In his heart, a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Happy Birthday, Stazy!

We can't believe it's already been 2 years since our little baby was born. She's not such a little baby anymore. 



Sunday, October 30, 2011

Ramazan

Luke had the opportunity to go eat an Iftar (breaking the fast) meal with a friend and 10,000 other people in the area that is the site of the main attractions in the city.


Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Weird. No other way to describe this....

So this is what is known as 'animasyon' in case anyone is wondering: an on-deck belly dancer. This one just happened to be a dude! Oddly enough, there was a rival boat not far from us, and they had one too. The FUNNY thing is that people seemed to be actually enjoying it... I guess we'll have to adjust our world-view a little more to understand this one...


Çeşme Vacation II



Çeşme Vacation I



Busted


Gotta be like mom!

Back in Business

After an overlong hiatus, we plan to get back to regular blogging. Obviously, there is a backlog, so for a while, it might not be exactly according to a normal timeline. C'est la vie...
Meanwhile, here's a sample from a quick vacation we had to the Agean coast.




Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Coloring Eggs

It's fun to play with kids. It's fun to be a kid. Most of all, it's fun to be an adult with all its privileges and responsibilities and to be able to act like a kid.
We had a great time playing with Stazy. She had a great time being a kid. And Robyn, I, and our friend, Ajlan, had a great time acting like kids.


Saturday, April 9, 2011

2 Years (and counting)

We apologize for the online hiatus. It was somewhat unplanned. Turkey suspended the use of blogger.com for a time.
Meanwhile, we are excited to be celebrating 2 years in Turkey! Wow! We remember arriving in 2009 and looking at the beautiful tulips spread out along the highways and in planters around the city and gaining a great first impression of our new home.

2 years later, we still love spring! Winter can be long and dreary, but when the sun comes out, the memories start to fade and we look forward to summer. The strawberries are already out and getting cheaper by the day. Soon, we'll be feasting on peaches, watermelon, and ohhh ho ho, baby, the cherries! There is a perfect storm that comes in early May when pretty much all fruit not called grapes can be found and we make our Easter cornucopia of fructose-laden indulgences that are better than their candy counterparts.


Thanks for keeping up with us. We hope and pray to have many more "fruitful" years!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Christmas Morning Breakfast



Natchitoches Riverbank

Bobo & Grandy

Under the Bridge and Dreaming



Christmas Story in Lights

Horseback Adventure

Robyn's parents' neighbors own horses that we can see almost every time we leave the house. They offered to let Stazy ride whenever she was available. We took advantage of the offer with outstanding results.
First meeting

Not working out yet...

That's better. Daddy makes it all right.




Good times!

Wow! Awesome!

Let's go again!

Stazy's Third First Birthday Party

Das Keyk

Die Kinder

Das Extended Familie

Far Fig Newton

Did I do that?

Huff Family Christmas II