Parent Conferences

What a treat to see all the amazing work that our eldest two children are doing at school. We were overwhelmed with how kind and caring are the teachers. There was some great art work, some neat writing pieces and we were so amazed and proud of our kids to see how much progress they have made over the course of the year.

Sure, there are things to work on, but WOW! What great kids we have!

Here is a highlight video we got to see!

Pete's a Pizza

How fun to rediscover one of our favorite books. Gabi and Reeve grew up with daddy reading "Pete's a Pizza" by William Steig. Now Rania is having fun appreciating the story.

Grandpa's Birthday!

How fun it is to celebrate Grandpa's birthday with him. Not only did we get to lavish grandpa with presents (Starbucks gift cards and home made cards), but grandpa also made us a delicious ham dinner and a delicious cake that grandma provided.

A Weekend in Brunei

Taking advantage of a long weekend, we decided to take a short flight to Brunei. The Empire Hotel is a massive hotel that is billed as a six star extravaganza built by the brother of the Sultan of Brunei when money was no object and he had an unlimited supply of money from his brother.

Now the hotel struggles in a country of 350,000 to maintain occupancy, so weekend travel specials are available -- and we thought we'd take a two day jaunt to see Brunei.


The kids had a great time swimming. They had a great kids area with a slide, crafts, and a fun area. We enjoyed hanging out both in the large fresh water lake as well as in one of the seven pools in the complex.

Unfortunately, daddy wasn't very careful as a few seconds in the ocean resulted in a nasty little jellyfish sting for Gabi. Fortunately, she was really brave and she recovered relatively quickly -- feeling much better in the morning.

One evening we made our way into town, saw the famed mosque and even discovered a Dairy Queen.

It was a fun weekend adventure.

And who would have thought we would ever visit Brunei?

Performance Tuesday

The girls are ready for a dramatic presentation on Performance Tuesday.