Wildcat Basketball Scrimmage

The DoDEA Europe winter sports schedule was put on hold for the month of December. The kids have been itching to play in front of a crowd, so they held a inner-squad scrimmage for their families on Tuesday.  

#11 kicking butt at point guard

Camden did an awesome job in his first high school basketball game!

Coach K doing what he loves!

Orvieto Saturday

Saturday started with a stop at Madonna de Latte to pick up some wine, then we headed into Orvieto for lunch

Emma has her own store in town!

We ended the afternoon at Neri winery

We visited Neri back in 2018, so Melissa and the kids recreated a picture :)

A BLESSED WEEKEND!

Truffle Hunting in Tuscany

 One of my "bucket list" items got checked off Thanksgiving weekend: Truffle Hunting in Tuscany. Our friends at De Ricci winery connected us with an agriturismo outside of Montepulciano.

After the rain storm passed, we headed out with our guide and his trusty dogs: Lily and Spugna. 

Lily was amazing sniffing out those truffles

A glorious Tuscan day!

Lily's biggest find: a white truffle worth $200!

Spugna preferred to get love and attention from us humans :)

Back at the agriturismo we enjoyed a delicious lunch featuring our truffles and paired with our favorite De Ricci wine!

Thanksgiving in Umbria

We were so happy to get back to our tradition of spending Thanksgiving in Umbria/Tuscany! We rented a fabulous villa south of Orvieto for the long weekend.

Cooking away with Bridget, Melissa, and Sherri

Taking a break to watch some of the Friends Thanksgiving episodes

Ron & Chris chilling before dinner

Carving the turkeys

Emma working on the Kasparek necessity:  Stovetop Stuffing

Camden makes the best mashed potatoes!

Selfie with my love and a photobomb by Sherri :)

Birdseye view of our delicious feast

After dinner photo session

A spectacular Umbrian sunset!

Poor Bridget needed a nap! :) 

Continuing the Friends Thanksgiving marathon