hillbillies in K-land

This is how we sled in K-land. these hills are some kind of brittle rock, and the outer layer is chat. The hill is so steep you can not walk up it. The girls wanted to go somewhere and play in the dirt and dig. I bought them some garden tools and they went to digging. they got tired of that and found a not so steep place they could walk up the side of the hill and get on top. I got an old piece of carpet from the back of the truck and they used that for their sled. They had a great time. I did it a couple of times also, had to make sure it was safe.

got it made

Megan is enjoying the music, and solitare on the computer. I was drinking coffee and doing some work but when I came back she had taken over. The heaters that we use are in the upper left hand corner of the pic. They are karosene heaters.

frizbee

Here we are out in a wheat field in North IQ playing frizbee. Who would have thought that would happen in our life time. There was sheep pellets (poop) all over the place out here. Rod started picking them up and breaking them open with his fingers. He asked me if this was left over from the wheat crop? I told him yes, kind of. He asked me what they are, and I told him. I had a good laugh.

team mate

This is our friend Rod, he teaches with us at GEI. He is an old Naval officer and is an Areo notical Engineer. He is a great guy and a good teacher, and a wonderful encourager.

family pic2

This was a beautiful spot to take a family shot, so we took it.

family pic

There are no camels or deserts here. This is a beautiful valley. This river is crystal clear, and the ancient Assyrians made this river flow all the way down to Ninevah, modernday Mosul.

little mountain climbers

These are two real good rock and mountain climbers. they leave there mom behind, and they are so proud of themselves. They have climbed up some tough stuff.

standing with a king

Here I am standing with an Assyrian king from the time of the northern exile.

little stinker

I took Megans picture as she was throwing rocks in the river.

teaching

This is Susan teaching her Engineers. She has 15 students.

teaching

This is me teaching my class of beginners. I have 10 students.

Americans

This is a group of soldiers that were in the market when we were buying some last minute things for Rhonda.

friends

This is a family Casey spent Friday with. He met the young man at our school and was invited over. The young man is an Engineer and his uncle spanked Casey at chess 3 times in a row.

spelling error

This is a package of napkins made here in Duhok. Thay neid sum wun to chek ther speling.

good fruit

Casey went up on a hill side and picked some wild grapes. Even though it was way past season, they were still good and really sweet.

beautiful setting Sulav

We went to a beautiful area that is called Sulav. Normally Casey is a lousey photographer but he took a good pic. I do not think I was ready for this or something. Atleast the girls look pretty as usual.

good friend

This is us with our good friend Casey. He came here over the Thanksgiving holiday to see us. What a blessing it was. Thanks Casey.

2 little angels

The other day the girls were in an Assyrian wedding, (Assyrians are Catholic types). They went to a beauty sallon with the bride and got all prettied up. This was taken in our garden.

family in valley

This is us in the afore mentioned valley. Nice family huh.

pretty big girls

These are 2 big girls sitting outside a cave restaurant. the mound on the right of the pic half way up is a hill that Saddam built one of his palaces on. The knob on the mountain straight above the girls head is another castle. This is our favorite valley area. It is about 30 minutes north of the house.

valley

This is the other side of the valley. WE took a road along side the mountain for quite a ways to get here, but it was a beautiful area. The rest of the area is brown, but this spot has lots of springs and irrigation channels.

April 4 2006

I could not remeber when I took this pic until I looked it up. It was april 4, 2006. The girls look a lot different now, and Brianna is a lot closer to her mom's chin. I don't think Susan has grown much. By the way, she is the average K lady's higth. She is actually a little taller than some.

New Family pic

We went out exploring on Susan's birthday to be adventurous and go where few have gone before. We did a picture like this about 2 years ago. I will post it and we can see how much Susan and the girls have grown.

swimming pool

We bought this pol here in the late spring and it gets used all the time. The girls go in it atleast once a day, and dad joins them everyonce in a while; usually daily. It is a good way to cool off.

Bright moon

The moon was so bright that night, and the pic is clear. To see a pic in its full size, right mouse click and pick the 'open link' or something like that. It/s the first thing to choose from after you right click.