March 2, 2004

Surprise!

We had some great surprises this week.

First, Thursday morning our shipment from the US arrived. It was wonderful to get our stuff. We spent Thursday morning unpacking. So far it looks like only a couple of very minor things are broken (a hangar and a small toy) and nothing seems to be missing.

Our stuff arriving!

Later on Thursday, Scott told Tiffany that he had an important meeting that he could not miss. She thought he was going to work, but Scott went to Tel Aviv to pick up Tiffany's parents from the airport. Scott brought them home and then they waited a couple of minutes after Scott went in the apartment before knocking on the door. Tiffany was speechless! We are thrilled to have them here so soon. We are enjoying our time together, and Tiffany is especially enjoying adult company during the day. Scott and Tiffany even got their first dinner date without children in five months.

Tiffany's parents arriving

On Friday, a former Intel relocatee to Israel, Reed Spotten, took us on a tour of Haifa. He showed us the best places for pizza, pastries, shawarma, ice cream, etc.

On Saturday, we went to church. Tiffany's dad and a friend here on a business trip rode with Reed. The branch was surprised to see all eight of us show up to the meetings. After church we saw several sights around the Sea of Galilee:

The Mount of Beatitudes
The site where Jesus said "Feed my sheep" to Peter
The site of the miracles of the loaves and fishes
Capernaum

At the Mount of Beatitudes

We thought we would also give you some Tyler-isms:

Hugging hands - Tiffany and Scott were holding hands and Tyler said to stop hugging hands.
Alligator, Estagator - Elevator, Escalator
Pick-ups - Hiccups
Water mountain - A water fountain

Cool boat through the telescope

Posted by sjbowden at March 2, 2004 6:45 PM