News from the Jacobs family in Saudi Arabia
Our second week back we stuck close to home. That weekend Grandma Wiemann, Lea Ann, Nina, Sara, Paul and Bev all visited as well as Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs. We had some good food and a nice visit to the Fur Trading re-enactment at the nearby Forts Folle Avoine. Enjoy the pictures.
I’ve been clearing the pictures off of my iPhone and came across a few more from Nora’s recital. Enjoy!
As a reward for a sustained improvement in table manners and general decorum Kai and Nora earned a trip over to Bahrain for a movie, dinner and a stay at the Gulf hotel which has a pool they love. The movie was Rango and dinner was a Tepanyaki treat. Kai and Nora were absolutely transfixed by the food being prepared at the table though Nora ate about a pound of edemame and little else.
It always seems to take a while before I manage to download photos from the camera, sort them on the computer, select a few and upload them to the site. This year’s Easter is no exception. With a Thursday/Friday weekend over hear celebrating Easter on Sunday is less than ideal so we took advantage of some of the Easter Bunny’s off-peak rates and took a visit on Friday morning. Later we attended an excellent neighborhood Easter celebration complete with egg hunt and sack races. Enjoy the pictures!
It is already Mother’s day at GMT+3 and I thought I’d start it off with tour through some vintage shots of Crystal and our brood – some photos dating back over six years! Here they are in no particular order.
Last weekend we headed over to the hobby farm for the Pony Rides for Charity event. A local group was raising money for an orphanage in Africa–some of the teenagers were selling juice and caramel popcorn, there were hay rides and, of course, the “pony” rides. The ponies were in truth some very beautiful horses which led to what was perhaps the inevitable question from Nora. “Dad, when can we get our own pony”? The caramel popcorn was also a hit and I guess we need to get the kids out more because it was a new concept for them that left them highly impressed. Popcorn is good and who doesn’t like caramel but putting them together–brilliance!
Nora had been asking to start learning to ride “two wheel style” and so on Thursday morning we headed out to one of the empty parking lots on the edge of camp and off came the training wheels.
The 100th day of school is coming up–a very big deal. Crystal has been working to bake, frost, and bag cookies in the shapes of 1’s and 0’s. This weekend work on the poster will commence — the aim is to create a display that best captures the essence of the number 100. In other news Kai was recently promoted to Tiger Scout at the annual Blue and Gold Banquet.
Last month the big Cub Scout activity was the family beach day. No swimming as per Cub Scout regulations but it was a chilly, windy day so no one minded.
With departure back to Saudi Arabia iminent it was time to clean out the fridge and freezer. Art, Ellen, Julie, Eric and Evelyn all showed up to help out the cause. We had a wonderful meal of steak and salmon.
It was been an excellent winter visit to Danbury but we’re looking forward to getting back to Saudi where it will be a bit warmer (transcontinental flights not withstanding).
Enjoy a few more random pictures from the end of the trip.
