Family and fun at Christmas break...

We had important guests over the Christmas break. My uncle and his family (wife and young daughter from Turkey and two older daughters from NY) came to spend few days with us. They did some sight seeing and lots of shopping and eating, which is in my opinion the best vacation combination.
We took them to a BBQ place that is very close to our home and my uncle was for sure in heaven....

This is a very cool and simple restaurant. Before you get inside you look at all the food and pick what and how much you want. Then they chop it up right there in front of you and give them to you on a tray/wax paper.
Then you go inside and get your side dishes and pay. After that, you can sit down and enjoy your food... And lots of it...

The below four trays were what we got for 10 of us...

We did many fun things during the break...
We went to see Christmas decorations on a cold winter night...

We baked and decorated cookies for Santa...

We made puzzles...

Roasted chestnuts...

And woke up to lots and lots of presents from Santa...

Sleepy adults and happy kids, and lots of wrapping paper...

Korman got lots of legos, and fun toys and crafts...

Sude got an easy bake oven, crafts, books, and legos... Sude's cousin Ezgi got lots of clothes and accessories.

We had many many meals together. Feeding 10 people at every meal was lots of work but fun at the same time since we got to do it all together ...

We finished the week accomplishing the biggest task. Finishing a 1000 piece puzzle. Making a puzzle on Christmas day has been our tradition and this one was no exception. But this time we had big puzzle and some serious puzzlers.