SPONTANEOUS VISITORS FROM OMAN!

Last week Phil received one of the best phone calls you can receive - a friend saying, "GUESS WHAT?!  I AM IN KUWAIT!!!!!!"  Haitham and his brother, Mahmoud, made a special trip to meet our sweet little Eleanor.  You might recall that we met Haitham and his family during our Eid trip to Oman.  Well, since then he's come to Kuwait twice and he calls and messages often.  When I said we loved the people of Oman we weren't lying!  Talk about the nicest, most thoughtful individuals. 

Phil was lucky enough to see the boys twice.  They first came over last Wednesday night.  I had to head out tutoring, so the boys "babysat" Nory for the evening.  Sounds like they had a great time -  they played several rounds of "toys" and took turns snuggling our Sweet Pea.  My luck changed on Friday morning when we all went out for breakfast together.  Where?  To the IHOP restaurant of course!  Emily and Steve were also in attendance, making the breakfast somewhat of an "Oman reunion"!  So much fun.  We are planning a trip to "Salalah" (southern Oman) sometime soon.

Haitham and I sat beside each other.  We had fun with our Arabic and English versions of the menu!

"Really?  I've already been to Oman?  Nobody told me that!!!"

She loved playing with the tassel on Haitham's dishdasha!

You can see the big gift bag underneath the stroller.  They SPOILED Eleanor like you wouldn't believe!!!

 Hmm......so I guess the whole point of this post is:

1)  We still LOVE Oman. 
2)  Haitham is a real, true friend!  Not one of those fake ones you often meet on vacation....
3)  We have an IHOP addiction.
4)  A similar phone call......from those of you in Canada.....would be AWESOME!!!!!
5)  See number four.