Repat in San Antonio Texas!
Sorry Canadian friends and family, but we decided to go to Texas for our repat this year, to be honest we just weren't ready to see the snow. But we love and miss all of you!
On our flight to Texas!Like everything else in our lives there is never a dull moment, including the flight to Texas. The girls were amazing on the long (23 hour) flights, but we almost didn't make it! We were scheduled to leave March 3, 2011 at 2:10am, so I went to be around 11:00pm on March 2, 2011 feeling good about having the rest of the next day to pack. While I was laying in bed I kept thinking, as of midnight it will be March 3, does that mean we leave in a couple of hours? So I ran downstairs and told Rob my dilema and he said No you still have tomorrow to pack. Satisfied I went back to bed. Moments later Rob comes upstairs and says "I just checked the flights, your flight leaves in 3 hours!" Holy crap I jumped out of bed, shoved clothes in the suitcases and woke the girls and off to the airport we went! Needless to say we made it!
Now those are some gas prices! 
Now this is signwe don't see everday in Saudi.
Kurt and I (first day in Texas)
Just off the planeAuntie Val and I enjoying a nice beer
We're here!
Oh,how we missed playing the birdies with Grandpa. My dad always has gummy worms on hand and the kids love to chirp like little birdies and pluck them from Grandpa's hand.
Jordyn's new DiggaSo we are in London and some how Jordyn leaves her stuffed dragon, Digga, on the floor, but failed to realize she didn't have him until we borded the tram to the gate we needed to get to, but of course...once you leave this one area you can't go back to the main terminal....of course you can't! So after many tears, we managed to get to Texas and head to Toys R' Us and pick out a new Digga. Now why you ask is Digga so special? Well Daddy has cast a magical spell on him, so in the nightime he eats all the monsters and ghosts...so you see why it was important to have him replaced! So now meet our new Digga!
Mom with her abaya wine bottle cover
Christmas in Texas
Christmas in Texas
American Idol here she comes!
Hugs for Grandpa
Nannan and the girls
Rockstar!
Rudy's
My first pork rib in a very long time!
Jordyn and Skylar (little bit of a crush)
Jaymee and Morgan
Kindra and ICrawdad Night!
Mom and Auntie Val - crawdad night
Family photo(L: mom, me, Jordyn, Dad and Jaymee)
My first crawdad in a long time!
Uncle Jerry and I Digging for Dinosaurs
Digging for dinosaurs
Jordyn digging for dinosaurs
Homade still
Dinosaur tracks
Nannan and the girls holding a T-rex hand
Mom and I at Jodi Picoult
Yes its Jodi Picoult!
Aftern many years of reading her books and stalking her on the internet, I finally got to meet my idol!
Posing with Jodi
High fives from her, oh yeah we go way back!
Digging for dinosaurs
Jordyn digging for dinosaurs
Homade still
Dinosaur tracksNannan and the girls holding a T-rex hand
JODI PICOULT
Mom and I at Jodi Picoult
Yes its Jodi Picoult!Aftern many years of reading her books and stalking her on the internet, I finally got to meet my idol!
Posing with Jodi
High fives from her, oh yeah we go way back! Daddy comes!
This is the grocery store! Rob was overwhelmed with the selection. It was great to finally se Rob after 2 1/2 weeks espcially with all the protests that were going on in Bahrain. Things have returned to normal now.
Grandpa and Jaymee heading to Sea World
Daddy and his girls at Sea World
Jaymee with her Orca ice cream
Jordyn with her killer whale ice cream
Waiting for the dolphins to swim up
Sea World Jordyn and Mommy on the log ride!
Shamu
Daddy took Jaymee on the biggest rollercoaster....it was fine until the drop, then she cried
Nature Park
Llamas absoultely crack me up!
This ostrich ran in front of us the whole way back...let me tell you they don't run very fast but it was hilarious to watch
Ostrich
So at the gate you are given food to feed the animals and the girls absolutely loved the ostriches, they would peck the windows and the girls would giggle non-stop. It was great. Then we'd roll the window down a tiny bit and throw the food out to him.
