Back to beautiful beaches, cappucino's, gelato and crispy clothes...

Lake San Antonio, CA

Is this really the 2012-13 season already?  You bet!  We are back in Sassari (our favorite place) on the same team and in the same apartment.  It honestly feels like we never left...ha!

The team is very similar to last season with a few new teammates...but luckily for me, the Diener wives and babies are back :)  They sure make the season more fun and I just love being around their

 kiddos all the time!

This summer was one that going into it we thought we had less weddings (only about 5 compared to our 10 last summer), less commitments, and maybe even more time to just relax and hang out.  Boy were we wrong...it flew by just the same, maybe even FASTER.  So here we are back in a flash with what are already memories of a super summer in Seattle.

Since I don't blog at all in the summer I should probably do a picture run down of things that went on...so here it goes:  SUMMER 2012...Binetti style!

Gwenny's softball game!

The Cove girls...Memorial Day

Nonni's 80th Birthday Party at a mystery dinner house.

Mason's 1st Birthday in Santa Barbara

Hadley, Mason and Taya...getting big!

Matching stripes :)

Lake San Antonio in California...great Binetti vacation!

Binetti sisters at Ang's house in CA!

The Poe Vaca in Palm Springs!

Glad he made it home in time :)

The travelling Marilyn Monroe statue...it was huge!

Missing our Mom in this one...Poe fam.

Disneywalk before heading home.

Relaxing at Lake Sawyer on the 4th of July

Good friends on the 4th!  

My sweet Gwenny Jo

Mom's 60th Birthday weekend...in line for the Duck tour!

Quack Quack!

Having a blast!

Happy Birthday Mom!

The original Starbucks...yes we waited in line :)

Pike Place like real Seattle tourists! 

Happy 4th Anniversary to my love!  

Hiking at Sunrise (Mt. Rainier) with the Hardersen fam!

Brody man was a trooper...as always.

Uncle Tony and Taya at a Callero wedding in Portland, OR

Callero reunion at Oregon Park...these are just the cousins that made it!

Happy 29th Birthday Tony!

Schmidt kiddos come to visit and swim at the lake!

Brody didn't make the pic, but Happy 4th Birthday Brody!  The slide being his choice of
entertainment was definitely a blast!!

Happy Birthday Sara!  (Me, Sara, Lisa, and Cory)  Enjoying a little evening in Lake Chelan!

Awesome get together before I left!  Thanks girls!!

My Dad's 40th reunion at Washington State!

Looking good team! :)

Did the Puyallup fair with Brody the day before I left town...it was so much fun!

LOVE Fischer Scones!!

Last but not least...I got a new ride!
Sad to leave it behind...already miss driving it! :)

It was such a great summer, and always hard to say good bye and pack our lives in 2 suitcases and move back to Italy.  Like I mentioned before at least we are back here in a place that God has created to be so beautiful and we intend to soak it up.

However, there are a few little things I will be missing...soft clothes (no dryer here), Starbucks, Doritios, sour candy, drive thru's (or any fast food), Nordstrom, my car, the lake, work BUT mostly

FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!  

Ciao tutti!

Really??

I can't believe it...there are really only 2 more weeks left of the regular season.  I feel like time has flown by and by May 6th Tony's 7th season abroad will be almost over.  The team is still doing well and will most likely (98%) make playoffs and those will start May 17th.  They actually play 5 games in these last two weeks so we won't know about playoff standings until then...I will keep you all posted!  You can always check out the Lega A website here: legabasket.it  This weekend they play at Pesarao which will be a tough game to win.  Then they play at home on Wednesday against Biella.

We had a wonderful Easter at home just the two of us, we went to evening mass and dinner followed.  Our gas stove decided to run out of juice the day before so there was no hope of getting it fixed until Tuesday (because they recognize Monday as an Easter holiday too), so I made everything in the oven in my one pan...talk about a one pan wonder :).  It somehow turned out delizioso (picture me kissing my fingers and throwing them up).  The next day we had a low key team bbq and just hung out together and in the sunshine.  It was a great Easter weekend!

Wow...I think I am already out of things to write about!  Eeeks...that means I should probably get out and do more!!  The weather hasn't been that great...but we are hoping next week gets better.  When we were here before we were already at the beach working on our tan.  Sun sun...please come soon we miss you :)

Me, Luigi and Shakira at a birthday party! 

Tony and Simone...team trainer.

Happy Easter 2012
Thank you SO much to Lisa for bring Robin eggs and other candy...I just can't believe I was able to save them till Easter!

OK well I will hopefully have something much more exciting to write about next time...but until then 

CIAO TUTTI!!

A little fun in the sun!

Things are moving along here on the island and still can't believe there is only about 5 weeks left in the season!  Dinamo is sitting pretty well for playoffs but I wouldn't say we are in the clear yet.  The team has 7 more games to play and right now they are tied for 3rd place with 5 teams, so you can see this might get interesting.



Last week was a little out of the ordinary and a team first for us.  The team went down to the other end of the island near Cagliari for four days to visit the city and make appearances.  Lucky for me, the wives were invited too.  The resort was nice, had big airy rooms, and the weather was perfect.  I don't know how much the guys felt like it was a getaway since they had to practice twice a day and visit schools, and meet the Mayor of Cagliari.  But I sure enjoyed getting out of Sassari and out of the daily routine...so I am thankful we were invited.  The couple other wives and I explored the small town nearby, and went into Cagliari for one of the days.  It was a nice little break and we had fun in the sun.

Wow...my feet need some color!

Little Lou lounging ;)

Gini, Shakira and I exploring Pula.

Sleepy time...zzzzz

Apertivo in Cagliari

My love...even with his strange facial hair.

Little man! As you can see he gets a lot of attention from the ladies :)

Fun trip with the girls.

Hard to leave...

Well, this week Tony and I will be focusing on Easter which is such a special holiday and is a great time for reflection and celebration.  Tony has a game on Saturday afternoon so we will have a couple of days off to enjoy church and the holiday.  Probably a little Easter egg hunt in there too. :)

Hope you all have a great week.  CIAO TUTTI!