Cameron Motorcycling

Cameron went out motorcycling a couple weeks ago. We FINALLY got the guts to go to a motorcycle shop here in town to buy a tube. Works GREAT. The weather was bad, but at least he got to ride. Vince Cam is still using your boots.

Naples Swim Meet

Sigonella Swordfish Swim Team


6th place in the 100 freestyle

Racers take your marks.

The Champion.

The winners in the 100 IM

3rd place 100 IM (Butterfly, back, breast, free)

3rd place 100 IM, Cameron Brewer.

Backstroke.

My Swimmer!!

Breast stroke.

Waiting in the marshalling area for the next event.

Mt. Vesuvious sunrise the morning of the meet.

Cameron had his first away swim meet on Sunday, Janurary 18, 2009. He swam the 100 Individual Medely (Butterfly, back, breast and freestyle), 200 IM, 100 Freestyle and was the 2nd leg in the 200 freestyle relay. He did very wonderful getting 3rd place in the 100 IM and 6th place in the 100 feestyle. There was a problem with his googles in the 200 IM, but I was very proud that he finished the race knowing he was going to be disqualified. This was a great meet in a beautiful place. Mt. Vesuvios is beautiful. Next time we come Randy will be able to come and we can investigate more.

Weather

Yesterday afternoon was very interesting. The sky was blue and sunny on one side, but terrible on the other. The hail was falling and the clouds looked ominous.

Football game

The view is nice. It was a beautiful day for a win.

Look at the size difference. It looks like Cam even has more flags because his waist is so small.

Cameron played his 2nd to last football game and they won. This is the first win. Look at the size differences between these kids. They couldn't get enough kids to play so they combined ages. Cameron's age group is 10-14. Some kids are almost as tall as I am. Cameron is number 5 with the red socks.

La Befana (January 6th)

La Befana is one of Italy's oldest and most celebrated legends. Each year on January 6 the children of Italy awaken in hopes that La Befana has made a visit to their house. The legend says: Three Wise Men were in search of the Christ child when they decided to stop at a small house to get information. Upon knocking, an old woman holding a broom opened the door slightly to see who was there. Three colorfully dressed men were at her doorstep, they wanted to get directions to find the Christ child. The old woman was unaware of who these three men were looking for and could not point them in the right direction. Prior to the three men leaving they kindly asked the old woman to join them on their journey. She declined because she had much housework to do. After they left she felt as though she had made a mistake and decided to go and catch up with the kind men. After many hours of searching she could not find them. Thinking of the opportunity she had missed the old woman stopped every child to give them a small treat in hopes that one was the Christ child. Each year on the eve of the Epiphany she sets out looking for the baby Jesus. She stops at each child's house to leave those who were good treats in their stockings and those who were bad a lump of coal.

No Cameron didn't get coal, someone was kind enough to put Nerf darts on the door. Thanks, La Befana Tricia. It also goes wonderful of my Father's tradition of "Little Christmas".

A dog and her man

The title is all the explanation you need after these pictures.

Cleaning Cameron's room

The finished product.

Look at the doorway.

Cameron putting up pictures.

All the junk removed from the room.

Help, I can't get out. I am stuck behind tons of JUNK!!!!!

You would think that with moving so often that we wouldn't have a lot of junk, well that is not always the truth. This year Cameron unpacked all his own boxes without my help and it seems it was the open and pour out method. So he decided to fit in his Christmas presents he would have to clean his room. He woke up at 8:30 am and started. We didn't finish until after 4pm with only a lunch break. We emptied EVERYTHING out of his room except furniture and started from scratch. Clothes, toys, everything. This produced over 6 grocery bags of trash and one large black trash bag full of give away. The result a clean, neat, uncluttered bedroom. Now if he never plays in it again, it will stay that way.

Exploring

The Agroturismo on the hill.

The lake.

This looks cool!!?!

Ride in the car.

We had seen a lake outside the Ragusa area and we decided to hop in the truck and explore. It was finally a day that it wasn't raining, but boy the roads were bad. Nothing here is like in the states. We tried to drive up to the dam area, but no open roads lead there. We then took another route which was a half washed out dirt road. Found an interesting agroturismo, which wasn't nearly as good as the sign. You had to have reservations for lunch and not much else was available. We went as far as we could, to no avail. We saw a guy fishing in the weeds by the lake, but nothing nice looking. OH WELL. So much for a place to fish. It was nice to get out of the house and the truck enjoyed getting dirty and being put into 4 wheel drive.

Usborne Books at Home

I have now set up my website to sell Usborne Books at Home. This is to supply my addiction of buy books for Cameron. These books are sooo cool and great for all ages, babies through teens, and I even like some of them. The books are pretty cheap too, I already had almost a dozen in my book shelf when I went looking. Anyway if you want to buy books you can do so online and if you live close ........... I can put on a party for you and you can get freebies. You know you can even put on an eShow, if you don't live close, and get a bunch of freebies. Who you buy for and also Cameron is the winner in this.
Now the sales pitch is over, really they are cool books. http://www.ubah.com/ecommerce/main.asp?sid=Z2846&gid=74337515

2009

We rung in the New Year before just about anyone else we know. We had a great time here in Mineo housing. We had an impromptu block party with Randy BBQing, Dave across the street as the DJ dance floor and the best EOD (Explosive Ordnance Division) supplying fireworks. haha. Thank God, Dave is security or we would have had some trouble. Just kidding. The music though was a pumping. There were quite a few people and with the music many we didn't know came on down to check out the party.