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Many months lost .....

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Mom's birthday with her gorgeous grandchildren Needless to say June, July, August and September have flown by and I have not updated my blog for far too long .... inspired last night to get my act together by a conversation held about Blogs, Twitter and FB, .... I am back and will update all and sunder of our latest family adventures ..... Burj Khalifa way up there Dolphin experience at Atlantis - Dubai June was relatively painless with the last couple of weeks of school going by quickly with end of year concerts, report cards, and farewells to friends who would not been seen for many months to come ... We did spend a rather extravagant weekend at Atlantis in Dubai, where we swam with Dolphins, Fed Rays and did a tour of the back of the aquarium. We took the monorail into Dubai and explored the Dubai Mall, watched the fountains and went to the 120th floor of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. What a wonderful experience for us all. Jessica had a really girlie Pr...

June has come with a vengeance

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The view from the 30th of the Pearl (not a great pic) TV in kitchen The Kitchen on the 30th Steve chilling in the apartment Me with the kids on my way to the wedding Jess loving the whole setup of all the girls dressed up The girls - Megan, Leonie, Traci, Nathalie, Me and Erin So much to tell, so little time. It is 5am here in Qatar and I just couldn't sleep. I am not sure if it was the unbelievably noisy and ever constant drilling 15 floors down or the thoughts of the wedding floating through my head or the thought that Jess has to go on the bus this afternoon with the reprimanded bullies, but sleep has evaded me after only getting to bed at 12:30 this morning..... boy am I gonna be tired later on today. It has been a tough two weeks with Jess getting ill with snotty nose and runny ears and trying to sort that out and ensure that she does not get a major infection, which I am pleased to say we managed to do without antibiotics. Then I got the bug and felt awful, and now it is Stev...