One of the hardest parts about living so far away is missing these two...my sweet parents.
However, I finally got to stop all that missing and welcome them into our crazy expat world!
Mom and Dad arrived is Singapore last Friday...after a little layover in DUBAI! Being that we didn't live in Dubai that long, Mom and Dad never got the chance to visit. Luckily for them, one route to Singapore in through Dubai! Thanks Carol Chew and family for giving them a quick tour of the sand during their 6 hour layover. They saw the Burj Khalifa and got a drive by our old home! Then back to the airport for their flight to SINGAPORE!
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| I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THEM TO COME THROUGH THESE GATES! |
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| THEY GOT TO FOUR SEASONS PARK JUST IN TIME FOR KIDS TO GET OFF THE BUS! |
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| HAPPY HAPPY GRANDKIDS! |
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| MOM AND DAD ARE IN OUR LIVING ROOM! IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE THAT HAPPENED! |
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| DAD'S FIRST OUTING WAS TO T-BALL WITH LUKE! |
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| DAD AND LUKE AT SINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL! |
NEXT ON THE AGENDA: OLIVIA'S FIRST COMMUNION...
A SPECIAL DAY MADE EVEN MORE SPECIAL!
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| ALL THE COMMUNICANTS MADE THESE BANNERS... CAN YOU FIND OLIVIA'S? |
OLIVIA'S AMAZING TEACHER, MRS. PROCIDA CAME
TO SEE HER MAKE HER FIRST COMMUNION...
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| MY SWEET NEIGHBOR AND GREAT NEW FRIEND KRISHA WITH HER DAUGHTER COURTNEY..THE GIRLS ARE IN THE SAME CLASS AT SAS AND GOT TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNION TOGETHER! |
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| GOD BLESS OUR OLIVIA! |
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| AFTER THE COMMUNION WE TOOK A STROLL DOWN ORCHARD ROAD FOR SOME DINNER! |
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| NEXT ON ITINERARY....BIRD PARK! MOM AND DAD LOVED IT! |
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| THE BIRDS LOVED DAD! |
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| LILLY GOT LOTS OF SNUGGLE TIME WHILE THEY WERE HERE! |
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| THIS IS IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.. |
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A SINGAPORE MUST....TOUR THE BOTANIC GARDENS |
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| LILLY IS AN EXCELLENT TOUR GUIDE |
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| GRANDPARENTS AT THE DINNER TABLE! |
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| WHILE KIDS WERE AT SCHOOL I TOOK MOM AND DAD OUR FOR SOME LOCAL CUISINE AND A TRIP TO CHINATOWN... |
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| MY URBAN PARENTS.. |
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| CHINATOWN HERE WE COME! |
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| FOOT MASSAGES... |
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| WE PARKED DAD HERE WHILE MOM AND I SHOPPED... AND TRIED TO STAY COOL! |
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| DAD WAS IN THE MOOD FOR FISH AND CHIPS.... |
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| AND A HAIRCUT AT THE SINGAPORE BARBER! MOM LET SOMEONE ELSE CUT HIS HAIR! |
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| SINGAPORE ZOO TIME! THIS PLACE AMAZES ME EVERY TIME! |
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| CATCH THAT BABY! |
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| THIS MONITOR LIZARD SLINKED OUT OF THE BUSHES RIGHT BY LILLY! I ABOUT HAD A HEART ATTACK! |
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| THIS LITTLE GUY WAS GETTING A LESSON FROM HIS MAMA ON HOW TO HANG...IT WAS AMAZING! |
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| WE HAD TO HIT CHINATOWN ONE MORE TIME FOR SOME MORE SHOPPING....DAD WAS THRILLED! |
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| WE TOURED SOME OF THE MARKETS AT CHINATOWN...I NOW KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY A SEA SNAKE OR A FROG SHOULD I EVER NEED ONE FOR DINNER |
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| MOM, OLIVIA AND I WENT TO VISIT JOHN SHARPLEY....THE SON OF ONE OF MOM'S CUSTOMERS! HE HAS LIVED IN SINGAPORE FOR 17 YEARS.. MOM HAS DONE HIS MOTHER'S HAIR FOR LONGER THAN THAT! |
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| RIVER TOUR! CAN'T LEAVE SINGAPORE WITHOUT SEEING THE MERLION AND MARINA BAY SANDS HOTEL! |
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| DIXIE LOU, WORLD TRAVELER! SHE SAYS SHE'LL COME BACK! |
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| LAST DAY IN SINGAPORE...A QUICK TRIP TO LITTLE INDIA |
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| THANKS TO MY DEAR FRIEND DINA WHO GAVE US THE TOUR! THIS IS THE FRUIT MARKET WHERE WE GET OUR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES... |
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| MY ADVENTUROUS PARENTS...COCONUT WATERS AND PARATHA! PARATHA IS AN AMAZING INDIAN BREAD... |
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| LAST STOP ON THE ITINERARY...SINGAPORE AMERICAN SCHOOL WHERE DAD READ TO OLIVIA'S CLASS..PRICELESS! |
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| TIME TO HEAD TO THE AIRPORT....I AM SO THANKFUL THAT WE LEAVE FOR THE STATES SOON OR I WOULD NOT HAVE LET THEM LEAVE! IT WAS AN AMAZING VISIT! |
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SEE YOU IN TEXAS MOM AND DAD! CHEERS FROM SINGAPORE! |
