More Jerusalem

This is the best way for Everett to sleep, just let him get all warn out and lie down where he wants. We also been doing a bunch of swimming. We are going to miss having a pool.

We did another trip to the old city and saw some new thing. We went into the Muslim courtyard of Dome of the Rock. It's an incredible place with wide open spaces that you don't see anywhere in the old city of this magnitude. Muslim's control the area and it is considered holy to them because it is where Muhammad ascended to Heaven. Jewish consider the site the Holy of Holies and pray at the western wall because it is the closest spot to this location. We also walked the Rampart (the wall around Jerusalem). The kids and I thought it was really cool, Anita was having a heart attack worrying about the kids falling through the railing.

While in Jerusalem a group of soldiers went by catching my teenage niece's attention. Hanna was also winking at the soldiers.

All the kids got rides as we did a lot of walking. We had a good time showing my brother and his family around.