Madonna del Latte & Orvieto

On Friday we visited a favorite winery: Madonna del Latte

Touring the vineyards

 

Enjoying some delicious wine and food

 

Emma and Gabriella 

 

Our awesome traveling sidekicks!

 Next stop: Orvieto Cathedral

K Kiddos hanging on the steps

Chatting with Bridget and Dave

Mel, Bridget, and I window shopping

Madds, Frankie, Bridget, Camden (hiding), Mel, Chris, Sherri, Emma, and Gabri

Gorgeous late afternoon view at the edge of town

Back at our house, the guys listened to the Hawkeye football game while playing pool

Happy Thanksgiving 2019!

We took Thanksgiving on the road this year!  We rented a gorgeous villa near Orvieto with our Napoli Family.

Chris kicked off the day with a morning run

Enjoying mimosas while watching the Friends Thanksgiving Episodes (what would we do with out Netflix and a projector?!)

Camden watching Francesca paint

Emma and Gabriella hanging out

Making turkey cookies

Madds & Sherri prepping in the kitchen

2 turkey carvers and 1 potato masher

 What a feast!

Blessed to celebrate with these amazing friends!

 The Camilleri Leighs

He's officially 12 and 1/2 now!

What would I do without Sherri?!?!

 

Love these ladies!

 Family photo time

 Zia Mel with her kiddos

 

Chris, Dave, and Ron

 

Having some fun with the picture frame

 I captured a few laughs from the weekend

Dishes crew!

Life Lately: November Edition

Here's a hodgepodge of some fun we had in November...

We were so happy to introduce Stacy to Dom's when she visited

 Camden was presented a special gift by Coach Davis at the football banquet

 A fun Friday afternoon helping Joann celebrate her 40th birthday!

 We made a trip downtown so she could get a special Louis Vuitton gift 

(Maddalena let me borrow her pink fur poncho for the occasion)

 A picture with Santa at the NMHS PTSA Holiday Bazaar 

Emma won a holiday cooking gift basket

 Emma had one week off between volleyball and basketball. We are so proud of her hard work and she was over-the-moon excited to make the varsity team!

Here she is with Gabriela during an inner-squad scrimmage

 Ladies lunch at a local Michelin star restaurant, Sud

 Camden stepped up as an MC during the middle school honor roll assembly

 This pretty much sums up life with an almost 15-year-old and 12 1/2-year-old!

Oropallo Olive Picking Adventure 2019

One of my favorite fall traditions is visiting the Oropallo Olive groves. 

Thank you, Antonio & Maria, for being amazing hosts!

Camden has become a pro at harvesting

 Camden, Me, Sabrina, and Peyton 

 Me and Lacey

Camden and Myckel

 Love our MWR Family!

Myckel, Me, Megan, Brian, and Kate

We were blessed to have a reunion with Stacy over the weekend. It was a blast catching up!

After the olive groves, we wandered around Sant'Agata De' Goti for a while

Maria, Amy, Megan, and I had fun tasting wine

Look who joined us for lunch! 

Coach K and Emma both had basketball practice Saturday morning, so they couldn't help with the harvest.

Chris, Myckel, and Brian 

The kids' table 

These two are too much!