Family, food, fun...did I mention food?

Sunday night we went to a birthday party for a friend, Riyadh. He is an architect in Nazareth and was the chief designer for the Nazareth Village (a replication of a first century village built on top of 1st century ruins. This is a well known stop for any tour group visiting to Nazareth). Parties in Nazareth mean good friends. long conversation and lots (understatement) of food!! You could easily spend 4 hours at a table eating and talking...and there would still be enough food for 4 more hours for the next four days!! And all of it is wonderful!!

Haley had a great time playing with other children at the party. The kids wereplaying a version of hide and seek, the person selected as the "finder" would recite a counting rhyme in arabic while the other children scattered. At one point, there was quite a discussion as to who would be "it"...Haley tried to get them to stop the discussing and get on to playing...she kept asking them, "can't we just play tag?"

Of course, they didn't understand her English and continued discussing who should be "it". It was humorous watching Haley try to negotiate without any Arabic skills.

I will say she fit right in and after a few minutes, was well immersed in their games and fun.