Mt. Ararat, road to Mt. Ararat

Dunloe, Me and Dad

Morning coffee on the balcony

Iskele Park

May 2008

Traditional Van breakfast with Dad

Grandson time with Dede

Exploring Ani - old city of Eastern Turkey

Late afternoon at Old Van

Exploring Old Van

Dunloe flying as we explored Old Van

Ethan's first day at preschool

October 2007

This was our first family picture last October when we went to the park in Dallas. Since I haven't put any of our pictures on the blog yet. They might be a little out of order. Sorry.

Cousins and cool kids

Preschool

Ethan loved going to preschool in Texas. His friends Jaylin and Gregory are also standing up.

Little Big Dogs

Ethan played on the Little Big Dogs 4-5 yr old soccer team while we were in the states. He even scored a goal in a game! Way to go Little Big Dogs!

Preschool in Dallas

We're Back!

Well, I didn't post anything while we were in the states. We spent time having surgery, staying up all night at the emergency room, going to the zoo, going to the art museum and the Farmer's Market, eating at all kinds of restaurants, going to the park, and visiting family. It was eventually a good time of rest for us and the extra two months that we were give to stay were really needed. So. . . our blog is back online. I'll begin to update it again.

We are just getting over jet lag and being here is still a little weird. That feeling of home and familiarity comes over time. We'll let you know when we get there. We were experiencing spring in Dallas and now we're back to the end of winter and not yet spring. Ethan had a fever a couple of days ago and it was 103.7 this morning so I've been spending a lot of time inside so far. Supposedly next week it's supposed to be sunny. Our heat for our apartment is only coming on in the evening so the days are pretty cold. Good things. . .we got to go see Chad and Holly May the 3rd day we were here and it was a good time reconnecting and drinking tea.

Here's a picture of the boys playing in the house. It's just yucky outside today!

Vacuuming

Web cam

I just have to say this. . .It's amazing to me that my 15 month old son likes to come and sit in my lap when I'm on the computer. He starts waving at the screen and saying hi like there's someone there even if the webcam is not on. It's so cute. How quickly they learn!