Carol comes back to Doha

What can I say about how I feel when someone chooses to come visit us in the desert! We are ever so grateful that people take the time to get on a plane and fly all the way over here, just to see us! It takes a 2 hour plane ride to Washington and then another 14 hour plane ride to Doha, so to say the least we feel extremely blessed. My mother in law has made the trip twice to see us since we have moved here. This time around she timed it out to be here for the arrival of our new addition Madison and let me tell you I was extremely grateful to have a helping hand when I came home from the hospital! Here is a small caption of her trip here.

Talk about being a trooper, Nathan got her to sit down and play some MarioKart on the Wii.


Carol wanted to see the Corniche again while she was here and what a pleasant day it was. You can see the West Bay buildings in the background along with the Persian Gulf.




After the Corniche we met Mike for lunch at one of our favorite restaurants. All visitors require a stop at Turkey Central for a yummy turkey shawarma.


Mike and Carol waiting patiently for our food!


Hannah and Nathan are not big fans of the local fare so they enjoyed their usual peanut butter and Jelly and some chocolate pudding for dessert!


Nathan tried to hide from the camera, but Mommy always knows how to get him to look!


We had to capture Madison's first time at Turkey Central!!


The food has arrived and what a wonderful feast!


Look at this delicious food!



The last time Carol visited we didn't make it out to the Singing Dunes, so we had to introduce this wonderful spot to her. We went in the morning which is unusual for us and would not recommend it to anyone. The sand was hot!! Carol is starting her journey up the hill.


It's hard work what a trooper she was!


From the top, come on Carol you are almost there!


Carol made it!!


Now it's Mike and Hannah's turn to go up! They cheated though and went up the less slope area!


All three of them on the top!


Carol working her way down making the Dune sing!!



Mike and Hannah making their music.


Grandma taking a break and playing in the sand!


Doha has a zoo, but it is small compared to what we have in the States, even the KC Zoo seems huge after being to this one. But it gives us something to do and the kiddos enjoy seeing the animals and it cost very little to get in. So we had to take Grandma to the zoo and show her the Doha animals!