Backyard Soccer
Our latest craze, which will probably remain forever if Jeremy has anything to do with it, is backyard soccer. Bella, of course, loves to run around, but loves it even more when Mom and Dad make fools out of themselves.
Here is how it starts:
I am tired from a long day juggling 80 different things. Jeremy is tired from seminary stress, work load, and “God, what are you doing…” conversations. So, to the outside we go.
We are sitting on our porch. Bella sees the ball. Then, the competitive, Lucarelli nature begins to boil in all of us. Bella says, “Socca!” over and over until we give (which usually doesn’t take too long). I go to one end of the yard and Jeremy to the other.
Bella usually runs back and forth between us. What starts as a simple pass and kick game with Bella turns into a Premier Cup Match up in our backyard. Max, our dog, is beside himself while we run around, kicking, screaming, and trying to get the ball past each other. After a few minutes, Bella gives up running and asks to be held. This would usually stop the faint at heart, but not the Lucarellis. One of us picks her up and she sits on our hip, running with us, laughing the entire way. The small game has turned brutal, as it is now just me and Jeremy battling it out for glory.
One night it was stopped by Max’s digestive system that had gone a rye getting all over our “kit.” Another evening the lightning stopped us, but tonight we battled it out until the sun went down. It is a good thing that we have to put our daughter to bed sometime.
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In your Easter Bonnet…
The Lucarelli family, including Maximus, has had the opportunity to spend the Easter in North Carolina with Jeremy’s family.
While Chattanooga has been undergoing some intense weather, we had some pretty huge storms on the Friday that is called Good in Charlotte as well. Jeremy and I were able to walk through the Stations of the Cross at Jeremy’s sister’s church, Lake Forrest Community Church. Their congregation has been celebrating Lent, culminating in the memorial of Christ’s death on the cross through original art work from the congregation and then the Resurrection Day service. Thunder crashed as we read through some of the Old Testament prophecies and New Testament crucifixion accounts of Christ’s death on the cross. Jeremy wrote a post about it on his blog–jeremylucarelli.com
Saturated grounds, muddy flood plains could not stop us from Isabella’s first Easter Egg hunt with her cousins! Ben, Beara, and Bella had a grand old time at Latta Plantation, an old historic home built in the 1800′s where Jeremy grew up. Kids were dressed to the 9′s, which made the mud and slop even more of an experience. Suffice to say, Bella has inherited her Mom and Dad’s competitive spirit, which without the Holy Spirit leads to pushing and shoving unsuspecting egg snatchers out of the way.
Here are some great pictures taken by Jeremy’s sister, Amy:
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Jeremy’s trip to Seattle
As promised, here are additional pictures from Jeremy’s recent trip to Seattle. You can read about what he was doing there by going here and here (I’m so proud of him). The group was housed in Everett, Washington at the awesome house of their sponsors (you’ll see pictures of the house too).
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