Saudi Week 1, Round 2

We are safely back in Saudi Arabia, and have been settling in for a few days.  Tomorrow we go back to school for teacher work week, and Jack will return to nursery.  Rob and I will both be very busy for the start of this year -- Rob is teaching IB Biology  in the new International Baccalaureate program at our school along with mentoring a new biology teacher (who is from Minnesota...small world), and I am doing lots of admissions testing and revamping the Learning Support program.  On top of that, we volunteered to lead the Student Council so we are busy planning elections and a Back to School Dance.  Exciting!

There are a lot of new teachers this year, including several American and British families that have small children for Jack to play with!  We have enjoyed being on the other end of the culture shock/settling in period.  Rob has been giving lots of rides, remembering how difficult it was to get around without a car.  I'm sharing my knowledge of which delivery places actually answer the phone, speak English, and can find our compound.   We also ordered a bunch of Indian food and invited some of the new staff over for dinner.

As everyone tells each other about their summer trips, we have gotten lots of questions about the Pleasure Cruiser - which turned out to be pretty awesome.  Here is a photo to prove it...

Some more summer highlights...

Fishing with Grandpa

Jack's special pond at Uncle Dan's house

Eating Marshmallow Sandwiches

Chowing Down on Porkchops

At Kelsey's Wedding in Bozeman, Montana

P.S. to Mark's family and friends who read this...he is back too, just returning from an Ultimate Frisbee tournament in Italy.  I'll try to take some more pictures of him to prove to you all that he does indeed live in Saudi Arabia :)