A gallery of pics from the trip to Dubai in early November with Julie, Eric, Evelyn and Charlotte.
Fall Dubai Trip
Spooner Rodeo Parade!
Yesterday was the Spooner Rodeo Parade!  We love going to it every year – in our opinion it is the perfect small town parade – we always leave it feeling red, white and blue.  Good clean fun and dirty tootsie rolls picked up off the street!
Gearing up for the parade
Ellen and Art at the parade - not just grandparents - Super-Grandparents! (and great parents 🙂
Charlotte with a front row seat
Getting ready for the parade to start.
Since it was a Rodeo parade Nora wanted to look the part.
Julie at the parade
Evelyn peeks around a chair
The chocolate milk truck was a hit
Nora trailed along for a while hoping for milk but came away empty handed. Almost ruined her day.
Kai tried to give her his chocolate milk but rule number 1 is never take charity from your brother.
Charity from a cousin is OK though and Nina gave Nora a milk and all was right in the world. Bear in mind that nobody drank thier milk.
Kai did a great job of helping the littler folks collect sufficient tootsie rolls.
Kai and Nora
Julie and Charlotte
Another shot of Julie and Charlotte. Yee Haw!
San Antonio
We just got back from a 3 day trip to San Antonio to visit Aunt Julie, Uncle Eric and the cousins Evelyn and Charlotte.  It had been a while since we’d seen Evelyn and it was our first visit with baby Charlotte.  It was a wonderful visit with the Lacoutures and we packed a lot into 3 days not least of which was a visit to Randolph AFB to look at the jets where Uncle Eric is a flight instructor. Here is the first set of pictures.
Remember the Alamo
A family picture in front of the Alamo.
Nora and Evie
Nora and Evelyn in the Alamo courtyard.
Holding hands
Kai and Nora were eager to be good helpers for Evelyn on the steps.
River Cruise
Nora and Evelyn holding hands on the Riverwalk Cruise.
Flight Lesson
Uncle Eric gives Kai the basics of the cockpit of a T38.
Nora ready for takeoff
Nora in a T38
Group Picture
Nora, Uncle Eric and Kai in front of a T38
Nora and Evelyn
Nora takes a picture with the big Nikon. She photgraphed every inch of that display cabinet.
A Boy and his iPad
Kai relaxes with his favorite passtime.
At the Lacouture Residence
Kai, Evelyn, Nora and Lucy at the very impressing Chez Lacouture.
Aunt JuJu
Julie and Willa
In the rain
There was a light drizzle which was too much for Nora to resist and a good excuse for Evelyn to wear her raincoat.
Cleaning out the fridge
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.
Christmas in Bahrain
It was a very merry Christmas this year!  We spent three days at Julie and Eric’s over in Bahrain along with Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Art (and Lucy and Willa). Christmas eve we had the traditional fondue and Christmas day after opening presents we had a feast with both kinds of roast beast (ham and turkey).
A Bahrain Thanksgiving
It was a Jacobs/Lacouture feast in Bahrain on Friday. The weather was beautiful and Kai and Nora really enjoyed to the chance to see Julie, Eric and the puppies.
A Visit to Bahrain
It has been a long time since I posted – over a month which may be close to a record.  There has been a lot of excitement building in the Jacobs household as Kai starts kindergarten on Saturday (8/28).  We are all anticipating the event and I will try to get some pictures posted of the first day of school (without waiting a month between posts inshallah).
In other news, yesterday we got back from a visit to Bahrain to see Aunt Julie and Uncle Eric. It was Ramadan which meant many things were closed but, more importantly, less traffic during the day which makes things more pleasant all around.  A nice dinner on Wednesday and a little shopping on Thursday (unlike Saudi Arabia, some stores open during the day in Ramadan) made for a nice little trip. Pictures follow…
