Festival of Thinkers 2007

This event happens every other year in Abu Dhabi. 100 "thinkers" from all over the world gathered at the Emirates Palace Hotel to meet and discuss various issues. Nobel Prize winners were abundant. Brad's friends and collegues Mike Benson and Kerry Romesburg were among those selected to be thinkers this year. What a great time we have had showing them around Abu Dhabi and attending events with them at the Palace.

Brad and Mike at the Opening Gala for the event.

Fun at the Palace...While the thinkers were hard at work!

We even got a camel ride on the beach!



While the guys were busy thinking we had a great time with Judy having lunch poolside and playing the afternoon away at the Emirates Palace.


Judy Romesburg "thinking" poolside at the Emirates Palace..Now that's THINKING!

Jacqui and the boys having fun on the "lazy river".

Charlie getting warm on the ground by the pool.

The boys didn't even slow down long enough to smile for photos! They were having so much fun running to the top of the slide and shooting down. The slide would spit them out just like little torpedoes!

Fun at the beach in Dubai on my 40th!

Visiting Sargon in Dubai

The Eid holiday break was so eventful. We were able go to Dubai to pick up our friend Jacqui Shields who is here to visit until December. Then we stayed the next two nights at Sargon's place in Dubai.
Sargon flew in from Kabul on the second evening. Everyone knows...it's always fun to hang out with Uncle Sargon. He was so fun and hospitable. We all had a great time. Thanks Sargon!!!

After counting down the days...Jacqui finally arrived from Provo. All of us are so happy to have her here to show her our second home. She is like an older sister to all the kids and I don't even have time to finish my dinner before she's up and cleaning the kitchen..What a sweetheart. We are going to have soooo much fun!