2 Weeks 2 Families

It has been a a fun few weeks, couple weeks ago Les and Betty (Angelas Parents) came and stayed with us for a few days. We had a great time we went to San Francisco and all around Monterey, we went to the Aquarium and a whole bunch of other places we have neglected to see while living here these past 6 months. It was great to have some family around!
After the Petersens left, some Pfeifer's came Colleen, Joe and Jenessa, as with Les and Betty we saw things we should have seen a long time ago... we saw Pfeiffer's Big Sur National Park, and Santa Cruz and we hung out in Carmel. The dogs loved seeing both families and we all went through some withdrawal after both families left, it's tough being apart from friends and family but it sure is great to see them when we get a chance! We can't wait till July when I get a week off and we get to come home and visit.

Today was a fun day, we got up early and went to the fisherman's wharf and look at the Sea Lions with the dogs, then we bought some fish from a fish market and got some great deals: 2 lbs of Octopus for 5 bucks, 1 lb of scallops for 5 bucks and some jumbo white shrimp. I skewered some shrimp and octopus and barbecued it, it was great. Also we went body boarding at Carmel Beach with our new wet-suits, the water was still ice cold though. The weather has been great the past 3 days, we experienced a heat wave that is now unfortunately tapering off, Thursday was 95 degrees which is unimaginable here I guess, yesterday was almost as hot and today was in the 80's it was great while it has lasted but tomorrow we'll be going back to the 60's and 70's.

Schools going pretty well, there are ups and downs, but I am am slowly buy surely learning Farsi, it's been a great experience so far. Friday there was a Language Day festival on the base and thousands of schools and local residents flooded the base to eat foreign food and do "multicultural activities" seemed fun but I was stuck doing "traffic control" and basically stood in the same spot for 8 hours straight, telling dumb kids to stay on the sidewalk. i think that's all we have for now, leave us comments, send us messages, keep in touch everybody.