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| We visited Zelve Open Air Museum. |
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| There are three valleys full of cave houses and churches. Here Mckayla is going into one of the cave churches. |
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| Most of the Frescos were destroyed, but you can still see parts in places. |
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| Alina inside another cave church. |
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| The fairy chimneys are something we have visited every time we have gone to Cappadocia. |
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| The girls love to climb all over them. |
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| The last time we visited Ky and I went up into the top of this fairy chimney. The girls were very offended that we did not let them go as well, so this time they got their chance. |
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| Can you see Alina? |
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| This is the back side of Uchisar Castle. |
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| Alina was happy because she got to run around and climb, McKayla was happy because she got to shop. |
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| We took a trip to Cappadocia for Ky's birthday. As this was our third trip we tried to go places we had not been yet. This is Uchisar castle. |
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| This sweet lady saw me taking a picture of Ky and the girls and insisted on taking a picture of the whole family. She couldn't figure out how to use the camera and ended up taking several pictures of herself because she had the camera pointer towards her. |
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| We finally managed to communicate to her that she needed to turn the camera around. She cut off the top half of the castle, but we got a picture with the whole family which is rare. |
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| We climbed several hundred stairs before we reached the top. |
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| The climb with worth the view, we could see for miles. |
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| Part of our climb to the top was through the inside of the castle. The girls love to explore ever nook and cranny they see. |
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| Alina wanted to have a bowling party. |
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| Pizza, curly fries and soda, yum!! |
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| She chose to have a chocolate Oreo cake. |
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| I can't believe this kid is 9 years old. She has been such a joy to have in our home. She is so happy and so much fun (sometimes too much fun!) |
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| She got "The Beyonders." |
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| I've turned into the mean mom and told her I would only make her one birthday cake. She chose to have her cake at her birthday party a few days later, so got these instead, but there were no complaints, so I guess I'm not that mean after all. |
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| The base commander rings the gong to start off the new year. |
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| The girls were excited to start school. |
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| McKayla is starting her last year in elementary school. Her teacher is Mrs. Farmer |
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| Alina is starting 4th grade and has a male teacher for the first time. She is in a 4th/5th combination. |
