News from the Jacobs family in Saudi Arabia
This past 3-day weekend we decided it was high-time we took the kids out for a movie so it was over the causeway on Friday morning to Bahrain to see the Lorax at the City Center Mall. We attended a few more errands such as stocking up on Dachshund Chow at Pet Arabia and trolling the aisles at Jawad where Nora found dinosaur oatmeal she’s been craving for a year now. The highlight though was the Lorax. A great movie that we all really enjoyed.
This last weekend we’ve had some very occasional sprinkles but not much to write home about. Pretty much just to make the windshields muddy. Kain and Nora were playing outside with the Borns all afternoon and when the rain came through they didn’t miss a beat.
Last Thursday was the annual Cub Scout Soap Box derby. After a mild (even cold) winter it was probably our first taste of what summer will have in store. A hot, dry, dusty, windy day. Still, it wasn’t unbearable and the event went well. Kai won two of his three races which he was pretty excited about.
You can also check out the event and photo gallery on the Pack 3253 webpage http://pack3253.org.
Here are a few recent pictures ranging from Nora making a painting of our much anticipated pontoon to Den 14 building stilts. Enjoy!
The kids are getting big! Not too long ago the family portrait we had done at the end of last year came through. Each year a professional photographer comes through to take school photos for the students and he does family photos after hours and on weeks for those interested.
We had quite a shammal blow in yesterday–lots of fine dust. It has been a cold, dry winter here so far but it sure beats the hot, humid summers. The dust meant no soccer practice so we headed into Khobar to purchase some birthday gifts for parties Kai and Nora are invited to and had a dinner out. On a completely unrelated note here are a few random shots from the last week or two.
