Momma Did It...

When dad cut Everett's hair he exclaimed, "Man this hair cut is bad ass!" See pics of the Mullet a few weeks back as proof. When momma cuts hair Hanna cried, "I want my hair back!" To momma's credit it was a good move as her hair was a mess. But its one of the few times I'm innocent and not to worry Hanna doesn't cry about her hair any more.

Momma took her brother and sister for a hike on the Jesus trail. They were here for a 10 day visit and a 4 day hike. Here are 2 of the 6 pictures she took. She was too busy having fun to take any more.

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Here momma practices being a New Mexican. The margarita had a few substitutes but the critical ingredient can be seen in the background. We had another goodbye for some other friends with kids so we all practiced together.

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Everett is all boy, if it has wheels he loves it. That's the bottom dishwasher rack he grabbed to play car with. He is "mastering" the scooter another wheeled toy. We only wish his vocabulary was as advanced as his motor skills. His primary words are Momma, Dada, Ella (he calls Hanna Ella as well), More and That (I want more/that)."

Sleeping

Like good farmers the kids like to wake up at dawn. Everett is the best at it, if we don't dark out his room he is up at 5am after staying up till 8:30. Here are the results of an early wake up.




And here is our Angel Hanna so innocently catching an afternoon nap.

Bike race last weekend was a bust, I flatted in the first 5 min. Then my spare didn't hold air and rode it to the start line. It was a 3 lap race. After loosing 10min in an hour race I pulled my self back to 24th out of 70.

One of the two neighbors left for the US the other week sadly cutting our primary social circle by 33%. Two less playmates for the kids. Currently our fridge is out for the 6th day and we use their fridge for our perishables. After 5 days of no show and poor repairs they have IDed the compressor and we have to wait to order it. We can’t swap fridges with the empty neighbor house because it won’t fit! Oh well we eat less with it across the street, try that for your next diet. Also Anita’s oldest sister and the youngest brother are here. They are off for 4 days to the north of Israel to Hike the Jesus Trail. I took a couple of days off and am watching the kids.

Now over one year in Israel!

Business Up Front...














Party out Back! As soon as momma saw this it was gone. I begged to keep it for a week or so as Everett was a hit down on the beach. A real lady killer with this hair style! At least it was warm today, about 80, just like the decade of his hair style!








We have had a few weeks of heavy rain and bad weather. I only got one surf day out of it and it was a good one. We also went and checked out the old fort right down on our beach. Its from the Arab period (640-1099 AD) and is called "Kal'at-Mina" (the Port Citadel). Always fun to crawl around on old old old bricks. I would love to get a shovel and do my own archeological dig to see what I could find.


We went to the Israel Museum and saw the dead sea scrolls. They have this cool model of the old city of Jerusalem there. It was very cold in Jerusalem being higher in elevation than Ashdod. Made it even better to be inside a museum.






In other news our assignment in Israel will close at the end of June and we will return home. At first we were disappointed with the early return. Now we accept it and will be ready to go. We’ve had sick kids for the last couple of weeks, poor Hanna has it pretty bad for a few days now. I have nasty allergies like I didn’t know were possible for 3 weeks and is making me miserable. I wish I could find a drug to stop the feeling that my head is going to explode (I've tried a bunch to date).



We have spent the last week heartbroken as a good friend died suddenly. We have been praying for her husband and young boys at their loss. She had many good friends as she was exceptional in that she made those around her feel welcome and great about who they were.