more from Christmas

The girls got more then Miley for Christmas and we have had lots of fun playing with everything!

thanks for the gingerbread house and the puzzles of the girls and the make-up
all very fun things that we all 5 had fun with (except for the make-up, kirk wouldn't put any on!)

Christmas morning

Christmas eve we made a birthday cake for Jesus, Ayden even helped me write on it. The girls thought it was so fun to sing happy b-day Christmas morning before we opened any presents. Even the stuffed animals had to sing with us!


Eating our Christmas morning breakfast. Not quite the same as having it at moms but it still tasted good. So thankful that mom and dad were able to bring an ice chest when they came this past summer and we saved some Jimmy Dean sausage so we could make our special breakfast dish! It made Christmas a little more special

Ayden right after they opened the box with Miley

Christmas pics

I wrapped the girls in this very traditional cloth for their Christmas picture. some of my older lady friends wear this cloth wrapped over them instead of the all black.

crafts and cookies

girls making gingerbread people. so fun, but i think their favorite part was eating all the icing!





we were so very fortunate that we were able to buy a Christmas tree from a family that was leaving the country, but it was a little weird having someone else's ornaments on the our tree so the girls and us spent a couple of days making and painting ornaments. Lots of fun and it was great to just do some Christmas "stuff" with the girls.


we decorated cookies with some of the girls national friends, so much fun. The girls loved it and then they got to take lots of cookies home so they were very excited.

Christmas

Sorry it has taken me so long to post, December was crazy. Kristy had more visits in that month then she has had and Kirk was busy also with work and visits.
We had a very different but good Christmas and are excited about what our Father will do in this next year!

The girls were surprised Christmas morning with a new puppy, we didn't think we would be able to get one here but found out a couple of days before Christmas that another foreign family here had a dog who had puppies and they were giving them away. We were so excited to be able to finally get a pet for the girls and it was so fun watching them with our new puppy "Miley."

sunflower seeds

Another culture shock! Kirk found some sunflower seeds the other day, so he bought a big bag. After we got them home found out that they didn't quite taste like the ones in the states. These had vinegar on them or something. We just couldn't eat them so we were planning on giving them to someone here. The bag was still on the table yesterday when some of our neighbors came over to play. Without our knowledge the girls got into the sunflower seeds, which would have been fine if they would have eaten them and spit the seeds in the garbage or outside; but not these kids instead they spit the shells on the floor in three different rooms in our house. Needless to say when Ayden came and got Kirk and I we were not very happy. I fussed at them the best I could in Arabic and then Kirk got the vacuum and gave it to them and we made them clean it all up. I just couldn't believe that they thought it was okay to just spit the shells all over the floor. Guess I still have a lot to learn about culture differences. Anyway, I think after they saw how upset we were that they will not do that again.

the beach

When we left the previous city we headed to the beach for a day. It has been pretty cold in our city in the morning and at night, but the beach was perfect. The girls had a great time in the waves and in the sand. But the next day we came back to the cold.
It has been in the low 40's or high 30's at night, but always warms up during the day. But it was great to have a day at the beach in the warm weather.