Hooray! They are here!!! The cousins were so excited to see each other! We were just thrilled they decided to come visit us in Abu Dhabi!
I promised them if they came, it would be epic. The pressure was on to make an amazing schedule!
One of our first stops was Emirates Palace Hotel and the view it provides of these cool buildings across the street.
Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque
It never gets old, despite this being my 6th or 7th visit
I was DYING laughing at this guy talking on his Selfie Stick. It was in tears. I even went and told him I was laughing at him and showed him the picture I took. His family saw me laughing, so then also started laughing at him and the picture. Too funny!
Our great Emirati tour guide
I love this photo! "Obi Wan Cousins"
Several friends suggested going to the mosque for the last tour or the day, so that once you walk out, you see it all lit up. It was stunning.
The next day we headed to Dubai. After they went to the top of Burj Khalifa, we went to the Dubai Aquarium.
Feeding the fish
Visiting the King Croc exhibit
Cheesecake Factory...the second one we visited that day. First we had lunch at Dubai Mall and then dessert at Mall of the Emirates
This was our first time going to the annual Mubadala Tennis Tournament
Heading to COLDPLAY on New Years Eve!!!! This is my all time favorite band and there was no way I was missing this concert. When I heard they were coming, we decided we couldn't not take the Stobaugh girls, so we just decided to take the entire crew. We later found out the concert wasn't going to start until 10PM. Oh well.
Let's do this!
Olivia had a BLAST!!!!! She wanted to know why we hadn't taken her to more concerts! Poor Uncle Timmy had her on his shoulders almost the entire show. They were rockin'. Tim and Jenny actually kind of like Coldplay now :-)
Happy New Year 2017!
Mike and Olivia went up to the second stage to get a closer look
Coldplay!
"Eliza missed New Years!!!" -Olivia
She was done! We put her down on the blanket we brought and then formed a perimeter around her.
Ha!
Poor Mike had to carry her all the way back to the car, which wasn't close at all
