Summer Part 3: Fun with Friends

It sure makes a difference when we have friends to spend time with... And so far this summer we have had a lot of adventures, outings and play dates with the kids. Here's a little overview of our time with our friends:

Randall and the kids at a BBQ/Pool Party

The Dads and all the kids! The Mom's were preparing the food! (Lucky Moms!)

Morgan and her friend Jo Jo; sneaking a bite of food before all the adults!

Morgan and her new goggles!

Cheese Eli!

Morgan eating; Micah thinking about jumping back into the pool!

Morgan and Jo Jo in their local clothes at a wedding; we were the first ones to arrive and were able to take lots of fun pictures

And last but not least; the kids playing at Pollo Camperro; Its a wanna be Mexican food place, however more of a mix of KFC with the rice/beans from Taco Bell. I guess that's what they consider "Mexican Food" in the Middle East. Not the greatest food, but had a cool indoor play area for the kids!

All in all, our kids are enjoying having kids close to their ages to play with and talk with. Its nice having English speakers around! Keep Checking... we have more pics to share!

Summer Part 2

We continue to explore more on this island and wanted to share some more pics to show you what all we have been up to this past week...

There are many shopping places to choose from here and as you can see there are several inside play areas for children. Of course our 2 spotted a play area right away and barely finished dinner...

Before we could turn around, Micah had climbed into a Monster Truck with Big Boy wheels!

The kids have been off of their "regular" nap time schedule since summer started and so Morgan tends to fall asleep anywhere! (even in a loud, crowded mall; sitting up in the stroller)

But little brother was there to either love on her or wake her up! haha, not sure what his motivations were, but thought it was a sweet picture!

We have had the joy of spending time with friends this summer as well and Micah and Eli have reunited once again!

We received a phone call from another friend informing us that Barney was coming to town and asked us if we wanted to go. Yes! Of course! Our kids love Barney Songs!

Here's the summer crew we hang out with:

Morgan/Micah; Joseph/Faith; Eli (all eagerly waiting to go inside to watch Barney!)

And Angelina the Ballerina...

And Bob the Builder...

And Thomas the Train...

And after arriving 1 hour early, sitting through 45 minutes of other shows with other characters, a 15 min break... Barney and his friends appeared! Yeah! It was definitely the highlight of the concert and all the kids were glued. It was really fun for the kids to see their favorite characters live and sing along with them too!

Can't wait to see what else this summer will bring!

Summer Part 1

We are 2 weeks into our summer and so far have had a busy schedule. We finished our second semester of school, moved into a new place, picked up Randall's parents from the airport and have travelled to 2 different countries. Here is just a quick summary of pics of the time we have spent with Grammy and G-Paw so far...

The 4 of us enjoying some yummy American food (in the Big City)

Micah loves his G-Paw and has enjoyed his visit so far!

Its even better when Micah has both his G-Paw and his Grammy by his side!

But Morgan enjoys her time with her Grandparents too! She loves being with her Grammy!

And of course life is better when you have a pool to play in!

We have done some "touristy" things and had the opportunity to visit some Forts on the coast of the island we are visiting now. There is much history and neat places to explore here...

The kids are actually really filthy here from climbing all through the fort and sweating from the high heat... but they had so much fun and also slept really good that night!

Here we all are! This is a popular place to take a pic inside the fort and also a well known site that is framed all over the island

And of course, both kids with their G-Paw and Grammy!

We will post more pics as we continue our visit with them... so stay in touch.

Grammy & G-Paw are visiting us!

Here's the story of the day that Grammy and G-Paw (Randall's parents) arrived for their first visit to see us:

We started our morning out by driving 25 mins away to complete our first 1/2 of our border run (we have to do this every 30 days due to our visa), then dropped Morgan and Micah off at their day care. We then finished the last bit of moving into our new home, and started cleaning. Then we picked the kids up from the nursery and brought them back to the new place with the hopes they would nap before driving to the airport later that afternoon.

Unfortunately our plan did not work as the kids were really excited about the new house and anticipating the visit with their Grandparents. So they played while we finished setting up the house. We the rushed off to complete the second 1/2 of our border run, drove to the big City and on the way, this is what we saw in the back seat...

Poor kids... so exhausted from all the excitement of the day (thus far), little did they know the best part was yet to come!

We grabbed a bite to eat at the new Wendy's/Arby's in a mall nearby the airport (Yeah for Frosties! First one in over a year!) We then arrived to the airport and waited...

As we waited, the kids discovered that there were little ball looking things in the fake plants, so what next? They dug them out and threw them everywhere! (entertaining the other people who were waiting for their family to arrive as well)

We waited some more... As you can see Micah was ready to jump the wall!

Then we spotted Grammy and G-Paw! We let both kids over the wall and...

Everyone hugged, teared up... It was a great moment! (A whole year has passed as we have been waiting for this moment). Last time Grammy and G-Paw saw the kids Morgan was 2 y/o

Micah was 5 1/2 mos; (now they are 3 y/o and 17 mos)

Happy Grammy and and Happy Morgan!

Happy G-Paw and Happy Micah!

And the last 24 hrs the kids have barely left their Grandparent's sides, esp Morgan (who remembers them the most). Enjoying every minute of our time with family and will share more pictures as our visit with them continues... Stay posted!