Visitors!

We had our first visitors in March! Laken and grandpa came for a week. We kept them pretty busy and loved every minute of our time together. It is a long flight and jet lag going East is harder than going West. I can attest to that! We couldn't have been happier to see them. 

Another compound about an hour away is on this awesome beach. We spent the afternoon playing in the sand.

(I am soooo tired!)

We took a trip out in the deep desert with several other families. 

Mason and his buddy Brady at the Bedouin markets. 

I am sad to say that yes, they do eat camel. I was convinced that they didn't but this was proof. 

My family! Oh, how I love each of these faces. I can't believe how big they are all getting...The dog will hopefully grow on me. 

This camel stopped and let us pet it and then ran ahead and flopped down and rolled around in the sand. It was a strange sight for sure!

These men live in this. We passed many Bedouin camps. We stopped and gave him a bottle of water.

Ashlyns turn to climb up the ladder. 

This was called Ship rock. It actually kinda looked like a big ship. After crawling inside for a bit you came to this opening and could climb up to the top. These are some survivors :) 

I am sure this is the best smile. Thanks Laken for letting it show :-)

This is Leah.... I will explain. We adopted her from a family in our ward that was having allergies. She is a sweet pain in the butt. Funny thing is the Muslims are very scared of dogs. Tim likes taking her wherever we go so we get some really mean looks. Some parents want their kids to touch her but the kids scream their heads off! Completely terrified. 

During one of our stops these boys came running towards us. We were apparently on their land. They didn't mind and joined us for the walk up the mountain. There were many ancient artifacts like pottery, arrowheads, writings on the rock. It was interesting.