Merry Christmas!

Our family on Christmas Eve - we have no idea why Luke has this look on his face. He is always happy until the camera comes out!
Dying to take the ornaments off the tree
Perfect Christmas morning picture - bed hair, milk cup, pj's, and a fun new toyIf he would only keep this hat on!

Let it snow!!

Luke didn't know what to think about the snow. He wasn't too happy about it falling on his face either. Sorry for the bad picture - I need to learn how to take better pictures!
I think Luke was trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue!
Our house in the snow
Neighbor kids on our street made a snowman. Pretty cool how kids all over the world like to do this!

Family moments

Hiking in the mountains

Our family by the beautiful gorge
Our team

Sure looks like we are in the middle of nowhere .
Luke was definitely ready for lunch after a long hike!

Recently our team went camping (in the freezing cold) in the nearby moutains and we had a guest from the US, so we took our Saturday afternoon to go hiking out to where they were. Luke did really great and so did his Daddy who carried him in a backpack for 2hrs! It was so beautiful and quiet out there. Kstan is considered the Switzerland of Central Asia so we need to get out to the mountains more often!

Happiest kid on the block

These days Luke seems like the happiest kid in the world. Of course he has his moments but over all he is usually laughing and giggling and smiling. He loves attention so much and is learning how to ham it up for everyone. He loves to wave to everyone as we go down the street in his stroller - even though others aren't waving. He even waves bye-bye to us when we put him to bed!!