Surprise!!!

I'll bet no one expected an update so soon :-) Well, got to keep you on your toes :-).

Truth is we had a great weekend last week, and since the week is almost over, I thought I should post before this too becomes old news... We were planning on camping out by the sea of Galilee (I think that's how you spell it :-0) But the weather was very unpredictable (unusual for this time of year in Israel). So we passed on the camping and went on a day trip instead. We headed up north Saturday morning and sure enough, as soon as we got to the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) it started POURING... Swimming was out of the question so we went... are you ready? Church hopping instead! My cousin is an architect and she works in building preservation. She works in Tel-Aviv but spent a lot of time studying in the area so she took us to see a couple of churches one was Tabeja (pretty sure that's how it was spelled on the sign) the other was Keppenachum...

Ofer was surprised to hear that the girls enjoyed the day, but the truth is, all the children had a GREAT time (there were 9 in all!) As you can see they really got into the spirit of things :-)

She was able to tell us the related stories about Jesus and those places, one was the miracle of the fish, the other is where he was out on the water for 40 days for those who are better versed than I am :-). This was both fun and educational.

(right to left Danielle, Mika, Lia, Hagar, Lior, Michael & Gilad)

She also took us to a small water fall that non of us knew exists so there was some water fun after all.

(Right to left: Mika, Ma'ayan, Danielle & Anita in the back )

We ran into three guys who were fishing and Bar B Q'ing by the waterfall, mind you all of this was happening in the ...rain... quite surreal..

I think this was a cat fish, either way, it was too big for what they had in mind (namely grilling on their small portable BBQ) so after this pose the happy fish was released back to the water.

(Hagar, Gil'ad being held by my cousin and his dad Shaul and the "fisherman")

All in all a great day was had. We got home at about 8:00PM, Showers, and off to bed.

Excitement this week: My dad is in for a visit from the States, the girls are ecstatic. The washing machine broke down... I am bummed and a bit helpless :-( I am sure things will be better in a few hours. Next week is Shavuot, the girls only have 2 days of school (Sun & Mon) we are having family over for dinner Tuesday night, traditionally this is supposed to be a dairy meal. I hear that my sister & brother in law are not thrilled about those and feel a bit cheated (where is the beef you know) SO the menu is still up for grabs. Next week we are having a Turkey reunion on Wed. Everyone who was on the trip will get together at the sea of Galilee... Should be fun. I will update as things happen.

For now, thanks for checking in,

love,

Ronit