Meeting Linda in London

 When mom suggested that we meet up somewhere in Europe when school got out, we immediately decided on LONDON! We met up Sunday afternoon, got checked into our hotel, and strolled around Hyde Park.

On our way to the Tower of London, we stopped for a Tower Bridge picture

St. Paul's Cathedral

Prosecco along the Thames River - yes, please!

Buckingham Palace

The Devil Wears Prada, staring Vanessa Williams, was INCREDIBLE!

Windsor Palace

Our final day kicked off with a tour of Westminster Abbey

It was a little breezy crossing the river near Parliament! 

River cruise

Emma's flight to Naples was rerouted through London. We were at 2 different airports and had to wait until late Saturday night to meet up back home. 

Life Lately: May/June 2026 Edition

Emma continued her very busy spring term at many baseball games  

Malina and Emma lead their last home series

Celebrating on a Saturday night

End of the year parish picnic

Some of our favorite Franciscan Sisters came down from Rome to join us

Camden spent a week in Tiffin after his birthday

He and Cole played disc golf

A morning golfing with Pops

Bailey and Cole's last day of school

These Beaver fans traveled to Eugene for a regional baseball game

Lunch in Moiano with Mel, Giovanni, and Maria

After a stressful week of Chris' wallet missing, it was turned into the base!  

Janessa & Jillian at graduation - Naples High School welcomed 3 Bahrain seniors to join them for the last quarter of the year

The OSU Athletic Marketing Captains went to a Portland Fire game

And they got to participate in a half time activity

Going away dinner for a few of my fantastic NES colleagues at the beach

Kris & Kevin Pierson were here visiting Zach so we got to enjoy an evening with them

Last day of school with the 5th grade team

Carney Park Garden Party

Hannah, Alicia, Sarah, Mary, Meg, and me

Ron, Madds, me, and Chris

Getting our caricature drawn

Emma wrapped up her 3rd year at OSU. She moved into a new apartment and celebrated some favorite graduates.

Connor, Shelby, Hannah, Emma, and Malina

A Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France

Lourdes, France has been on our travel "bucket list" and we made it happen Memorial Day Weekend.  It was also the weekend of the International Military Pilgrimage and we were joined by over 15,000 military personnel from all over the world!

Friday's Opening Ceremony   

The U.S. Coalition 

Our Military Archbishop, Timothy Broglio 

The view from the top of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

The grotto where Our Lady appeared to Saint Bernadette

The Lourdes water flows from a spring at the same spot where it was discovered by Saint Bernadette

Saturday morning at the entrance to the sanctuary

It was so neat to see all of the military groups joined by priests and bishops

Stations of the Cross walk up in the hills near the basilica 

Another visit to the grotto

A statue of Saint Bernadette across the river 

Every night there is a Rosary procession. On Saturday, the participants in the Military Pilgrimage walked in the procession.

Chris enjoying his book beside the river on Sunday afternoon

A gorgeous background for a picture!

Then it was our turn to walk in the Rosary procession