On the Boulevard!

The boulevard is a great place to walk especially when the weather gets warmer.

The children enjoyed riding some of the amusement type rides as well as getting their picture taken with... Mickey Mouse? When the weather gets warmer, we plan to go back and enjoy it even more.


We thought the character was just being nice and

posing for a picture, but we soon found out there was a charge per person!

Thankfully, Isabel was too afraid to join in on the fun.

New Business!

Beginning in June, our team will launch a new business which

will draw, not only university students but professionals as well for an American/English experience. Classes and seminars will be

provided for members to gain more confidence in the English

language. We are still concentrating on language learning ourselves

so we will only devote a small portion of our time here. We are all

excited about this new direction.

(More pictures to come of remodeling and furniture)

Cooking with Sevda

Benjamin and Laura Grace

enjoying making Baklava with

Sevda. It was delicious!

Spring Party with University Students

Some pictures from the party...egg breaking,

traditional dance "lessons", and spending time

with students.

Sweet Isabel - posing for the camera! She is 2 1/2 now and so expressive with her language, even when the words cannot be distinguished. Sevda, our helper loves to tease her. She says (in her language) to Isabel, "my girl, you're my girl". Isabel just shakes her head and says, "no, mommy's gool".

Two Surprise Packages

Thank you to my roomies from UGA and to the Agan's for remembering us! We appreciate the love, time, and money that went into your packages. We love everything!

Our Crate Has Arrived!

Last July, we packed up many of our belongings (toys, dishes, bedding, movies, books, pictures) into a small crate in hopes of seeing it again one day. To our surprise, the wait was only 4 1/2 months from the time we arrived here! (We have been told, this was a short wait) The men carried everything up 3 flights of stairs and then disassembled the wood from the crate. Hopefully we will be able to make some bookshelves with the wood.

Isabel and Benjamin were thrilled to watch their toys unpacked from the truck! "It's like Christmas," Benjamin said.

"Look, my chair". He and Isabel couldn't wait to tell Caleb and Laura Grace about the delivery when they arrived home from school. Within minutes, Caleb was off to reconstruting his Viking lego ship, Laura Grace had her gymnastic mat out and uniform on for tumbling, Isabel was dressed in her princess dress complete with heels and purse, and Benjamin was rediscovering his Fisher Price animals, barnyard, and train set!

Fun With Our Sitters

Every Thursday, mama goes to Caleb and Laura Grace's school to help out. Isabel and I need someone to look after us while she is away and daddy is at language school. Gulia and her sister, Samira come and play with us.

We color, play outside, and sometimes they bring their pet rabbit "dovshan" for us to play with. He is sooooo big. He eats cabbage and carrots. We tried to feed him tendir (bread) and chips but he didn't like it.