HOME james................

So I eventually made it back home after a delayed flight, a missed flight, and a long wait for the bus, and ride home, only to catch a taxi and slip and slide up our road.  At almost midnight.  I was happy to just be there.  

And then after some sleeping in the next morning.  I got to play in the snow with my boys.  

It was fun.  We had a couple of snowball fights (pretty tame, well my part)

One happy Lukers right here.  

love these sillyheads.

I nailed Noah in the head.  And then it ended..........we headed inside and Luke, because his boots were shorter than the snow height, he poured freezing cold water out of his boots........we soon got him into a warm bath to thaw him out.  

I certainly missed moments like these while I was away.  Luke got me out of the bed the next morning, by asking me if I could rock him, so I quickly got up so I wouldn't miss the chance...........I will never get tired of my babies asking me to rock them.  

my sweet smiles and glances from my girl as she play and looks at me to see if I am watching her.  

We had a dress up day, our sweet friend Ceyda gave us this dress for Anna's birthday. 

Noah brought home his school pictures.  I love that he loves school, and his teacher Seyda so much.

And my bubble bearded lady.  She had finally decided that she likes these tub bubbles after all.  

She couldn't stop giggling.  

Snow at home

While I was at the freezing beach, our city got 19 inches of snow.  Quite a lot for this Mississippi family. The boys had a blast.  

Anna wasn't so sure at first.  Daddy said this was her 3rd time out, but sweet girl was sick while I was gone.  Roseola.  Not fun for Daddy, but he's a champ. 

more pics of the boys playing.  

Women's Conference

I left pretty early this morning to catch my flight.  I am gonna miss these faces.  And one committed Daddy for holding down the fort while I am away.  

Flying over Ankara.  

pretty snow over the mountains from the airport.

snow clouds before we landed in Antalya.

And I got to see my sweet friend.  I have missed her so. 

We got to see this sight from the restaurant every morning, lunch, and evening.  

And though it was freezing (literally) we did walk by the water to see the Mediterranean Sea.

And we went to the spa.

more of the sea.

the pretty sunset.

There were cats everywhere.  but this sweet lil one only had one ear.

And our hotel kinda caught on fire during out stay.  No one was hurt

Goodnight kisses to my loves

My last snuggle from girl before I headed out for a week to a Women's Conference.  

I had such a hard time leaving this girl.  

I kept her up late on purpose just so I could love on her a little more.  

Then we had a few giggles while she discovered her reflection in the lamp.  

So she decide to give herself some kisses.  

Our New Year 2015

When your parents you plan for the new year with subtle events.  And my subtle I mean hardly any, if everyone else is relaxing on their day off, well it's PJ day at our house.  

Anna has come to love her Kedi Hanim (Miss Kitty).  

Luke was quite comfortable in his dino pj's and robe.  

Well I did get dressed and I actually made dinner.  

Our version of the new years dinner. Black eyed peas, sakuma wiki (kenyan greens), and chicken.

We even had a new years dance party in our living room.  

The next night we had our friends Serkan and Sengul over

And on Sunday we got see our friends Katelyn.