Happy New Year!

Here's wishing you a wonderful New Years Eve... And for the year coming we hope that it's peaceful and prosperous for you all.... I can't believe our desert holiday is almost over - we are on our way home tomorrow - three weeks goes very quickly. We've had a really good time here and I'm going to be sad tomorrow to say goodbye. Here are a few more shots of our trip....











Camels in the Desert












Playing in Dunes









The Fishers










Rafting at the Waterpark

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everybody! We hope that you had a very good day and celebrated with those nearest and dearest to you. We had a lovely day, the boys were thoroughly spoilt by their grandparents and Ben just love everything he got. Daniel was more facinated with the paper and the boxes the toys came in, but isn't that always the case for a six month old? Now we have the new year to look forward to and I hope that it is a positive and peaceful year for you all. I couldn't resist being overindulgent and posting these pics of my beautiful two boys...

A Few Pics

We are having such a good time here - Bob and I got away on Friday and went skiing!! It was fantastic and made me realise how much I love it... I can't wait for the boys to be old enough to learn and for us to go skiing as a family. The SkiDubai was very well put together and the two runs they had not bad. Mom and dad babysat the boys for us which was great too. It was so strange to ski in the evening and the next morning take the boys to the pool to have fun in the sun. I even managed to get Daniel into the water - he's not a fan of the cold... AND got a smile from him :)

Pics Of Dubai

I've managed to get the photo's uploaded of our trip.... Here are some of the highlights :) We are having a really great time here and today plan to spend time on the beach - I'm hoping to see a camel or two.... Tomorrow it's christmas shopping time. I've put it off for long enough... Ben is loving it to - and is making us laugh so much. Now, if you ask him how he is his standard answer is "Not Bad" ??? Don't know where he got that from :)













Mom and Dad's House









Building on the Beach is incredible












Madinat Market












Proving we were there










Boys Playing together













Us in Madinat with the Burj Al Arab behind us













Our little Arabian thief hiding in a pot













Playing in the fountains

Dubai for Christmas

As the title tells you we are in Dubai at the moment.... Thankfully we had a really good flight from Dublin and it was direct which was fantastic... So here we are for three weeks with the folks to enjoy the sun and sand - I didn't think that I would enjoy it as much as I am at the moment. Mom and dad live in a really nice complex with a lovely playground and pool literally across the road from their villa... It is a shopping mecca, and really I feel like I'm in sandton a lot of the time - except for the occasional traditional arab garb even the people look like you would find in sandton... The boys have adapted really well and the four hour time difference hasn't seemed to be a problem for them. This afternoon we went off to the beach which was lovely, got to see a camel or two and then went to the marina - which is sandton square with boats, for drinks. There was a fountain there and Ben just loved it - hence the footage above. He was shouting at the water to spray and it was very funny.

The amount of building here is just unbelieveable - I don't think that any description can do it justice, I really feel like I'm watching the birth of a city - they are building everywhere!

Blogger is having aproblem with photo's so I'll try post more soon...