Prato Nevoso, Italy

Wow, time is flying by. I hardly had time to even miss Christmas in the States with all of the activity going on here. I was busy working with the kiddos all the way up until Christmas. We, as usual, had a huge Christmas feast with the whole family here on Christmas Eve and then spent the rest of the evening with my friends. Christmas morning was like a blur with the three little ones tearing through their gifts in about 10 minutes...all of which were deemed to be from Babbo Natale. Then it was my turn (as the resident 'handyman') to learn how to open and operate everything they received. We're still working on this. That afternoon the family left for the mountains and I joined them the next day. We were lucky to have perfect sunny weather and tons of snow all week while I was there. I skied every afternoon and was also able to spend some quality time with Isabella who loved skiing with me! The mountains were so beautiful I was wishing I had my camera with me every moment of the day. I met some new friends that are living in Prato Nevoso for the winter season so we were able to experience the thriving nightlife to be had there, haha.


On Sunday I was off to France for a few days of skiing in Briancon. It was a fantastic and much needed getaway. The mountain was huge and connected to about 4 other mountains which we couldn't ski all of. The town was small, but beautiful with a castle on the hill surrounded by great French bistros, live music, and crepes!

Castle/Fortress above Briancon, France

After this too-short vacation, I was back to the mountains (Prato Nevoso) with the family for this past weekend. No skiing for me this time, but instead I spent my time playing in the snow with the kids...sledding on the 'bob', having snowball fights, building snowmen, etc. I love being a little kid again! But man is it exhausting! Now, I'm recovering in Alba for the next few days before heading back to Prato next weekend to do it again.

Currently, I'm trying hard to find out a way to watch my Auburn Tigers in the BCS National Championship game tonight on my computer. I can't believe I haven't watched any games this year, and I'm so out of the loop. But I'm planning on making the sacrifice tonight and watching online from about 2:30am-6am my time. We'll see how long I can make it. WAR EAGLE!


News report on me: I'll officially be back in Tennessee on January 26th. Only 16 more days here in Italy.  My thoughts on this right now would be a whole separate blog so I won't go into that. Just wanted to give an update. Looking forward to seeing everyone back home soon!