A Day Away

At the end of March we took advantage of a long weekend to head out to Anafora, a Coptic retreat center an hour North of Cairo. It was a great change to get away from the city, from the house, and spend some time outside with the kids.

This is Karina's first try at photography... pretty good aint it!

We took a long walk

found some ants

spent a lazy afternoon reading

visited the donkeys and water buffalo

and enjoyed the company of our good friends Jim and Heather

this is what the place looks like, very nice:

and a final photo by Karina to finish off the trip.

Late Post - Dec 07 Boat Trip

These are actually from quite a while ago as they were taken last December during our trip to the Red Sea over Christmas, but it took my dear friend Heather 3 months to get them to me. But it was worth the wait because these are probably the best family photos taken in 2007! Thanks Heather!

Mother's Day

Yesterday Mark's nursery (previously Karina's) had their little mother's day concert.

Mark had been showing off his repertoire for many days leading up to this and I'd hear refrains of "mommy, mommy.... I love you... kiss..." and other such lines as he practiced around the house.


When the big day came, however, he didn't do much signing.

Though he did remain in his spot with the class, he spend his 15 minutes if fame looking at me and mouthing a near-tears "mama, mama, mama, mama..." while the other kids sang away.

Ah well, he was cute anyway. Note: look for his hand in his pocket in one photo.



Next event: Karina in a production of Snow White this May! She has the role of the "Selfish Queen" (no wicked witches in this part of town!). That will actually be a big "concert" with a proper stage and everything. We are growing up!