Monday, August 19, 2013

A Blur

 Just in case you're wondering where we are - we're here.  Painting, ripping down wallpaper, ripping up flooring, more painting, scrubbing walls, taking down drywall, ripping up more flooring, shopping for hardwood floors and Caesarstone Shitake Counters that are ridiculously hard to find and doing more painting!

We're enjoying breakfasts and working hard and are thankful for help given to us by all our family to work on our house or help out with our kiddos!  We're up around 7am and get out to our house by 8am.  We get things done until lunch, eat a sandwich and get some more done for a while...and eventually eat dinner and put the kids to bed around 10pm.  It's made for long days, but we're getting lots done...lots more to do :)

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Ma’a salama Kuwait مع السلامة

 The kids last picture at Dan's work - in front of the fountain!

Our last family photo at the airport in Kuwait!

Kiddos waiting patiently at the airport

 The ladies

 Jack reading

 Last picture of me and my Tweeter in Kuwait!
Ma'a salama Kuwait!

 Upon arrival in 'Merica!
So so happy!

All 11 suitcases were the first ones off the conveyor belt!
 
 And Sarah, Max, Heather, Abby, Mary Kate, Cole, Grammy and Grandad came to meet us and pick us up!

Annnnnd...we're back!!! 13 hour flight, first 11 bags off the plane and 8 family members to welcome us back to 'Merica after being overseas for 5 years! Already registered kids for school, got the keys to our house, saw 2 neighbors and got new cell phones! Now for dinner at Anita's!

Thank you, Kuwait, for our 2 years spent there!  We enjoyed quite a bit of it - made some amazing friends, had the oldest two learn Arabic well, were amazed that we could live on the Gulf and endured the heat and dust!  Ma'a Salama!