proudest representing!

We ❤ our senior!

Yep, this box score is correct... Camden had the night of his life!  It was so much fun watching him play his heart out and drain all those 3-pointers!

MLK Weekend Girls's Trip 2025

 Year #12 going on a weekend getaway with some of my favorite people in the universe! 😍 We finished up our report cards and headed to the train station Friday afternoon. Our 2025 destination: Florence

Maria found these adorable collapsible travel cups for all of us. They were perfect for prosecco on the train 

Ready for a weekend of fun!

Our own private dining room at Trattoria Za Za for dinner Friday night

Saturday morning breakfast at the cute cafe right across the street from our villa for the weekend. Tina, Amy, and I enjoyed a mimosa 

A stop for cafe in between shoe shops

The whole gang at Palazzo Vecchio

Me, Tina, Sherri, Akilah, Maria, Bridget, Amy, Maddalena, Melissa, Maria

We went on a Tipsy Tour Saturday night and found our first Wine Window

 

Amy and I "checking in" with the rest of the group 😆

Girls just wanna have fun!

Sunday morning games

Melissa & Tina found another Wine Window

Another one! 🍷

We had a blast at our Sunday evening cooking class

Twinning with Maria

Enjoying our delicious feast!

2 Decades of Emma Louise

 This amazing girl has officially been on this earth for two whole decades!😍

Emma had the best day celebrating with her friends at Oregon State. We cannot wait to see what this next decade has in store for her.