Senior Trip

My cousin Garrett just graduated high school last week and his travels brought him to Turkey for the next three weeks. He arrived on Thursday and either we have already worn him out or he is dealing with jet lag, but all he wants to do is sleep. Yesterday I took him around town and showed him a few of our favorite places as well as introducing him to public transportation and our favorite game of tavla. He is a fast learner and has already beat some of our seasoned players, myself included. This morning we went to the university and played basketball with our regular group of guys. They wanted to play national teams (Turks vs. Americans) and even though they have two former professional ballers, we took the challenge. Thanks to Garrett's contributions we were able to not only beat them, but whip them; twice. So as you can see in the pic above, he is recuperating from his LeBron-like performance. He was also gracious enough to bring us a suitcase filled with clothing items and other goodies. Thanks to all who helped in putting it together. Unfortunaly, Garrett's arrival also managed to bring about a virus that latched on to Jayme and rendered her useless for the past 24 hours. She is disappointed as hosting is one of her gifts and favorite treats and her skills have been put on hold. Thankfully she is on the mend and hopes to show off some of her cooking skills over the next few weeks.