Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The Genettis in Doha, Qatar - the Middle East

The Genetti Family, Mckenzie, Dom, Kylie(8), Megan (5), and Will (3), are living in the Middle East in Doha, Qatar, and having many wonderful adventures.  Here are the kids seeing a camel train out in the desert.




Here is Megan and Dom getting up close and personal with a camel.






They went out to the singing sand dunes one evening and were able to make them wail.  This was great for them because the humidity and temperature have to be exactly right for them to make their sounds so they were quite excited.



They would climb to the top of the dune and slide down which would cause the sand dunes to sing.





They went to visit some old forts out in the desert.






This is a tower at one of the forts with one of the kids looking out the window.






We all miss them so much, but they are having a remarkable experience.  They feel very safe and have a very close neighborhood.  The ward is huge and consists mostly of Houston folks from Exxon and a very large Phillippino population.  Hopefully they will be with us again for the summer. 

They are going to visit Italy this spring to do some geneology visiting places Dom's ancestors are from.  It should be a great experience for them.   And of course, they are also going to do some of the traditional tourist stuff too.  

6 comments:

Mikesell Family said...

What fun pictures! Isn't this blogging thing so fun! Hey it was good talking to ya on Christmas Eve! he he!

The Back Row Pew said...

Love seeing McKenzie in such a far away place. What a wonderful experience for them. I love checking in on your blog once in awhile

Cyndy Mikesell said...

Debbie I need to see more hair pics. Where are they??

Mandy said...

Hey mom! I'm loving your blog! I'm not sure if you know this or not but I have joined the blogging world. You can reach me at www.thereschkeroundup.blogspot.com
Before you see it though, I can't take the credit. I had ample help from my friends to make it cute. I wish I hadn't ruined it by adding pictures of me. HaHa

Mandy said...

So uh, just wondering if you are going to update your blog anytime soon?

Mandy said...

That picture does not make you look fat!! You look so cute, and you look like you are really enjoying seeing your grandkids play with goofy. However, if you are really opposed to it, I can make a switch. Did you like my Goovry comment. I thought that was pretty funny