A little shout out!

We went to Ephesus...here we are on the library steps!
Cesme

Sitting on the toilets at the Public Bathroom! Talk about NO PRIVACY! Ephesus
Cesme
We created "Tuesdays in Turkey!" Where we cooked fun foods from the Bizarre
We went on little adventures! Including Danielle's shoe breaking in the Turkish Bizarre right in the middle of hundreds of people while being shoved around like cattle!
Turkey is worth it as long as I get to be with this guy!

My mom and my sister Danielle came to Turkey with me to help me get adjusted. They were amazing! They helped me completely transform our apartment from a bachelor pad where a bunch of Basketball players have previously lived into a perfect little sanctuary for ryan and me. It was so much fun to have them along and I can't thank them enough for coming to Turkey and helping me out so much! LOVE YOU!

I finally had a random girl email me and explain to me how to blog in Turkey!! What a great help! I will now be blogging here and telling all of our stories! Sorry that took so long...my goal was already destroyed to blog every other day! It's back on now!

The adventure has begun!

Ryan and I are now living in Turkey! I am so excited about this crazy opportunity and I can't wait to blog about all of our adventures! I am going to attempt while I am here to blog at least every other day. Hopefully I am successful! I will show you the good, the bad and the ugly of all that goes on here in Karsiyaka! At the end you can decide if you want to ever travel here or not! The way it has been going so far...YOU SHOULD COME! It is so different then I had pictured. Yes it is better then expected! Lot's of baklava, pitas, kebabs, "taksis" and the people are SO friendly! They are so patient with us asking our questions and doing some sort of sign language. They have most likely been greatly entertained with me trying to talk louder expecting that they will understand me easier! Our apartment needs a little TLC but with my amazing mom and sister here we will have this place whipped in to shape in no time! Wish us luck...here are some before pictures! After pictures will hopefully be posted soon!

Disney World

Somehow Ryan and I once again scored and got to go on an awesome trip with my parents!  We don't quite know how this seems to work but we weaseled our way in to getting invited! This time we went to Orlando! It was my parents, my sister Danielle and her adorable kids Sam and Sadie. It was so much fun! We went to the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios! Among our favorites was definitely the Everest Expedition (that we rode 3 times in a row feeling incredibly nauseous after), Rock n' Rollercoaster and the Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story ride!  

The Tree of Life at the Animal Kingdom!

I'll admit I was tempted to get my face painted but then realized I didn't want to look as stupid as the other people trying to once again relive their childhood...SO I held back and didn't. 


I hate to say it but I was a TERRIBLE picture taker on this vacation! All well...we were too busy having fun! So this is what I have and hopefully I can steal some pictures off of my dad's camera. Maybe we purposely didn't take a ton of pictures cause it was 93 degrees and incredibly humid? I don't know! Did I forget to mention that this trip was a BLAST! Thank you SO much mom and dad for such a fun time. We appreciate you taking us along even though it was probably supposed to be a little kid trip! Love you!

The big guys Birthday!

Just a few of the people that came to Ryan's party! Sorry to all of you that aren't in this picture.
What a cutie!

It's About time!

Ryan and Casey after Ryan's game! Casey is definitely Ryan's biggest fan with posters and pictures all over his room!  

Ryan got his tooth chipped! Poor guy...team mate hit him with his face mask.

Jazz vs. Celtics!  Thanks mom and Dad!