Extended "Christmas Break"...

And the fun continued even after Christmas Day! Our friends Brad, Alison and Lucy had never visited our country before so we took them to explore... First we went out to explore this huge tree in the middle of the desert... with no water resource nearby...not sure how its still alive...

Here we are, attempting to take a Family Pic..although it was super windy that day!

Alison, Lucy, & Brad's Family pic turned out really cute!

Awww...just like when we were dating.. haha! kind of cheesy? Yes we know! (but we have to take advantage when other adults are around to take our pic.. usually it ends up being one of us with the kids in the picture, while the other one is the photographer!)

The Guys...(boys will be boys!)

And The Girls... (notice, we are a little closer to the ground!)

Then we went to a camel farm: Randall and the kids are feeding a 1 week old Camel!!! We considered having a new pet.. but if you know anything about camels on this side of the world... they are SO EXPENSIVE!!!

Our 3 little ones were fearless! They would go up to the camels, feed them straw and be within inches of their faces, which meant they were inches from their mouths too!! It did not even phase the kids how small they were and how big those camels were.

We then spent a day at an indoor watermark! It was a lot of fun!

At this point, Micah and Lucy were just running off of pure adrenaline as they skipped their nap time that day!

We had such a great week with our dear friends. This was our 3rd Christmas spent overseas and our 3rd Christmas spent with our friends. Such a blessing to have friends who are like family to us! Love you guys!

And finally... this was our "official" Family Christmas Picture of 2011. We hope each of you had a blessed Christmas and that 2012 is treating you well thus far!