Sunday, February 6, 2011

More Pictures from Saudi Arabia

The whole family in the same place at the same time
for the first time in a long time!


Najeeb's father with nine of his ten kids plus Rana
(His oldest daughter, Hanin, was away for a few days here)

The boys
An early morning excursion to select a few choice lambs (for dinner!).

Lalo and Nado showed Rana how to pose for pictures.

Rana followed Baby Ahmed around, offering many kisses.

Lots of dance sessions!

There were heavy rain showers in Jeddah while they were there, which resulted in major flooding throughout the city, as there aren't any drains or underground run-offs for water. It only rains a couple of times a year, so they aren't usually necessary. However, when they do get a heavy rainfall, the city is incapacitated. The electricity was off for three days, cars were swept away in the current, houses and roads destroyed. Najeeb filmed this little clip a day after the rain had stopped, but it still gives you an idea of the chaos that was caused by the rainfall:

Life was returning back to normal by the time

Najeeb and Rana left, but it was definitely

a dramatic end to a busy visit with his family!