The End

Well, I think this will be the last of our Jordan trip pictures! While all these posts (see end of this post) only contain a very small fraction of the pictures we took, I tried my best to use the ones that explained our trip as best as possible! Sorry it has taken me so long to get them all up. Like I've already stated, it was very overwhelming going through ALL the pictures and many times I lost motivation. Not to mention just everyday life got in the way a little! :) Enjoy these last few pictures and hopefully I'll be back soon with some up-to-date posts about our crazy crew!

ABOVE: This is in Nazareth. This is supposedly the little house/building where Mary was told she was pregnant with Jesus. If you haven't picked up on this yet, often times a church was built on top of momentous historical places like this. BELOW: The outside of the church

This is a boat that was discovered in the 80's that was around in Jesus' time.

This is a sign in the museum of all the no-no's!

This is what the boat originally would have looked like. But my favorite part is Matt and Landon playing in the background.

Looking at the Sea of Galillee

BELOW: The stone that is below the table in the middle (once again inside a church built strictly for this spot) is supposedly the spot where Jesus gave thanks over the 5 loaves and 2 fish and fed the thousands.

A 5th century baptismal

All the sites we saw in Tiberias were basically placed all around the Sea of Galilee. So we got many different shots of it! So beautiful!!!

An olive press

I just thought this was a funny shot. Apparently this is Reid trying to escape from NiNi.

A church

Mickey D's....in Hebrew

Just 2 cousins...discussing life by the Sea of Galilee. Who can say they've done that?

Dr. Seuss...in Hebrew

Back in Jordan. These are a couple of pictures my dad got of the view from the roof of the Thompson's home at night.

Landon hangin' out with Uncle Jeff...

And last but not least...a final picture of the 4 cousins!

Until next time....Thank you Thompsons for an amazing and unforgettable trip! It was tough but WELL worth it all!! P.S. I think we're finally over the jet-lag! ;)

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Jordan Tidbits

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Jersusalem 1

Jerusalem 2

Jerusalem 3

Jersusalem 4

The End

Jerusalem 4

I'm just going to call this post "Jerusalem Randomness." These are pictures that were important enough to me to add to my blog but didn't really fit under any particular day or site!

I'm not sure who captured these pics, but I love all of them of my precious 3 boys!

Each day we were in Jersusalem we would spend the day in the Old City and then walk to the New City in the evening for dinner and more site-seeing!

Some beautiful pictures of Jerusalem at night

I'm not really crazy about pictures of my "backside" but I just thought this was cute of me and my brother walking together and oogling over our sweet niece!

Matthew helping me haggle...

My 3 boys walking down Via Delarosa...

Jerusalem 3

To give you a little idea of how we traveled each day...

 Many times we felt like pack-mules!

 The Upper Room...

The Tower of David

A statue of David as a child

The kids definitely learned how to eat, drink and sleep on-the-go...Reid is enjoying some freshly squeezed pomegranate juice.

They also weren't shy about letting us know what kind of mood they were in...many places we went we made quite the scene!

Golgotha "place of the skull" where Jesus was crucified.

This is a picture of what Golgotha looked like 50 years ago...You can see why it has its name.

After visiting the Garden Tomb, my father had planned a very special surprise for us. He set up for us to take the Lord's Supper right outside the Tomb. I can't think of a more appropriate place and it was quite an amazing experience! The bible states that after Jesus and his disciples ate the bread and drank the wine, they sang a hymn before leaving to the Mt. of Olives. We enjoyed a lovely rendition of "The Lord's Army" since it's one of the little boy's favorite songs!