Chris and Lauren!

We were thrilled to have our first friend visitors to Abu Dhabi, Chris and Lauren!  It is a long journey and we are so glad they came!  We truly had so much fun with them here!

Saadiyat Beach Club.  This was our first time and it exceeded expectations.  It was just beautiful.  It is such a nice beach club.

Walking to the beach

 Me and my Big

 Beautiful water and beach

My people

Chris and Lauren!!

Chris and Lauren went out to Qasr al Sarab, an unbelievable hotel in the middle of the desert, for a couple nights and just loved it. Love this photo of them.

 Chris, Lauren and I visited the Falcon Hospital while the girls were at school.  It proved to be more interesting that I had even hoped for. It was so cool!

 A falcon was put under anesthesia to have its claws trimmed

 Camels in the desert!

Chris has so many photos of me texting

 SSR and Lauren

 The succulents out in the desert were so interesting

I love being in the desert

 Henna with sweet Lauren!

 Falcons

 That black spec is Olivia!

Eliza hiking up the dunes

 We were at a different camp this time, but we had the same belly dancer

Back to dancing!

We headed to Dubai to do some sight seeing.  We got a babysitter at the hotel and went to our favorite spot in Dubai, Pier 7. Great night with great friends!

Dubai Marina at night

 We left Chris and Lauren at the mall in Dubai, right before they headed to the top of Burj Khalifa where they got this priceless photo taken ;-)  It was sad to say goodbye.  We had such a great time with them and look forward to them hopefully returning!!