First "International" Football (Soccer) Competition

We had the privelage of competing in out first international soccer tournament this past weekend.  Teams from Bahrain, Saudi, Qatar, and Kuwait all participated.  My U10 boys represented well.  They made it to semi-finals, tied 0-0 and lost in penalty kicks 3-2 to miss advancing to Championship match.  They rebounded in 3rd place match shortly after by winning 4-2.  Cody did great all day scoring 3 goals and 3 assists.  This was truely a unique experience even with all the Coaching I have been priviliged to be a part of.  Once again, I am blessed with another good great group of kids.  We will keep this group together through next summer.  All British, Bahraini, and 1 Texan (Codeman)

Devin at Kid's Kingdom enjoying the rides. Haircut #2

Devin really enjoys going to Kid's Kingdom where they have more kid's rides than you can imagine. All for a price of course.  Not sure why Dad ends up on the rides with him??

Hair cut number 2 for Devin.  This time he wanted Dad  to sit there with him.  He does Okay but is still not crazy about the haircut time yet.  He will get used to it we guess.

Random Pictures of Devin

Here are some random pictures of Devin. The top few pictures were taken  at a Toy store in City Centre Mall. The first one is my favorite. It reminds me of my Dad. Every year he would dress up as a gorilla for Halloween. We all looked forward to Halloween because we had so much fun! What great memories. Wow, I miss him so very much! Please if any of you would like for us to buy your kiddos any of these stuff animals ($1500 - $3500 US) just let us know. LOL!

The weather has been so nice. Jeremy let Devin play in the water while I was home schooling. Cody went back to school yesterday (Sunday)! I'm not sure who was more excited him or me. I enjoyed our time together and he did a great job. Way to go, Codeman!

Devin loves the outdoors. If it was up to him he would play outside all day long. The last picture is Yoshi and Devin riding our neighbors bike.  Go, Devin, Go!!

Great Weekend with some of Jeremy's Friends from work

The Guys getting ready to enjoy some Senor Pacos!

L to R: Richard, Jeremy, Eric & Steve

After Senor Pacos

City Centre Mall

We enjoyed some of Jeremy coworkers (friends) for a couple of days. Eric was in from Texas so Jeremy invited them to come over to Bahrain to enjoy some shopping, site seeing, eating and swimming. The day they decided to go swimming Jeremy asked me to hold his wedding ring and when I went inside to retrieve some towels guess what...I lost it. I've searched and searched  for it but can't seem to put my finger on it. Eric, I hope you have a safe trip home and your wife enjoys her birthday gifts! Richard and Steve (stay in Saudi) so guys please come back whenever. Richard shares the same birthday as Cody (Oct 16)! Richard, hope you had an awesome birthday! Steve, thank you so much for looking for the ring. We really missed your company while we went shopping at Gold City.

Double Digits

Cody turns 10 years old!

My boys

Mom & the boys before church

Cody's friends & Devin

Devin walking the mall w/Cody and his friends.

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Codeman

and many more.....

Raise your hand if you want a piece of bday cake!

Yummy Marble Slab ice cream cake!

Devin + Chocolate icing

Getting ready to ride some waves

Devin enjoying the water park.

Birthday Boy!

Happy Happy Birthday, Cody! Wow, it's hard to believe that you are 10 years old. Time sure does fly! To celebrate Cody's birthday he invited some of his friends for lunch (Fuddruckers) and he wanted to go to Lost Paradise (water park). They had such a good time including Devin. We certainly closed down the water park this time. Cody, I hope you remember this birthday for a long time. We love you very much and your the best brother ever!