Group Pictures Are Up

Hello Sachlav!

I know I have let you all down,--I'm sorry!  Since coming from from the Middle East, life has gotten busy, but in a good way!   My new job at the photo studio is going great, but also keeping me real busy.  Once figured out HOW we wanted to do things, we have been busy every since!

And then there were the Jewish High Holy Days!  WOW!   Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur were filled with many new & old faces.  I hope this New Year is filled with sweetness and wonderful-ness for all of you!

I made an album on Picasa ONLY for Group Photos.  The album can be found HERE.   I realize I don't have as much time as I had hoped to edit all the photos, so instead of editing everything, I am going to put them up as is and if you WANT anything edited, just let me know and I will do it!  I will continue over the next week to put photos up from the rest of our wonderful adventure together.

Sach-LOVE to Bus 337!

Home At Last

Last night around 11:30 PM we arrived safely home. It was a wonderful feeling to come home. The trip was filled with many adventures, but Jaime and I both learned how much we love where we live.

I'm sorry I was unable to blog while I was away. Israel was far to busy to find time to get on a computer and Jordan & Egypt were just a different trip then anticipated. I did however keep a handwritten blog (thank you Jordyn for the beautiful travel Journal), so I will try to find time to try that up soon.Over the next few days I will put up photos---so check the photo album pages on picasa.

I am so happy to be home. Thank you to James & Morgan for the airport rides. Jen, Sasha & Nick for keeping the house safe. And Steve and Lynn for caring for our bunnies while we were gone.

In Israel...at last.

Jaime and I arrived safely in Israel. We are currently up North at the border of Jordan & Lebanon. It's warm, but not terribly hot.

We flew into Tel Aviv and stayed in a nice hostel/hotel outside the city. The hotel had a roof top garden. We watched the sunset over the city and water. It was a beautiful welcome to Israel. We ventured into the city for the evening. Jaime and I are not "city"people per say, but we enjoyed the nightlife.

The groups keeps us pretty busy. We went on a wonderful hike today-----felt good to walk on dirt (after all the city walking in New York City.) The hike was on the Burma Road Trail, the road that's saved Jerusalem in 1947. We then drove North to where we are now.

Tomorrow we are going kayaking in the Jordan river in the morning. It is wonderful to just be able to sit back and enjoy the vacation. The guide is quite knowledgeable and we are both taking away a lot of information, history and a deeper appreciation for where we are.

We have a cell phone number, here is the number from the states to call (including country code.) Feel free to call anytime. 011-972-523-125-993

We are off!

Tonight Jaime and I leave for our great adventure 2008!

The itinerary is as follows: 4 days in New York City, 14 Days in Israel, 13 Days in Egypt and 3 Days in Jordan. The Middle East portion of our trip will be with two trip providers. First, Birthright International, Sachlav Educational Experience for our Israel portion and then we will be on a private tour our my family through GAT Tours in Egypt & Jordan.

We will (when we can) be updating our blog with all the exciting adventures we partake on. To find our blog simply go to our family website: www.wren-nest.com and on the left hand menu click "blog". I don't think we will have much time to upload photos, so those will wait until we return. But don't fear, in September we will add photos to the website which can be found under "Photo Albums: Picasa"

We hope everyone has a safe and fun filled August and we will talk to everyone soon upon our return!