The Sartain Family

Friday, April 6, 2012

First Swim

It's pool time in Doha so we had to get little Ms. Madison in for her first swim.

Here she is already to head to the pool!

She loves the water, she is sporting her band-aids here from her vaccine shots!

Look at this little water baby, she is definitely a Sartain, because all the Sartain kids LOVE the water!!

Hannah loves to dive for the rings, she really has become a little mermaid!

Nathan taking a ride on the reindeer!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

For the last two days Nathan's school has been celebrating cultural days. Each child dresses in their country colors and we were to bring a dish that represents their country. Well we all decked out in our Red, White and Blue and brought "pigs in a blanket" for everyone to enjoy. Well I didn't name them that as the pig is a big no no here in Doha, so we called them "crescent dogs" instead, after all they were beef franks! It always amazes me how many countries are represented at these schools, it is such an amazing thing for our kids to get to experience! It was a wonderful morning and we got to try so many different types of foods!

One class made posters representing their country.

Nathan's class parading out to join the party!

Nathan's class with their teacher Ms. Julie!

Proud to be an American!

Everyone surrounding the yummy food!!

Look at this feast of goodies!

This is a world map of Nathan's class and where they are all from. Judah and Nathan are the only Americans. Other countries that are represented in his class our Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, China and New Zealand. His teacher is from United Kingdom.

My USA boy!

My sweet USA baby! She is all decked out in her country colors, but hasn't even been to her country yet!!!

Look at that adorable face, melt's my heart!

Friday, February 24, 2012

Camel Ride

When someone comes to Doha to visit what do you think is the first thing on their "to do" list, why a camel ride in the desert! Everyone needs to go home and say they have had a camel ride in the Middle Eastern desert!! So of course we had to take my mom out to the Sealine Beach area to get her on a camel!! We also spent some time down by the beach so she could see the Persian Gulf up close and put her hands in the water!!

Mom and Nathan ready to ride!

Hold on tight!!

The four of us on our camels getting a ride with our camel guide!

Close ups!

As you can see camels go down front legs first so you have to hold on tight or you could fall off!! It sure feels like you are going to tip forward. They go up the same way too!

Wheww we are almost down.

And we made it off, at least Hannah and I did, now it's Mom and Nathan's turn!

The camel riders posing with the camels!

Of course we had to get Madison on a camel, this is after all her birth place!

Some camel close up pics!

The care taker!

Madison and I standing in front of the Persian Gulf. We are trying to capture as many places as we can on camera so one day we can show our sweet princess where she was born.

Hannah and Nathan enjoying some sand time on the beach at the Persian Gulf!!

Needless to say Nathan rode home in no pants!!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tea Anyone?

With only a few months left in Doha, I have decided to make a "bucket" list of things to do before we leave. A sweet friend of mine told me that we absolutely must have High Tea at the Ritz Carlton, that it's a Doha thing to do! Tea time is a big thing here, something I think we miss out back at home. There is nothing like stopping for a few hours in the afternoon and enjoying some good treats and having a tea. Well we took our friends advice and I made reservations for high tea at the Ritz. We got all dressed up and headed out to this beautiful hotel.

Here is myself and my beautiful princess Hannah waiting for our tea!

Our wonderful and dear friend Mary joined us for this wonderful treat. Our tea and scones have arrived.

Hannah and I with our goodies.

We couldn't resist having the champagne package, we needed a little treat!

Tea and champagne what a great combination, I love the tea pot!

Sweet Mary and Hannah.

I have never had a scone before and can I just say OH MY! They are absolutely wonderful and I believe have become my new favorite thing to eat! I must learn to make these!!