Blanket Love

After a long day of play, this is where I find Benjamin- snuggling with his blanket! It has been with him since the beginning and he is becoming quite attached to it. Perhaps we should look into buying a back-up just in case?

Update

Well, we have been back home in Central Asia for a little over a week now and, while we enjoyed our time in Dubai, are glad to be home! Keith and I are back at language school and Benjamin is back to being a toddler (not that he ever stopped). We are having two families coming over this week, one on Saturday and one on Monday. Please ask for the preparations to run smoothly and most importantly that Dad would use this time to build relationships. Ask for opportunities to share truth and love on these two beautiful families. Thanks for being a major part of the work Dad is doing here! We love all of you!

Blades of Steel

Another first for Benjamin.... ice skating! At first he wasn't to thrilled and preferred to stand on the sidelines with mom and watch daddy skate by. But by the end he was having fun skating with daddy! Way to go Benjamin!

Wafi City Center

Another fun day in Dubai! We went to the Wafi City Center, a really neat mall with an Egyptian theme. We went to lunch at Planet Hollywood and the service was wonderful. They gave Benjamin toys to play with, crayons, balloons, even a birthday hat! He had a great time and we got a family picture with the motorcycle from one of the Terminator movies. After that we walked around the mall and enjoyed the atmosphere. They had a neat play area for kids with a balloon pit and fun cars to "drive". Enjoy a sampling of the pictures from the day!

Where's....

...a really crazy eel that gives scary faces? Right here! We went to the Sharjah Aquarium and had a lot of fun. Benjamin just loves watching the fish! Keith was taking pictures of this eel and, as you can tell from the picture, it wasn't too fond of Keith.

Global Village

We spent one of our evenings in Dubai at "Global Village," a really neat amusement park type place with different themed areas for different countries in the world.

Benjamin was really excited to be there!

But by the end of the evening Benjamin was using dad's head as a pillow...

We had such a great time just walking around and spending time as a family. We ate at a yummy Egyptian restaurant though we had no idea what it was when we ordered it- they didn't have a menu! The shops were fun and I found some beautiful material to make some outfits. What a fun evening!

Beach Day

A few days ago we went with our team to the beach for the day! It was a beautiful beach resort with several pools, tennis courts, kids play areas and beach access. They even had a Baskin Robbins! I had a lot of fun just soaking in the sun and reading.


Keith had fun swimming in the ocean and Benjamin loved playing in the sand.


What a wonderful day!