Wow...

Yes, that is some fancy fountain.. but really, it's 114 degrees. Don't you think a pool would make more sense? Do you really think i can keep the kids out of that?

That is the street of Golf Gardens.. fancy, but kind of stuffy inside.

It's a horrible picture, but it's called the Grand Mosque. The place is huge!

The sidewalk at the hotel going to the beach

The kids in the pool. Lovely view of the construction isn't it? The funny thing is that's the actual hospital hubby will be working at. Kind of ruins the view though..

The most amazing thing happened this morning... I went to read my email and we had our first ever email from my mom!!! Way to go mom!! That is just the most amazing thing ever, the kids were so thrilled to see that!
We have been crazy busy with finding the villa, looking at those and checking things out for the kids school. We've still got to go get their uniforms before school starts. This is hilarious, and I mean no disrespect in this.... but... We aren't certain which day it starts as we don't know the exact day of eid. That's the end of ramadan. Well there is the moon committee, and they have to say the day eid can end. So the day eid ends, will determine the first day of school. Can you imagine if the president or govenor said "well we are waiting to see when the next full moon is, then we will decide the first day of school..." Different world out here :)
We have been swimming at the pool which the kids love, there is a small beach at the end of it. We're trying to think of something special to do for midget's bday this weekend. She loves horses, and we found a hotel in Dubai that has stables, but seems they are all booked for eid. The hotel has a boat rental place we can rent from. She's pretty easy, and so excited i don't think she'd be dissapointed with either. Looking at the villa's was interesting. Not sure how honest our realtor is though. Seems she only wants to show us one's she's connected to somehow. They get a 10 percent commision off the rental price. I can't wait to get out of here, as these quarters are so crowded and we are driving each other crazy.
Here are some pics of some of the neighborhoods we looked at. It seems the more you you pay for the neighborhoods the smaller the yards. The further out you get the bigger house, the more the sand. There are some beautiful ones, and we are actually going to a nice couple hubby works with tonight to see theirs. They have one in their neighborhood with a pool. The kids would love that, so would I :)