Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Time at home with Dede




Van museum






pic 1- around 9000 BC
pic 3,4,and 5 - Armenian reliefs with Christian symbols from the early years of the Church, probably sometime between 400-900 AD

Reliefs from the Hakkari region of Eastern Turkey


If I remember correctly, these date from as early as 9000 BC. The last one is cuneiform writing found in Eastern Turkey.

Van breakfast




more of the Van breakfast





Playdough time!

Welcome to Texas!

Old Van house at the base of Van Castle





View of Van from the castle





Top of Van Castle





Climbing Van Castle





Thursday, May 29, 2008

Tickle Missiles

More pics of Kars and Ani



Klaire and Dunloe at our picnic last week

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Kars






We arrived in Kars and that evening it started snowing. It was May! Jonathan was a little tired especially when he kept getting hit in the head with two balloons. :)