Pizza...

I feel like I am blogged out with our trip! There are so many photos (701 in fact), all of which are on out shutterfly account listed on the side. I think this will be my last post, but I have to say it was a fabulous trip and I am so thankful we got to be part of such an amazing experience! Thank you Mom and Dad-you are my inspiration!

I have to share about our pizza night. This was one (of many) of all of our favorite nights. Mark and Brent got the fire burning and Brent made homemade dough. We all had our drinks and enjoyed cooking together.

When people ask me what my favorite thing was, I have to include this night. It was good family bonding and of course we got to enjoy pizza! On a side note-I had pizza everyday when I was there. The food was the next favorite part of mine.

The first picture is from our front door-and then Bruce and Mark looking at their work


We had all our toppings to the side because first you have to cook your dough and then put on the toppings. Isn't that cool?

Love both these shots

I also had to include these pics. I was showing this slug to my niece Millie and Avery walked by and just plucked it off the wall (mind you we saw so many creatures due to the open house). It made a funny suction sound-then she proceeded to jam her finger in there. I had to take it away!

Overall, nothing can describe our trip! I am happy to have all these memories in my head!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles-The Watson's Take Italy-Pisa and a Wine Tour

We went to Pisa for a few hours one day...there isn't much to the town-we just wanted to say we went to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa...

Then, on our way to Rome we stopped at this beautiful winery! I can't remember the name of it, but we will get some of our wine soon! We took a tour and then enjoyed lunch while tasting the wine. The owner's wife cooked all the food. YUM!

Avery was trying to bend down like the other girls :)

Mack and Avery loved it too

Again...there will be more post!

Caio! (revised due to spelling)

We started off early in the morning and took a flight to NY. We were supposed to have a 9 hour lay over, but the airlines messed up (even though these tickets were bought 2 months ago), so most of us got on an earlier flight, and the rest came on another flight.

It was a an 8 hour flight -we had a lot of time. I sat next to a man from Rome and he talked a lot about his country and luckly had children. In turn, he was very forgiving of mine! Mack did alright and Avery was okay! They had major break downs on the flight, but Italians are really great with them.

When we arrived in Rome only 6 bags arrived (because we changed planes). So it is Sunday evening and they have still not arrived and no body here really cares:) The ride was about 4 hours from Rome and after 2 the driver pulled over for his break! haha that is why they are stress free here.

To get to our villa you have to climb a mountain with a one lane road (and our bus was huge!) we are on top of the mountain with an amazing view. There is a pool on the side of the house over looking the whole town.

There is no air conditioning because you can open every window and everything chills off. Last night it was rough with the babies, so we are hoping tonight will be okay. I will try my best to keep this updated! For now Ciao!

Having lunch (pasta and hotdogs)

We had nice local ladies prepare dinner for us-it was about 5 courses!

No clothes equals naked babies (p.s. did I mention we have a washer, but no dryer-everything goes outside)

He has fit in well

This out our front door

This is Avery after our flight-she made it! Whew!

She had to swim in a swiming diaper-and eat a peach

Will Write Soon!

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...The Watson's Take Italy- Rome and heading home

There is so much to share about our trip, but instead of writing about it, I thought I would let the pictures tell the story. The other post were us there in action and now I have had a few days to organize everything in my head. I still don't think we have all truly comprehended what we just experienced. How could you!?! When people ask us how our trip was-it's easy to say wonderful, but I feel I need to show how wonderful it was.

I only hope we can continue to give our children these experiences (maybe not for two weeks and in Italy), but traveling (even in the U.S) could not be anymore important for children to learn outside of the classroom. I didn't know any Italian (which I am not proud of), but spending 2 weeks somewhere you really learn about another culture, language, and experience things outside your own world.

I am starting backwards-this is us in Rome and then heading home...

Rome in a Day(and not enough time)

This was a church where we started our day. It was perfect because we were able to comprehend how old Rome really is. This is the view from inside the church-as you can see we were below street level. Through the years in Rome there have been floods, earthquakes, and much more so they have built on top of buildings. We went down 60 feet below this church to unfold two more churches on top of each other. A priest was outside digging in the yard and discovered much more than he was expecting. We couldn't take pictures inside.

The three older girls wore these white matching outfits through the city-they are precious.

Colosseum

We wanted to make sure he knew he was there

At the Vatican. I should have taken pictures inside the Sistine Chapel-everyone else was! It was so beautiful, but the people were very disrespectful, so it made us mad.

We had a two story apartment-here is our upper room and the view...Do you know what building that is?

Yep...it's the Pantheon! Unbelievable!

Here is the front of where my parents stayed and just SOME of our luggage. They couldn't drive the bus up to the hotel so this is how it got transferred.

The bus ride from our hotel to the airport. Mack and Greta sleeping though it once again.

All smiles before it started!

This is Avery getting mad that her warm Chocolate cookie was gone. Right after this she flew out of her seat head first...that is when I asked for the wine to keep coming!

Coming To An End...

So far on this trip I have taken about 600 pictures. What am I going to do with all these pics? Not sure, but I am excited to get back and begin (trying my best) putting them in some kind of order in a scrap book. We have had a wonderful time here-not only because of the country, but because we have been together as a family for 2 weeks. It has been the best way to really bond with one another. It made me realize it does take a village to raise a child. I am going to organize my pictures and my posts when we get home, so for now here are some random pictures I love.

We are off to Rome (Roma) tomorrow morning. It's a long drive so our lady has arranged we stop by a winery on our way. I am excited about that! Then we will spend the night in Rome and head out to do the sight seeing on Saturday. We start our journey back on Sunday:( Enjoy!



Oh and I am excited to say I got a pair of Itailian shoes!!!!!!

Papa and Avery
This was in Senea

We took an Italian cooking lesson...it was so ymmy!

Yep!

First popsicle

I love my boy!

We went to the Sea

Last day in Lucca

She tried Squid