Here we are again

It's been forever... Things keep happening, and i mean to update but... Where do I begin... All is very well with us, the year is approaching it's end (school year that is ) Spring is here, the weather is great, and we are all pretty happy :-) let me re track a bit, Danielle spent 2 weeks in Chicago back in April, there was an opportunity since my mother was here, she went back to the US and Ofer was coming 2 weeks later so... Danielle flew back with my mother and returned with Ofer. This gave her 2 weeks in Chicago, to catch up with friends, see her old home and (we hoped) get some closure. She was having a hard time with the move, and we hoped this would help a bit. I think it did, she came back with a new attitude and seems to be (FINALLY) settling in.

A week after Danielle & Ofer arrived we all took a week long family vacation to Turkey. Those who know us, know that we used to take a family vacation to Mexico every year to escape the winter cold. Well, there was no need to escape since it never really got cold around here, but a family vacation is always a great thing :-) we went with MANY other people (about 30 in all) I was a bit concerned but it turned out quite well. Ofer's parents, his sister and family, her close childhood friend who I was with in the army (small world). another friend with her parents and their friends... Quite a group! Amazingly everyone got along, and even more so, all the kids got along very well... They travelled like a pact of wolves it was great. Here is a picture of some of them, can you find any of my girls :-)?

I have to tell you, Turkey is Beautiful! The scenery is breathtaking. We had a very good time even though the weather was NOT very cooperative. The hotel grounds were very nice but only one out of seven days was nice enough to spend by the pool. Never the less, we had a very good time, and I am sure we will be happy to go back there. (our new Mexico...)

Well, we are home now (have been for about a month) Ofer is back in Chicago and we are doing are usual daily thing. School, activities, life... Have to admit life is much more active here, and yet the nice weather makes everything easier to handle. We were supposed to go camping this weekend up north but the weather was strange and Lior did not feel very well so we will put it off for a bit. Last weekend we spent two days at the beach with my cousins. We were thinking of spending the night but were not prepared (sleeping bags and such) so we went home at about 11:00 PM and came back the next morning. The girls had a GREAT time we were with my cousins, just being out in the open for two days, eating whatever we prepared on the spot, was a great adventure. We all decided that this is such an easy thing to do, so inexpensive, and SO much fun that we will do it as often as possible. I hope we live up to this decision. We happen to live 5 minutes away from one of the most beautiful beaches in Israel, so we better take advantage!

There are really many more things that happened (as i am sure you can imagine) but I figure, you can't recap months of not updating... I will try to do a better job from now on :-0 Hope people still check in :-0)

Until next time, all our love,

Ronit