O Man, Oman! Redux

Qtel is cooperating! Yea for me! We had such a great time on our trip to Oman, but what "wowed" us the most was the terrain. Cool rocky beaches that the boys loved exploring. On one of our boat trips we got to see forts built into the rocks. The "grafitti" you see are calling cards left by ships that have docked over the years. Here are some more!

Look! Pictures!

I got some pictures loaded. Amazing. Took a little while, one picture at a time, QTel crashing on me a couple of times, but my persistance paid off. Now maybe I can get some vacation pictures up so you all can see how beautiful Oman is. Keep your fingers crossed.

These are my Easter pictures.



My boys have street cred.

Apparently,

I will never be able to post a picture to my blog again. I've tried and tried. It is just not happening. Why others in Doha don't have this same problem, I don't know. Do I need to try in the middle of the night? That may be a problem.

So, I've had fun. Hope you have, too. But I guess that's it for now. Thanks for playing along.

O Man! Oman!

(Thanks Katie!)

First thing I'd like to say? Oman is beautiful. Our resort was nestled in among these "mountains!" as the kids called them (can it be that they've never seen "real" mountains?). We were amazed at the Muscat terrain and the amount of vegetation that was growing. They call Oman the Jewel of Arabia. I can see why.

Our spring break trip was wonderful. Relaxing (because we're soooo busy here). Lazy. Gluttonous.

There was a pool, a beach and a lazy river at the hotel, all 3 of which the kids enjoyed thoroughly. Scott was obsessed with crabs and shells. Kaylie met a cute 9 year old Russian girl living in Bahrain and made an immediate new friend. John.... well, John was his normal self.

We mostly lazed about, while the kids ran amok. And let me just say, that I think that the best margaritas this side of Texas are at the Barr Al Jissa resort. A sunset boat ride along the coast, another boat ride to see the dolphins, we loved it all.

Wouldn't you love to see pictures? Too bad. I can't upload.... anything (that's not what I was going to say, but this is a family site, right?) at the moment. Connection keeps crashing. I'll keep working on it. Check back often!

Spring Break.....Finally

So it seems like it's been forever in coming, but Spring Break in Doha is finally here. We are off on Friday to Muscat, Oman for a little R&R. Getting away is just what we need for the last 8 weeks of school. It's a race to the end!

We'll see you when we get back!

Dear Diary

March 29, 2009

Another day in Doha, and I just want to take a minute to say how grateful I am to be who I am. How did I ever get so lucky to be the mother to 3 wonderful, grateful, mannered children? I thank my lucky stars every day that I've been so blessed by these precious children, who get out of beed cheerily at the first wake-up call. Who accept their lunches I make with love every day without complaint. Who love each other so much, that nary an ugly word is passed between them. Who come to the dinner table happily, eating the meal I fix while providing wonderful family conversation. Who say the blessing every day without spying to see who cheated by having their eyes open and then tattling.

I'm truly blessed and there's not a day that goes by that I ever wish to change.

I'm the lucky one.

Nothin' Happening

So, it's a slow week in Doha. Boring, day-to-day stuff. You know. Nothing to blog about, really.

Scott and Kaylie are just about done playing soccer. One more game left. This would be the week to bring my camera. Someone remind me.

Taking just a handful of boys to the movie (don't know which one, yet, so don't ask) for Scott's birthday.

All 3 kids have a "student piano......something" on Saturday. NOT A RECITAL. NOT A CONCERT. In fact, parents are not invited. The piano teacher wants it to be very laid back for the kids, but they each will play a piece for everyone.

That's all. Nothing else. Except to wonder if Spring Break will EVER get here. We leave April 3. It still seems a long way away.

In the meantime, I'm still watching American Idol via the Slingbox (I mean, how cool is technology?) and reading and playing tennis and learning Arabic. The weeks are flying by.