It has certainly been some time since I posted our adventures in Italy on our blog. For that I am sorry. We have been here in Italy now for 6 months and can hardly believe it. We have settled in and finally feel at home in our rental house. We are getting more used to the the way of life here in Italy. Angela has figured out where all the local markets are located and how to navigate them. She certainly does more italian living than Tann, in fact she often reminds him that he gets to go to work at little america every day, which is true. We had a wonderful new year and were blessed and lucky to spend it with family. Brook and Lisa and children came to visit us and we had a grand time together. We went to a small mountain town tucked up in the hills called Poffabro. It is an enchanting little town with small walkways that lead into the town's alleyways. This little town is famous during christmas time for all the nativity scenes people display in their windows and patios. We went to a ginormous cave in Trieste, Italy and visited the only concentration camp that was fixed in Italy. It was a sobering experience to think about what people went through during that time. We of course rang in the new year together while enjoying "Jones" sodas at the Jones house. We enjoyed a day of sledding at Piancavallo, the local ski resort and mountain area. We had a great season of skiing and were blessed to ski in Italy and Austria. We went to Piancavallo, Bad Kleinchercheim and Tavisio. Tarvisio was beautiful as it sits on the border of Italy and Slovenia with breathtaking mountain views. The children have learned to ski very well and have had their mother as their instructor and she is the best teacher. We had some wonderful friends come into town from Altus, OK and we visited Verona, Sirmione and of course another round in Venice. Verona was a beautiful city with very neat sights. It has the third largest Coliseum in Italy dating back many, many years. It still stands and is used for concerts today. Of course Verona is famous for the story of Romeo and Juliet and the small courtyard and balcony where the story is said to have taken place. We then went to a small and awesome peninsula town on Lake Garda where we saw the castle that guarded the city in ancient of days. We continue to enjoy our time and adventures in Italy.
We got cool family hoodies for christmas "Jonesing Adventure" We certainly enjoy family adventures together!
Thus begins the beginning of the ski season. There is grass visible in this picture but plenty of snow came during the season for many wonderful ski days!
The Jones crew at Poffabro. You can see two walk way on both sides of us that go to many more path and alleyways in this quaint town.
Venice and the famous Rialto Bridge. We were on the Vaparetto on the Grand Canal.
Enjoy a "Jones" soda with the Jones Clan
The Jones Beauty!
The Jones Braun!
This was the cool cottage we stayed in while in Austria at the Bad Kleinchercheim Ski area.
The Austria ski trip group "JoMeKu". We had a great time enjoying great friendships
Of course the basket ball season was an adventure each game and practice with dad as the coach.
As you can see much more snow came our way in the season. It is a wonderful time skiing together
The Mom's always had fun teaching a small ski school of children to get down the hill.
Tavisio ski resort on the border of Italy and Slovenia was majestic, very surreal!
These type of views were all around us as we skied all day long!
This was a cool fortress on top of the hill we stopped at on our way home from Salzburg, Austria
The christmas market in Salzburg, Austria was a real adventure with cold kids that did not want to be there in any way, shape or form. There may or may not have been some real stellar parenting moments on this trip, we'll leave that for the imagination.
This is an often sight in Italy, sheep herders tending and guiding their flocks of sheep. This was on our way to church one sunday morning.
