News from the Jacobs family in Saudi Arabia
A week after we arrived, Forts Folle Avoine held their annual Rendezvous where they reenact the fur trade from the early 1800’s. On that same weekend we a visit from Aunt Lea Ann with Cousin Nina and Cousin Sarah along with Uncle Paul and Bev. Both sets of Grandparents also attended and it was a real treat to have everyone together. Kai and Nora enjoyed having a full house and especially having some other kids around to play with. It was a great weekend!
Our big project this summer was getting a fireplace installed in the house. We really like the way it turned out. On a warm humid day it doesn’t seem like such an accomplishment but when winter rolls in we are really going to appreciate it. Here are a few photos of the install process.
The weather has been beautiful in Wisconsin since we’ve arrived. We’ve had a few thunderstorms and an evening of steady rain as well as plenty of sunshine. We’ve done the unpacking and cleaning and completed one day of the fireplace installation. So far they’ve installed the fireplace itself and framed it in. Later this week we’ll get the stonework on. We also spent an afternoon at the Jebel house with Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Art. Grandpa Art took Kai and Nora hunting for worms and promises to take them fishing later. For both of them digging for worms has been the coolest thing they have done in months. It is all they talk about even a day later.
Enjoy the pictures.
A few more random pictures. Some of these go back a few months and we finally got around to downloading the images from Crystal’s camera. Now off to the airport for a long awaited vacation!
Here are a few random pictures from the end of June. Enjoy!
Here is a collection of pictures from Kai’s birthday events. He had a week of birthday celebrations as he had a party with his class, we had a party with friends a few days later on the weekend and a quiet dinner on the actual day of his birthday. My apologies for the pictures of his class party and home party being mixed up together in the gallery.
A couple of weeks ago Kai’s art school had its big, end of year art show. Kai submitted three pieces and, due to an overlapping appointment at an army themed birthday party ended up attending the show wearing a helmet and face paint. Nora, however, know that this was a formal event didn’t miss the chance to wear a nice dress.
Jim flew into Bahrain earlier today and we were able to get over the causeway and welcome him! I thought this was worth posting a picture on the blog. We were thinking that the last time he saw Nora was when she was about 9 months old! As we were driving away though she did remark that she may go live with Uncle Jim because he was so nice.
Not too much to say with with post. Just cleared some pictures off of the camera and have worked them into a gallery. Enjoy!
A few weeks ago we had some rain (very late in the season for that) so we headed out to the wadis in the desert at the edge of camp. The rain runoff had exposed some new rocks and we found some really interesting ones. It was hot but still bearable. At this point just a few weeks later we are already climbing well into the 100’s every day so our desert trips are probably done for the season.
