Summer Recap!!!!

Summer recap for the Andrews Family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I can't get enough of cute little outfits for Evelyn. I made this tutu for her, just so we had an excuse to have a photo shoot. You will see a lot of random photo's on here that I took this summer. I just like playing around with our camera and I am very grateful to have such a wonderful little model that is always available.


Here is a picture of Evelyn in her little dress I got from Global Village last year. I love this little knit dress and will have to pick up another one for her this year. This picture was taken right before I head to the U.S.A for the summer.


Here is Evelyn playing with my sister Charlyce at the pool in St. George. I love this little outfit on her!


While we were in Colorado my dad tried to help out and get Evelyn's car seat strapped safely into the car..... This is what he came up with. ????? There are so many things wrong with this picture, but it was one of the best laughs I've had in a long time. Love you dad!!!


Evelyn and her Grandpa Keith!

Evelyn and Aunt Charlyce.



Evelyn with her Grandma Renee and Aunt Charlyce.


Evelyn and her cousins Izzy, Will and Tyson.


Evelyn with her cousins Kylie, Jordan, and Kara

I love this picture of Jordan and Evelyn. Thank you so much Jordan for taking such great care of Evelyn for me. She loves you so much!
Evelyn playing around with mommy's sunglasses..... they look fantastic on you sweety!

Evelyn and her Great Grandmother Harper. Darline is Evelyn's last living great grandparent.


I love this picture of my grandma trying to get Evelyn to look at the camera.... thanks grandma!!!

Evelyn and her aunt Christine.



Here is an all girls photo that was taken at Ginger's baby shower. This picture was ALMOST PERFECT, but it is missing Paula-Jean.... don't worry Paula-Jean I plan on photo shopping you into this picture, just like I photo shopped Michael into our couples picture at the grand canyon our first year of marriage. All I need is a picture of you, some scissors and glue and wall-ah!!


Another one of my attempts to have a photo shoot with Evelyn.



Here is a picture of Nepal and the Nepali people. This was a huge festival and parents dressed there young girls and baby girls up with red dresses, jewelry and lots and lots of make-up! They were all dressed up for their wedding. That's right their wedding!!!! They were getting married to the fruits... huh!!!!


Two young brides on their wedding day!!!



This is me and Evelyn in front of a statue of Garuda. He is suppose to be the God of Travel.


Local transportation.

Locals on the street.


This is a picture of me, Evelyn and Michael. Michael dressed up as one of Nepali's holy men. I know he looks authentic right!!! It took him all day to dress up like this.



Michael out of costume and visiting one of the local temples.


This is a family photo we took in front of a shrine at the local temple.


This is a picture of Evelyn and me in front of a some Nepal God. They believe if you stand in front of this statue and tell a lie then you will die. They have the police station right across the street and they bring criminals in front of the statue and ask them if they committed the crime. They really believe if they lie then they will die! I don't understand how this concept hasn't caught on in the U.S.A :)

Typical day on the streets of Nepal... ciaos, clutter, dirty and did I mention caios:)

This was our plane to take us to the top of Mt. Everest. Michael and Evelyn really getting a feel for the culture. Nam-es-day Michael :)


Michael has a new business venture he wants to start. He wants to start making childrens toys. This one is called baby in a bucket. He's pretty sure it's going to be huge. I'm not too sure about the bucket idea, but I can't get over how cute she is in the bucket and how much she really enjoyed being in the bucket. Good thinking Michael:)

We have a few video's that we will download of Evelyn so everyone can see how much she is changing. We miss and love you all.

Evelyn - 3 Months

For those not on Facebook, you have been missing out on photos of Evelyn so I have added some below, no descriptions necessary. Enjoy.

Grandma & Grandpa Andrews

When we decided to move out to Dubai, we honestly never thought that we would be able to convince anyone on either side of the family to come out to the 'scary' Middle East for a visit. And just when I had accepted that fact, Camille suggested that if we had a baby, then surely that would bring someone out. Oh wait.... "Um, what was that Camille?"........ "No, I would never write something like that"....... "You know how I like to joke around".... OK, let's get serious.

So, my parents recently came out to visit and it was so good to see them. It is weird to think that we have gone a year and a half without seeing family but we knew what we were getting ourselves into. Big thanks to my Aunt Terry for setting my parents up with Delta tickets for their flight, and business class at that. I think that was the deal breaker for my Dad.

On this day we decided to get a little taste of the local culture so we went to the Jumeirah Mosque, which is the only mosque that they allow non-Muslims to enter with a guided tour.

Here the guide is demonstrating how to properly wash your hands, face, and feet before each of the five daily prayers.

Inside the mosque we are getting a little introduction into Islam and the purpose of the mosque.

A view upward.

Dubai has created a center for learning and understand to help deal with all of the crazy ideas that the 'western' world has about the Middle East and Islam. :)

We decided to go for their lunch discussion. The ladies that led the discussion admitted that the food was mainly Indian food, which is just as well because I wasn't looking forward to traditional Arab lunch of dates and camel milk.

Here we are enjoying our meal with one of the ladies from the center dishing up her food.

Classic shot of the Burj Al Arab.
I couldn't talk them into going for afternoon tea that costs $100.

Picking up seashells for the grand kids.

I've seen that look from Dad before and it always means that he has some new idea for the cabin/Sunbeam so if you see his next project with some strange shapes, you'll know where he got his inspiration.

Evelyn doing what she does best.

Grandma doing some baby sitting.

No complaints from Evelyn.

On the outer edge of the Palm Jumeirah, walking to the Atlantis Hotel.

Sammy the whale shark giving us a close-up view at the Atlantis aquarium.

A better shot of Sammy just showing off.

The lobby in front of the aquarium.

More Atlantis.

We stopped in and grabbed some cold stone in the hotel.

Walking out the door to head back to the airport.

It was great to have my parents in town and we wish that they could have stayed longer. Our doors are always open if any one else gets the idea to really get away, although I understand that some of you are waiting to see where we go next.