This reminds me of the deer off the movie Open Season
Goat eating Jaymee's shorts
Washing their hands after petting the goats
More fun pictures
Full moon
How do you get rid of hiccups? My dad is on to something here, because shockingly enough it worked! So you are supposed to plug your ears and drink (in this case whatever is in the cup) and your hiccups will magically disappear.
Nannan and the kids find a frog
My Texas abaya (it was cold! I think is was 13 C)
Having some beverages
More drinks
Happy St. Patrick's Day
We are family!(L: Skylar, John, Morgan, Kindra (holding Bear), Me and Kurt)
John at his bbq (he built that himself)
Mom and Kindra
Girls getting their own "beer" (it was cream soda, but they thought it was beer!)
Cousins...love you guys!(L: Kurt, Me and Kindra)
Dad and I
The three musketeers(L: Jaymee, Jordyn and Morgan)
Grandpa and his girls
Nannan and her girls
Kurt and I
Kurt making the girls smell his armpits
Fun on the Water
John water surfing
John water surfing
Kids going out on the tube
Jaymee driving the boat
Houston we have a problem
Jaymee entered the water!
The kids on the boat
Morgan taking Jordyn into the water
Now this is what its supposed to be like on a boat in the water!
Well the adults on the tube... Yes, that's Rob with his legs up... I'm so proud
Kids on the tube
This is the grocery store! Rob was overwhelmed with the selection. It was great to finally se Rob after 2 1/2 weeks espcially with all the protests that were going on in Bahrain. Things have returned to normal now.Sea World
Grandpa and Jaymee heading to Sea World
Daddy and his girls at Sea World
Jaymee with her Orca ice cream
Jordyn with her killer whale ice cream
Waiting for the dolphins to swim up
Sea World Jordyn and Mommy on the log ride!
Shamu
Daddy took Jaymee on the biggest rollercoaster....it was fine until the drop, then she criedNature Park
Llamas absoultely crack me up!
This ostrich ran in front of us the whole way back...let me tell you they don't run very fast but it was hilarious to watch
OstrichSo at the gate you are given food to feed the animals and the girls absolutely loved the ostriches, they would peck the windows and the girls would giggle non-stop. It was great. Then we'd roll the window down a tiny bit and throw the food out to him.
This reminds me of the deer off the movie Open Season Goat eating Jaymee's shorts
Washing their hands after petting the goatsMore fun pictures
Full moon
How do you get rid of hiccups? My dad is on to something here, because shockingly enough it worked! So you are supposed to plug your ears and drink (in this case whatever is in the cup) and your hiccups will magically disappear.
Nannan and the kids find a frog
My Texas abaya (it was cold! I think is was 13 C)
Having some beverages
More drinks
Happy St. Patrick's Day
We are family!
John at his bbq (he built that himself)
Mom and Kindra
Girls getting their own "beer" (it was cream soda, but they thought it was beer!)
Cousins...love you guys!(L: Kurt, Me and Kindra)
Dad and I
The three musketeers
Grandpa and his girls
Nannan and her girls
Kurt and I
Kurt making the girls smell his armpitsFun on the Water
John water surfing
John water surfing
Kids going out on the tube
Jaymee driving the boat
Houston we have a problem
Jaymee entered the water!
The kids on the boat
Morgan taking Jordyn into the water
Now this is what its supposed to be like on a boat in the water!
Well the adults on the tube... Yes, that's Rob with his legs up... I'm so proudKids on the tube
Best wipe out video ever! L to R: Kurt, John and Rob.
I am slowly catching up on the blogs so keep your eyes out for more!
We miss all of you very much, but we really are having the time of our lives here!
We miss all of you very much, but we really are having the time of our lives here!
Hugs and Kisses,
Love,
The Richards Family
XOXOXOXOX
