Lately...

Some pictures and words about our days recently =)

We're finding more and more routine and activity here in Kuwait. November is bringing gorgeous weather! The kids started Tball with The Kuwait Little League, and that's been so much fun. We've joined up with the Homeschool Co-op a few more times, and really enjoyed getting to know new friends. David is still liking his job, and we're looking forward to a Thanksgiving gathering with many of his co-workers later this week.

We've been joining our friends at their Church the last several Friday evenings, and just loving it. I didn't realize how much I'd missed Worshiping with others until our first time there. You can listen to podcasts (thanks for the recommendation, Kyle!) and read your devotionals, and play your praise music...but it's just not the same as gathering with the Body of Believers and learning and praising together. It's been a real gift.

We had some of the neighbor girls over to paint...

Our daughter will drop pretty much anything to come help me cook or bake in the kitchen...I hope she always wants to hang out with her Momma =)

Some sights around downtown Kuwait City...

The boy continues to work on his Jedi moves overseas...

The weather has been lovely here, and last week we walked to the neighborhood park with our neighbors and spent the entire morning just playing and soaking up the sun and nice ocean breezes...

I was so excited to see this scene at the entrance to the grocery store the other day...

 I'd been wondering if we'd see much Christmas stuff around, and it's looking like while it's nowhere near what we'd see in the States, it'll be more than I'd thought!! 

I purchased a 5 foot tree that very day =), and as soon as Thanksgiving is over, we'll be decorating for Christmas around here.

Little A put together a story book, complete with illustrations...

Sweet boy almost always has his tongue out when concentrating...=)

Double Trouble walking to the grocery store...

And last but not least, Dave and I recently got to go on a date!!!! Our first time out sans kids since we've arrived in Kuwait =).

The college had a faculty appreciation dinner at a fancy hotel here, and our sweet friends (the ones who had us over for dinner awhile back, and who we've been attending Church with) let us drop the twins off at their house with their babysitter. We knew L and A would have fun playing with their sweet kids, and with all their toys at their house =). 
And while it was mainly just listing off the names of professors that had been published throughout the year, it was also a free delicious meal, time out with grown ups and dressing up a bit...

...at a beautiful venue no less...

Happy Thanksgiving week! It seems strange that it's even November here, with it still being shorts and tshirt weather. We definitively will miss gathering with our families this week, but I'm grateful to have been invited to a Thanksgiving meal and even more grateful for Social Media and the ability to see everyone we love via the internet =)