Pelin has to write for fifteen minutes about a subject of her own choice. They are usually great insights into her thinking.

Half Moon Bay 2014/02/01
I took Emre and Pelin to Half Moon Bay today. We first stopped by the Lemos Farm on HW 92. Kids rode ponies and watched goats and other animals. We then searched for a beach and came across…

South Lake Tahoe 2004

Paris, 1st day
As part of our summer 2012 trip to Turkey we visited Paris for a few days. I planned for this short trip in Spring but kept it as a surprise until I joined the kids. I told Idil in Istanbul…

Paris, 1. gün
2012’deki Türkiye tatilimizin bir kısmında Paris’i ziyaret ettik. Bu kısa tatili ilkbaharda planladım ama sürpriz olsun diye çocuklarla buluşuncaya kadar kimseye söylemedim. İdil’e İstanbul’da söyledim ki özellikle görmek istediği bir şey varsa ona göre hazırlık yapabileyim. Emre ile Pelin’e ise…
Art 01/24/2014
Art 01/17/2014
The art of 1/14 is about balloons.
Art – 01/10/2014
Emre and Pelin take art classes every Friday evening. Here are their art from last Friday. I’ll try to catch them and explain their art.

Hakan’larla kayak gezisi.
Hakan’larla 27 Aralık 2013’de kayağa gittik. Onlar Pelin’i de alarak 30 Aralık’ta döndüler. Biz de 31 Aralık’da dönüp Yılbaşı gecesine yetiştik. Dağda sadece bir iki pistte azıcık kar vardı, biz de yarım gün kaydık. Çocuklar birlikte çok eğlendiler. Fotoğrafı Pelin’in…

Ski trip with the Ozdemirs.
We went to ski with the Ozdemirs on 12/27/2013. They returned on 12/30/2013 with Pelin. The rest of us returned on 12/31/2013, just in time for New Year’s Eve. There was little snow on a couple of runs, so we…