Thanks to Mark and his job we were able to make a trip in September to the Middle East! He taught a course in the country of Oman for a week and at the end of the week the children & I flew to the United Arab Emirates and met him there! We were actually in Dubai! Now here is Mark with his class! Can you find him...and we thought we stuck out in Sweden!
I flew with Brooklyn and Zach from Copenhagen, Denmark to Dubai, UAE and what a flight! I never comment on the flights but this one was amazing. We flew on Emirates and that was by far the best airline I have ever flown on! The flight was a little over 5 hours but the kids were well entertained the entire flight!! They gave the children a backpack with tons of stuff including a stuffed rugby player which Zach of course thought was great!
Our trip started by meeting Mark at the airport late at night so the next day we were off to start our adventure in the Middle East!
This is the lobby of Atlantis! That sculpture is made of glass! It was so neat!
It's a rough life my children are living! Robes and slippers after a rough day of playing!
Now Atlantis is really neat because it has its own water park! So...anytime we wanted we could just go outside and enjoy a couple hours at a time of the park! See the pics below for the fun...
This is the Leap of Faith...
This is what swims in the Leap of Faith slide!
And below are my fearless children and their daddy all taking turns on the slide! I did it as well but only once! They all did it everyday we were there! They would get in line and the adults could not believe they were doing it!
Here is Mark!
Just to give you a reference...when you are at the top about to start, you cannot even see the slide below you! That's how steep it was!
Here is Brooklyn in the shadow at the top!
Here is Zach just coming out of the shadow!
My Leap Of Faith Trio!!We also had an amazing time at the pool & beach! Here is the proof!
I don't know what I was expecting, but clear water was not it! However, it was! It was beautiful water and beaches! Granted the beaches were man made but...I'm not one to complain
Brooklyn didn't seem to mind either! 
Just Hanging out by the beach!
Pool TIME!!
Zach striking a pose! 
Waiting for Daddy!
My Men!
One of the HUGE aquariums in the Hotel!
Fun fish watching!
Mark loved to go do this!
Stirring up her brew in the Lost Chambers of Atlantis!
Here are the views of "The Palm" from our room!
We did make it to Dubai! We were able to see some sights but I would love to go back someday!
Here are some photos from the "malls"!
We had an amazing trip! It's crazy to think that we were actually there! We will have to go back to do the desert safari and such!
The following weekend we took a trip to Sweden's very own Stonehenge! It is located about an hour from Malmo and it was so neat! It is called Ales Stenar and is in the shape of a ship! It sits on private property perched upon a cliff! There is quite the controversy as to when it was actually erected! It varies from 1400 years ago to 5500 years ago! LOL Swedes are still working on it! We enoyed our trip no matter when it was erected!
Mark contemplating the world's issues! OK maybe not!
Remember I told you it was on what appeared to be private property! OK this was hilarious to me! You have a really amazing piece of history and yet you preserve it by allowing it to be in the middle of a cow pasture?? Really? You have a little hike to get there but when you do it is in a cow pasture!
This was our walking path! Zach made a funny by saying it looked like a Texas Sheep! B/C everything is bigger in TEXAS! WOOHOO!
I couldn't close this blog without a little Halloween fun! The American Women's Club had a fun party for the kids at an indoor play area! Check out below!
ME, Stephanie and Jennifer! Love these girls! American friends in Sweden! Below are some random pictures of American fun in Sweden! Love you all!
