The mall again...

As you can see we like to frequent the mall...yesterday was 107 degrees so not much to do outside, not to mention the wind was blowing so hard we could not see the high rises 1/2 mile away (due to flying sand) Grey kept saying "gosh its foggy outside"....So this is the China section of the mall. I have to send pics of the ceilings because they are so neat. It must have taken a lot of hard work to make this mall with all of the small details. There is a huge boat with a fountain in front of it...the kids were inside this little area that has big tv screens inside showing the ocean, fish and sharks swimming around...the kids love it....Natalie was out of school yesterday so we went to the movies. It was $8 a person to get in...including grey...But the snacks were $8 as well for Popcorn, large coke, big bag of m&m's and 2 packs of sour skittles....so i will not complain about the entrance fee...This was a really nice theater...when you buy your tickets you get to look at a seating chart and pick where you want to sit. So it is like buying tickets to a concert. It did not matter though because we were the first to walk in...4 other people came in a few minutes later... we watched Nims Island....very good movie. Grey and natalie did not move the entire movie...Grey got a little emotional at 1 part when the girl could not find her father...i thought he was going to cry...It was a great movie. Anyway...28 more days and here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is natalie's friend ethan. I am not sure if I ever put a picture of him ...he lives next door and they play together almost everyday. His dad is from new york and mom is from south africa. if natalie gets any darker she will look just like him!!!

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Scenes from the souk

This is the big souk in Jumeriah. Great views of The Burj...and if you are wondering what that is...well it is the big hotel that is shaped like a sail and it is on an island. To stay there 1 night is $1500.00 I have only stayed there a few times this month!!! Hee hee!!! We will go to dinner one night...they might allow cameras! some places don't...

Shopping!!!!

Today we went shopping and to the beach. I will talk about the shopping first. this place is on the beach and is very nice. It is a "souk" so it has a bunch of little shops in this one area. The picture to the left is a miniature restaurant in the desert. I do not plan on eating in the middle of the desert in this heat. Although today was only 94...so i will not complain. Natalie wanted to buy everything...so she started saying "I love this" instead of saying "I want this and have to have it" she did something right because her daddy got her a few things. She wanted the big lion she is next too but i didn't have enough cash on me to buy it!!! HA!!! They have boats that go through the souk but we did not go on them today because we were ready to go to the beach...If anyone would like a souvenir let me know because I do not mind going shopping again!!!!!

These are some pics we took today. Someone mentioned to me that I was not posting enough pictures so I will start taking more of Dubai!!! Once i put them in the slideshow it cut off my descriptions...so just email me if you have any questions as to what you are looking at!!!

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Bon Jovi

We can thank my new friend Krissy for some pics of the concert! Once again..it was a great show

These are some paintings that we got at a Souk a few nights ago. The guy had just painted the one on the left and was starting the middle painting. We told him if he had it done by the time we finished dinner then we would buy it as well. As you can see...2 hours later, the painting was done. He was not using a paint brush...only a painters knife (not sure what it is called!) but it looks like a butter knife! He told me this was his hobby...he is a chemical engineer!

BON JOVI

Yes we went to a bon Jovi concert last night in Abu Dhabi. It was awesome! We would have had some great pictures but I wanted to have a full battery for the camera and when we left the house I grabbed the camera and left the battery....Yes i wanted to die! But we met some nice stranger sitting next to us and he is going to email his pics to us...maybe!!! When that day comes I will share them! They sang every song that you know the words to! It was an outside stadium that holds about 20,ooo people and it was full. I am glad my neighbors convinced me to get the more expensive tickets with seats because the 2 sections that were standing room only were packed and it was slightly HOT outside. We were up in a stadium on the water so at least we had a breeze. The Scorpions are playing tomorrow night...we have not decided if we are going yet. BUT....we should be going to the beach this weekend so look out for new pics! Take care- jtd

Wild Wadi water Park

Welcome to Wild Wadi Water Park! On friday we decided to go check out this water park. It cost as much as Big Kahuna's in Destin...but it is also in between the 2 biggest baddest hotels in Dubai. They had several water slides and lazy river and wave pool. Danny also got to "pretend surf" NO i did not have my camera to show everyone his skills! HA!!! There were so many people there and the crazy thing was the ladies were FULLY DRESSED. They had on long sleeved shirts and long pants and going down the water slides and playing in the wave pool....what are they thinking????? Not to mention it was 110 degrees! Anyway...we had a great time. In the picture is the Burj Hotel right behind us. We have not been there yet but we will soon! You cant just walk in!!! You have to be staying there or having dinner at one of the rest. Maybe that will be out next destination...without the kids! Tuesday we are going to see Bon Jovi at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. I hear it is a very nice place...it should be since it is called a palace!!! I will have pics in a few days!

Christmas in May

Well the kids received a package from Nonnie and Poppy and this is what was inside!!! We have all enjoyed eating this junk because we have not had this stuff since we moved here. They do have chocolates from different countries but thats it! None of this stuff has ever been heard of over here. We also got yogos and roll ups!!! We are so excited!!!! And if i did not mention a month ago...we received our first package from Aunt Anne full of fruit snacks and gushers!!! They are still eating those. The neighbor from South Africa probably went into sugar shock when he was here!!! I have started making a list of things that I need to bring back with me when I return this summer! xoxo

Natalie has decided on her own to decorate the plain walls in her room. Aunt Anne mailed her and Grey some pictures to color. Can you guess which one she colored???? She also got some new soft pillow covers, and had so much fun stuffing them and making her own pillows.

Bath Time

grey wanted everyone to see how he takes a bath. and also how he turnes into "grapes" (he is referring to his fingers and toes after being in the water for too long) AND we had to add a picture of natalie..could not leave her out!!!

Dubai under construction!

Dubai decided that if they had a monterail going straight thru the city it would get less drivers on the road. So it will go for miles. So the main road here looks like this the whole way! They have also added cameras to take pictures of speed racers! We drive 70-80mph and then someone will just whiz by us...going at least 110! So we heard at the end of the year they send you pictures and a bill for traffic fines. I hope we never get one! I know i won't but the speed racer I live with might! His motto is to drive like the crazy people and you will be ok! Oh and the traffic is not this bad all of the time...there was a wreck up ahead....and everyone had to slow down to view the cars on the side (rubber necking)

Kids in the Mall

More pics of the kids in the mall. It is very clean and on Friday it is almost empty!!! Good for us!

More pics of the same mall. Grey loves this mall because if he is good he gets M&M's. And this is the hot air balloon that you can go in. It goes up in the air pretty high and then comes back down. We have not done this!