More fall fun

A few more pictures of some of our fall fun in Abu Dhabi.  The weather has still be pretty warm but is getting nicer.  We had a great day out with some friends on a boat and checking out a new water park in town.  The kids absolutely loved tubing behind the boat.  Who wouldn't enjoy being out on that beautiful blue water?

A day off from school for the two big ones ("Goal Setting" Day
at school with teacher conferences).  We hit the ice rink on our day off -
the kids only like to skate when no one else is on the rink!

Getting ready for a kids' Halloween cooking class

Some kind of chocolate-noodle monsters

Jane with her cooking masterpieces

Jane's "Severed Toe" and pumpkin-shaped baked turkey sandwich

Mere and her chocolate monster

Relaxing at the school Habitat for Humanity fundraiser - Picnic in the Park

Regan throwing a sponge at a high schooler

Brenli, Meredith, Regan and Jane showing off their painted faces

Meredith, Regan and Evan getting ready for the tube ride

Jake and Anna floating in the Arabian Gulf waters

"Faster!  Faster!" from Regan, Evan and Jane

2nd group (Catherine, Evan and Mere) - James (2 1/2!) and Meredith
also yelled, "Faster!"

Anna working on her lunch an hour later - she
couldn't get enough of lunch on the boat

Ameera, Meredith and Brenli on the school playground

Regan on the lazy river at the new kids' water park
at Khalifa Park in Abu Dhabi

Mere on the lazy river

Friend Liam on the lazy river

Ameera driving a bumper boat

Mere in the bumper boat

Friend Elizabeth surfing

Regan surfing

Even Meredith tried out the surfing (but had
the worker make it go really slow)

Brave Elizabeth!  Our girls did NOT want to try this.

Anna got in trouble and had to sit under a tree on our way home from church.
A few minutes away from the car definitely helped her feel better!

Our girls on a Saturday morning outing

Jane's pretzel art

Mere running and having fun while the big kids
have their golf lessons

Anna enjoying the beautiful weather and green grass during
golf lessons

Bikes are fixed and weather has cooled down
enough for riding in front of our house

Anna is trying to learn to petal

She's getting it figured out!

She's pretty pleased with herself

Putt-putting at a local mall.  The girls are trying to win me that
fast car in the background.  You know how in the U.S. most contests
say, "No purchase required"?  Well, not so much here - you had to have a
receipt from at store at the mall to play.  Luckily we were birthday
present and shoe shopping that day.  We only had enough receipts for two
players but this nice guy let them all play