Twin Holy Birthdays

Here are some photos taken at the recent Holy Days in Haifa & Bahji...

at the children's programme with Layla

here Enna-Marie is enjoying the music

...& is about to dance (thanks again to Rocco for the nice dress he sent Enna-Marie...she loves it!)

the youth did a shadow storytelling about the fund, a very creative way of entertainment!

Lillian & a pilgrim boy

everybody at the MPR

Carmel, Layla & Enna-Marie enjoying each other's company

Bassim, Canan with Elfida, Carmel & Carmel & EM

Menchie with Isra

dinner with Bhargava & his friend Vafa after the Holy Day programme in Haifa

next day's children programme at the Visitor Centre in Bahji

the three ones playing

excited!!!

family portrait

with some Filipino friends (L-R: Bahia, Jamal, Anne, Menchie with EM & Rhea)

Another New Year dinner...

We had a lovely evening at the Laroya's a week ago. We had some Filipino and Turkish dishes, and desserts were blueberry cheesecake made by Maarten and egg pie from Mildred...both really...really de-li-cious! What a treat for everyone at this time of new year. Mrs. Ramirez, Isra, Kurt and Harrison joined us as well.

Enna-Marie's little sister Elfida Laroya who is now five months old

beautiful Elfida...cutie cheeks!

us just had yummy desserts...

and this is everybody...sorry for the blurry pic!

Monette, Josh & Sophie are in town...

At New Year's eve, we were invited for dinner at the Lincoln's to see Monette, Josh & their daughter Sophie. Sophie who is 8 years old was playing so well with Enna-Marie. Then we had a short musical entertainment where Na'im and Yasmeen performed a song, Sophie played a couple of her piano pieces, and Mrs. Lincoln of course delighted us with her songs as well. Enna-Marie got into the groove when she heard some familiar songs...

More photos with Oma...

Oma is now back in Holland and we all had a wonderful time with her. It was especially nice to see Enna-Marie strengthen her bond with her. We have some more photos of us below which bring back memories of her visit.

To Oma...we miss you a lot!!!

reading is always fun

...and playing with Oma too





assisting Enna-Marie to climb the stairs

EM: "I am a big girl now, Oma can just look at me!"

EM: "If the girls can jump, I can jump too!"

EM: what a nice ride eh!

reading time with her fav book "good night moon"

this book has been read every night to EM, she can tell the story herself

the "happy-three" generation

one last group photo before EM sleeps and Oma's departure very early morning

Trip to Caesarea with Oma

We brought Oma to Caesarea a couple of weeks ago and here are some shots of this beautiful, historic place. We had such a nice weather that day. Two months ago we went here with our friends, the Hatami family, but we were unlucky as the weather turned bad in the afternoon, thus didn't take nice photos. After the stroll, we enjoyed our lunch in one of the restaurants there. We are glad Oma had a great time in this trip. Enjoy the beautiful view!