Friday, December 26, 2008

Friday, December 26

The day after...clean up and playing and sleeping (except Brian had to go to work)!

Also time to share some of our decorations and gifts from the holiday.

Some of the projects the kids made at school

Our stockings for this year!

We hung the stockings we made on the windows in the dining area

The beautiful vase Brian got for me for Christmas,
from a painter in the castle area

The chess/backgammon board I got for Brian for Christmas,
from Egypt and inlaid with mother of pearl

Brian and I both picked out boxes for each other...
without the other knowing!

The new snowy view out of our dining area window.
With my selective viewing of some of the rare evergreen trees here.

No, not Maren's bedroom...Barbie's!
Santa brought Maren this Barbie bedroom set.

And not our living room...but Barbie's too!
Santa brought Lacey this Barbie living room set,
except the coffee table is a Ferrero Rocher box turned upside down!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Glad to see that you were able to make some Christmas magic! We were thinking of you here and hoping that all was going well.

Unknown said...

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year. I came into the office today to get a few things done and decided to find out what you all were up to in Turkey. I sure have enjoyed seeing all the wonderful photography and anecdotes of your experience. You are all missed. Many have asked about Brian's experience. I look forward to hearing more. We have been on an extended break. We missed the last three days of school before break due to storms that dumped more than a foot of snow. Best wishes, Matt Grant