Sorellanza

 My cousins daughter Casey turned 16 and on our Italian side of the family, we celebrate each 16 year old girl with affirmations and then a necklace that says “sorellanza” on it which means “sisterhood”. We eat, talk, and laugh and just enjoy each other’s company!

It’s a sweet time together!

Travel plans in the making…

 The kids passports expire this September and we have some trips we are planning! It always starts with paperwork and photos!

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Snippets

After Nationals, summer camp with church, playoffs, tournaments, family celebrations, we are all in the same place and have been loving our time together. Here are a few snippets of photos from the last week:

sibling soccer…

 The kids both had soccer scrimmages yesterday. Both played so well, so we needed the grab some In-N-Out to celebrate. My favorite chauffeur drove us.

They did some damage:

I love hanging out with these kids!

Time together…

 Post Nationals, we have been enjoying time being together. We’ve been wanting to see the movie “The Odyssey”. This week gave us the opportunity!

We liked it but my goodness, it was almost 3 hours but really well done! The tickets at our local movie theater were $6.50 each, and this movie was so fun in a theater! We all said we liked it, but wouldn’t see it again because of its length… ha!

Thursday…

 Work days… 

Each shift is a new opportunity to care for people, to learn new things, and to grow in my calling as a nurse… I am grateful!

Nationals. Seattle. 2026.

This was the first time we have had the opportunity to go to Nationals with a soccer team. Well, any team for that matter. To be one of the top 8 teams in the nation was pretty exciting! Kit and Eden made an adventure out of it. So there was time for soccer practices and team bonding around the actual game schedule:

Soccer games:

They made it to the Semifinals!

They made it to the finals!!!

They made it to the Finals and I am just SO proud of how these girls battled!

They came in second, losing 0-1. It was a battle and she was so proud to have played and kept a clean sheet for the tournament.

There was also time that Kit made to make memories with Eden:

Because they made it to the Finals, they got to be part of the media day:

I’m so excited that she had the experience, that she had time with her dad and that they got to have memories that they will always hold close. All that said, I was SO happy to have them home!