Currey X-Mas Update 2015

2015 was another great year for the Currey family!  We've enjoyed watching Aubrey grow up this year and are having so much fun playing with her as she can do more and more.  She's recently gotten really into coloring so that's been a great excuse for me to bust out my coloring skills.  I won't bore you with any examples but I'm sure you can just imagine how amazing our coloring looks.

In other news, we're still in India at the American Embassy School.  This will be our 5th year here!  There have been a few challenges this year with the school board but for the most part we really enjoy our jobs here and plan to stay for at least another year.  It's hard to beat the career growth that we have experienced here and it's a great place to have little kids.

Isaac and I finished our Master's Degrees of Science in Interdisciplinary Education this month so that's pretty exciting.  One more thing to check off my list of things to do!  I've also finally gotten into teaching the IB.  I started teaching IB Economics this year and it's been a surprisingly smooth transition so far.  Fingers crossed that it continues!  I've really enjoyed learning new things and I feel like I understand the news so much more now!  I can even bust out really smart sounding terms like Fiduciary and I finally know what the FED is!  Most importantly, it should be MUCH easier for Isaac and I to find jobs when we move on since there is a huge shortage of IB Econ teachers in the international community.

Other than work stuff, we have been blessed with another pregnancy!  Yes, I'm expecting a baby boy this March.  We're very excited to welcome the newest member to our family and can't wait for you all to meet him!

AND we've traveled a bit, as well.  Last Christmas we visited Australia for a few weeks.  Here are some pics from the trip:


Last Christmas in Oz

Koalas smell like Eucalyptus!  

This is a pic from a viewpoint on the Great Ocean Road outside of Melbourne.  The rock formations are called the Twelve Apostles

In Feb Aubrey Turned 1!

Spring Break! 

Isaac had a conference in Istanbul leading up to Spring Break so we decided to make a trip of it and visited both Istanbul and Cappadocia which were both AMAZING.  See Photo evidence.  Cappadocia is where ancient Christians hid out in these crazy underground cities that were carved out of hills.  If you ever get a chance, I strongly recommend a visit.  It's like another planet!

Underground City from the time of the Hittites!  Google it, Katie! 

Aubrey's trying to pick the perfect carpet for her room.

Inside the Hagia Sofia.  I've been wanting to go here for years!  (Google it Katie!  :))

Istanbul: Hagia Sofia

View from our apartment in Istanbul!

Cappadocia

Summer Fun!
On the way back to the U.S. we visited Italy.  We went to Rome, Florence and Cinque Tierre.

The Colosseum 

Cinque Tierre

Aubrey sure does love Sculpture!  Or, I'm tickling her..... or BOTH!  (Michelangelo's David)

Florence viewpoint (note sleeping baby on back)

And over the summer we traveled to Texas, Arizona (to visit Isaac's bro and his wife), Madison, and I went to New Mexico for an IB training.

Texas:

Texas Ranger's game with Aubs.  She made it through ALL 9 INNINGS!!

Arizona:


Here's a pic of a visit from the Hoene's in Madison!

This fall we really didn't travel very much but we did finally get to Sri Lanka!  Here's a pic of Isaac learning to surf there!



and here's a pic of Aubs on Halloween because it's too darn cute to not share:

She learned to smile on command on this night!

And for the holidays we'll be going to Penang, Malaysia with some friends who live in Hong Kong.  They have a little girl a few months younger than Aubrey so it should be a great time for the kids AND for us.  We worked with them in Thailand and try to meet up once a year.

Well, I think that's all of the pics and information anyone can handle (esp me!).  I hope that all of you are having a wonderful holiday season and that 2015 was everything you hoped it would be!

Love,
   Becky, Isaac and Aubrey