Mom makes it to Doha!

I was so excited that my mom was able to make a trip to Doha to see us and spend time with us.  She was such a trooper to make this trip by herself.  My mom got her first passport and we booked her ticket.  She has barely traveled inside the States, but she was all about getting a plane to head out on her first international flight!!  Here is a small snapshot of her trip here, thank you mom for enduring the flight and visiting us all the way in Doha, it was truly a blessing for us!

The kids were excited to make yet another Welcome Grandma sign, they were so excited to show her Doha!!


A nice gentleman offered to take our family pic as mom arrived!


The first thing I had to introduce mom to was to morning coffee at Dean and Deluca's!  I enjoy meeting these ladies out for coffee and some good conversation and just taking time!!  In this picture are some great friends Luisa, Mari, Christa, Lucie, Mary and my mom!


Mom and her large cup of JO!


After Hannah's sports day we decided to head over to the mall and cool off and grab a bite to eat at Paul's restaurant.  Mom and Hannah waiting for our food!



Mom with her yummy lunch!


One night we decided we needed a girls night out!  So we headed out to the mall again (honestly everything is at the mall), we ate at Caffe Spasso an Italian place.


Mmm milk!


Then we headed out to a 3D movie, it was Beauty and the Beast.  My mom had never been to a 3D movie, so we were excited to get to share that experience with her!



You can't come to Doha and not see the Pearl, which is man made island and has some amazing yachts, buildings and shopping!  Of course, we couldn't start the day without having a coffee first!!


Doesn't that look delicious!


Hannah and Mom, Hannah enjoying her strawberry smoothie!


Coffee turned into a light lunch!


Madison is getting use to these coffee dates!



The pearl with one of the yachts.


Another favorite of visitors is to walk along the Corniche and see the Persian Gulf and the city skyline. So we took advantage of the back drop and did a few poses!
 




The Souq is something everyone must see, so we headed out for dinner and walked around to show mom the Souq.





Some guards riding through the Souq that evening.

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!!