Polonezköy

When you live in a city of 14 million people you gotta get out sometimes.  We knew it was about time and started looking for places to go hike.  Not far from our house (about 30 minutes) there is a village with great trails through the forest.  We took off early this morning to go check it out.  It was so nice to be surrounded by green and silence.  Well, we did have the kids with us so there wasn't much silence but we took a few minutes to "be still and know" and it was so nice.

Summer Time

We are having a great summer.  It really helps that we have a pool in our apartment complex.  The kids have all learned to swim thanks to Bruce.  We also have some pretty cool parks around, great for bike riding and climbing.  We are taking a couple hours each morning to home school.  Lillian is catching up on reading and writing in English, Math and History, while also trying to do her Turkish summer reading.  The boys are learning their letters, numbers and other preschool type things.  Recently they started gymnastics 3 days a week.  The class will last for a month but we all thought it was a good way to keep summer interesting as we enter the second half!

Super heroes

Hurray!

Friends from Shreveport were in town and we were blessed to spend 24 hours with them!  So thankful for their visit!

Off to the Beach

We had an amazing week at the beach.  We visited three different beaches, the ancient city of Tlos, Saklikent Canyon and then did absolutely nothing on the last day!

Lillian had just read Archeologists Dig for Clues in homeschool so she was super excited to meet these guys.

Bruce grilled fish and shrimp.  It was delish!

Eli got a bike!

Elisha learned to ride Lillian's bike recently so it was time for him to have his own.  We took the kids to their favorite riding park and let them loose.