here we all are standing on top of our mountain pass that walls the north eastern side of our city. just behind us in our new hometown. so from this vantage point, you can see our town one way and then just over the other side is a totally different landscape that you can scroll down and see in the next two pics. it really is beautiful and on top of the mountain is really windy and cooler. i love it. you can see snow-capped mountains in the distance from the other direction.
these are all the people we work with here. paul and erin in the middle and carol on the outside right. awesome new friends! you can also see how much greener it is on this side of the mountain.
toby is throwing a rock over the edge. you can just see it in the air if you look real closely.
this is jesse and his new little friend "Peri" she is so sweet. she and jesse were holding hands and sharing toys all night. an interesting note about the culture here...the kids here go to bed when the adults do which is around midnight or 1 in the morning. they come for visits around 8 pm...which is our bedtime. if they have kids, we let our kids stay up, but if they don't we let them say hi and then put them down. it's crazy. i mean it makes sense for their way of life, they all sleep in the same room, so no point in anyone going to bed earlier. they also all take naps in the heat of the day. not sure how we are going to balance our family life that way, but we may just have to decide for visits that we have one or two nights that we go Kurdi schedule and the rest of the time stay american in our life.
tim managed to figure out getting our Wii hooked up here and the kids have enjoyed playing it when there is full power here. toby gets very frustrated when it unexpectedly shuts off in the middle of his game, but he is getting used to it too. if ever a room is dark they always say, "power's off..." just like it's what they have always done. they are so adaptable. they have not complained once about being here or said anything about wanting to go back. they are here and ready to start life here...i am sure they are thankful it includes a Wii still. today we made granola and granola bars. i think this will become a new weekly tradition for us. it was hot in the kitchen but worth the end result. we are also going to try our hand at baking bread.
here we all are standing on top of our mountain pass that walls the north eastern side of our city. just behind us in our new hometown. so from this vantage point, you can see our town one way and then just over the other side is a totally different landscape that you can scroll down and see in the next two pics. it really is beautiful and on top of the mountain is really windy and cooler. i love it. you can see snow-capped mountains in the distance from the other direction.
these are all the people we work with here. paul and erin in the middle and carol on the outside right. awesome new friends! you can also see how much greener it is on this side of the mountain.
toby is throwing a rock over the edge. you can just see it in the air if you look real closely.
this is jesse and his new little friend "Peri" she is so sweet. she and jesse were holding hands and sharing toys all night. an interesting note about the culture here...the kids here go to bed when the adults do which is around midnight or 1 in the morning. they come for visits around 8 pm...which is our bedtime. if they have kids, we let our kids stay up, but if they don't we let them say hi and then put them down. it's crazy. i mean it makes sense for their way of life, they all sleep in the same room, so no point in anyone going to bed earlier. they also all take naps in the heat of the day. not sure how we are going to balance our family life that way, but we may just have to decide for visits that we have one or two nights that we go Kurdi schedule and the rest of the time stay american in our life.
tim managed to figure out getting our Wii hooked up here and the kids have enjoyed playing it when there is full power here. toby gets very frustrated when it unexpectedly shuts off in the middle of his game, but he is getting used to it too. if ever a room is dark they always say, "power's off..." just like it's what they have always done. they are so adaptable. they have not complained once about being here or said anything about wanting to go back. they are here and ready to start life here...i am sure they are thankful it includes a Wii still. today we made granola and granola bars. i think this will become a new weekly tradition for us. it was hot in the kitchen but worth the end result. we are also going to try our hand at baking bread.
how crazy that kids stay up so late, but it makes sense if you ALL get a nap in the day--i like that custom.
ReplyDeletekeep the pics coming!!