Tuesday, May 1, 2018

May End of Year Celebrations and Friends

This is the month that I had my knee surgery, so I spend most of the month trying to tie up loose ends in preparation for being out a while.  
 Lily sacked out at my friends house the day I had my surgery.
 Stella and Rylee, all dressed up for their dance recital.  This is them hugging their younger sisters that wanted to be in the picture too.
 Rylee at Janine's while I'm in the hospital.
 After performance bouquets, compliments of Bethany!
 Rylee drying off after splashing through the sprinklers with Janine, below.
 Janine and girls.
 
 Our latino friends that perform for the circus.  It was so fun to watch.

 Rylee lost her last front tooth!


 Bethany trying to write with her toes!  It was a FHE lesson about perseverance.   
 Jimmy's birthday.
 Homeschool OWLS, team working to build the tallest tower possible.  Busy little bees...
 Old-fashioned Honey candy.  We did a unit on bees and made candy with their honey.

 Humous and veggies, one of our new favorites, here in Abu Dhabi.


 Karla and I had to document our purple tops and black bottoms.  We didn't even mean to match one another!  Great minds think alike.  :)
 Dinner with the seminary class.  It was such a great year!  I love these youth.
 Our server Ian was pretty fun.  Another awesome Filipino, what could be better?!
 Kids playing push and shove in the pool.  It was so fun to watch them play together.  


 Iftar dinner for CCAD.
 Boating one more time before my surgery.  Thank you Bruce!



 Mark at his best!



 Ramadan Iftar at Saudi Kitchen with amazing friends.  We love you all!




Monday, January 1, 2018

Happy New Year's 2018 by Anastasia


Reindeers at the mall, after watching Jumanji


Happy 2018! Anastasia and Tyler

Watching the Abu Dhabi fireworks from Cleveland Clinic lawn (Rylee's silhouette with pigtails)

Bryce

We always have enough room for ice cream

Selfie at dads’ work on new years

Rylee and Dad

Dad (Drew)

Dad and Mom

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Traveling home after a great trip! by Anastasia


Starting our trip back into Abu Dhabi

Lily eating her food


Watching movies on the plane 

The boys are too distracted to finish eating

It’s amazing when Lily goes down for a nap 

Yummy snacks on the airplane

Santa came!