Numero Uno

My little "Owie Bowie" turned one recently. The year has gone by so quickly. We love Owen and are so glad he is part of our family. He is such a smart, happy, funny, active, and strong little guy. Connor and Leah love Owen and they love playing with him and being silly with him. Trent and I have really enjoyed Owen as well and can't believe our baby is growing so big!

Here he is in his cute little bow tie in Denver at Breanne's reception

Turkey: Day #7

Me inside The Little Hagia Sophia

Outside of The Little Hagia Sophia

Leaving Istanbul :(

We missed the last flight out of JFK, so to save money we slept on a bench in the JFK airport (crazy, I know). That's me under the brown jacket sleeping on the bench. The sleep was worse than camping, but I would do it again. It was a funny experience.

Turkey: Day #6

The Spice Bazaar

Turkey: Day #5

Look at the picture on the board, second from the top. That one is me. They put it up to help advertise their pictures they were taking. We got a kick out of it.

Here we are as harem women.

The underground cistern.

The Archeological Museum.

Some cool stones in the museum.

One night we were at a shop we like to frequent. The store owner invited us to stay and eat dinner with him. I was kind of scared because I didn't want to get sick, but it had to be one of my favorite meals we had. It was like a lamb stew and we also had bread and yogurt (their yogurt is good there- it's just plain, not a bunch of sugar). We sat around a cedar chest with newspaper on top.

Me with the store owners cat. I hate cats and especially ones in Istanbul. I didn't want to get bit and have my trip end early to get rabies shots.

He pulled out a bunch of rugs to look at.

Turkey: Day #4

Turkish breakfast at our hotel.

Dolmabache Palace.

The Chora Church. Those are all mosaics. It was one of my favorite places in Turkey.

More of The Chora Church.

Taking a ferry to the Asian side of Iatanbul.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

Because of a merger at work Trent is being laid off at his work. His last day will be August 20. Please pray for us that things will work out for the best. Thanks :)!

Turkey: Day #3

The Arasta Bazaar.

Hand embroirdered shoes. Each boot took a few days to make.

Shopping for scarves.

Hand dyed suzanni.

Shop owners playing backgammon. It is a big thing over there.

Looking at beautiful ikat fabric.

I got Connor a backgammon set while I was in Turkey. This is not the one I bought him. This one was hundreds of dollars. It had a lot of intricate details.

The Grand Bazaar (this man was selling juice).

One of the many shops we went to.

Wonder Woman :).

This man took us up to his han (workshop) in the grand bazaar. There were men up there making jewelry. A couple of them took off my ring and polished it for me.

I guess even the Turks like Twilight :).

They have really cool lanterns over there.

The Mosaic Museum. Do you like the mullet?

A lovely squat toilet.

We went to a yummy restaurant that was outdoors just below the Blue Mosque. It was really cool to hear their call to prayer so close.