tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223070132024-03-13T03:51:24.765+03:00TracyAndreAimeeLucy Bosch's Spot !This is where we "hope" to keep you updated on 'us' both with text and photos, we'll see how it goes :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-249197708969870872010-07-06T11:52:00.002+03:002010-07-06T12:06:44.282+03:00Big Adventure - Day 18Memorial, Monument, Museum ...... hot, walking, exhausted ....... mmmmm pretty much sums up this day :)We started of at The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum (Sten F. Udvar-Hazy Center) and that was brilliant. Then we headed back into DC to go to the Natural History Museum, very interesting. The line outside the American History Museum was so very long we decided to skip this and head down to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-81065165256928001652010-07-06T11:39:00.003+03:002010-07-06T11:52:29.202+03:00Big Adventure - Day 17Happy 4th of July America !We were still battling with adjusting to coming forward in time so ended up sleeping REALLY late this morning. Once we were up and ready (10ish) we headed up the road to the Metro. The plan was to head into DC, to the Mall to watch the parade .... The news had been saying "Get there early !" Parade started at 11:45am - we got to the Constitution Avenue at 12 .... Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-50919924642230633952010-07-06T11:35:00.004+03:002010-07-06T11:39:14.967+03:00Big Adventure - Day 16 Day 16 we headed up to Annapolis to meet a freind. Had a wonderful day on the water. Exploring this historic area was so interesting.... Andre's comment "I could live here !" It is a lovely area. Good lunch and great company made for a brilliant day !Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-35227614586786679012010-07-06T10:56:00.008+03:002010-07-06T11:23:12.354+03:00Big Adventure - Day 14 & 15So this was our travel day to DC but we managed to squeeze in one last trip into the park. You see we had been hunting down Donald Duck for a photo and autograph since arriving at Disney and boy had he been elusive ! Anyway we managed to run into him along with a few others and the autograph bok is full - 13 characters in total. What can we say, we LOVED Disney, it was exhausting but wonderful.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-82627404995245019302010-07-01T05:33:00.002+03:002010-07-01T05:37:04.158+03:00NOTEDisney photos will follow - there are just SO many and we are having SO much fun - no time to sit trying to load photos ;)We're still puzzled how people find the time to go to the movies as Disney ..... there is just too much to see and do - park opens at 8am and closes at midnight.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-33540992823746577532010-07-01T03:22:00.003+03:002010-07-06T11:34:57.975+03:00Big Adventure - Day 13Highlight of the day - more character huntong and I finally got my ears. Lowlight - waiting in line for more than an hour (in the heat of the day) for the Grizzly River Run only to be told it had broken down and wouldn't be running anymore.Regular morning in the park - entered at 9ish and headed straight to ToonTown to try and hunt down Donald again.... no luck :( We did see several other Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-15570391436196123442010-07-01T03:00:00.002+03:002010-07-01T05:33:24.674+03:00Big Adventure - Day 12EARLY start today, after getting back to the hotel a little after 11pm last night we headed out at 6:45am to take advantage of our Morning Madness entry. We managed to get an early start on The Mattahorn and the Finding Nemo Submarine as well as Autopia. Then it was over the road from Disneyland to California to get in line to book our place for the 9pm show - World of Color. From there we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-29259107861500247682010-07-01T02:47:00.002+03:002010-07-01T03:00:24.211+03:00Big Adventure - Day 11This was our moving day - from Hollywood to Disneyland. We ended up leaving the hotel mid-morning and after a shortish stop at Universal Studios for some last minute souvenirs, we headed down to Santa Monca Pier for a last look around. Midday saw us heading out to Disney .... we checked in just before 1pm :) We were a little disappointed with our room as it meant we didn't have a view of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-164432974615421852010-06-28T04:15:00.002+03:002010-06-28T04:20:50.010+03:00Big Adventure - Day 10More lazy SoCal days - we only left the hotel just before 11am. After sleeping VERY late we grabbed some breakfast and headed out to San Dimas to see where Andre had spent his time on his visits to the US before. Lovely little town. BIGGEST highlight - We stopped in at TARGET and had a ball shopping - girls are almost completely re-clothed heheheAnd now as it is our last day at the Holiday Inn Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-23335447533521563572010-06-28T04:03:00.011+03:002010-06-28T04:15:55.824+03:00Big Adventure - Day 9Lazy days in SoCal (Southern California) today we headed back to Universal Studios so the girls could play in the Curious George Waterpark. While waiting for the water park to open, and for the day to heat up - the day was pretty cool with all of us bundled in our sweaters, we were lucky enough to see the first show of the new Special Effects Stage at Universal - absolutely excellent ! Finally Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-14680728100271299032010-06-26T18:18:00.004+03:002010-06-28T04:03:01.153+03:00Big Adventure - Day 8What did today hold ?? July 25 - First anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. His star on the HWofF was packed not only with people but also news crews. We hopped on a tour bus and took a look at some of the sites Hollywood had to offer, including RUSH getting their star on the HWofF. After Hollywood we headed down to Venice Beach -- very interesting ;) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-83194291032843462662010-06-26T18:10:00.003+03:002010-06-28T03:16:25.801+03:00Big Adventure - Day 7Another busy day - we started off with The Petersen Automotive Museum... interesting, some very beautiful cars and bikes. All are in working order - WOW ! From there we headed to the La Brea Tar Pits - Page Museum. Very interesting ! We all realised though that we do not have the patience to be paleontologists hehehe. All the exhibits have been extracted from the tar pits in the area. We Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-74168360001879368122010-06-26T17:09:00.017+03:002010-06-28T02:59:02.909+03:00Big Adventure - Day 6Simple post - we spent the day at Universal Studios..... fun fun fun !From experiencing Shrek 4D to the Jurassic Park Ride to Waterworld and the Back Lot Studio Tour (a look at Wisteria Lane, general sets, JAWS, The Grinch, War of the Worlds etc etc etc), Lunch at Mel's Diner, Animal Actors and more. The many fun characters to meet and photograph, the CityWalk afterwards, we were quite frankly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-31016591107002331942010-06-23T07:31:00.002+03:002010-06-23T08:13:59.622+03:00Big Adventure - Day 5Goodbye New York........ Hello Los Angeles.Early start for us - we left the hotel at 4:50am and headed to JFK.Very helpful United Airlines staff - we were prepared to pay for our luggage but "Mary P" informed us that if we showed our international tickets the luggage charge could be waivered - YAY ! ... cos a surprise was awaiting us in LA.Thankfully this flight Andre didn't have any special Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-51159597161348727552010-06-22T01:03:00.006+03:002010-06-23T08:10:38.487+03:00Big Adventure - Day 4So what did we do today ? Late start after our disruption last night, we headed straight to Central Park. Well kind of, off the ferry, on the NY Waterway bus which dropped us at 57th street, the plan was to walk to CP and then have a carriage ride. Lucky us, Colm (the driver) was heading back and offered to drive us from where we were at Columbus Circle and into Central Park.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-82730928594970045322010-06-21T15:29:00.004+03:002010-06-22T05:03:04.961+03:00Big Adventure - Day 3.5At 11:30pm we were woken (remember it had been a long day hehehe girls actually dosed off while we were waiting for dinner at 9pm) by a fire alarm announcement going off in our room. Tried calling the front desk to see if it was real but heard commotion outside our room so figured it must be. Quickly got dressed and headed out. Panic in the hallway as everyone was heading down our way of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-6989400719733504752010-06-21T15:28:00.024+03:002010-06-22T03:37:55.113+03:00Big Adventure - DAY 3Another busy day in a busy city. Today was (for me at least) all about being human - we visited places that celebrated the strength of the human spirit, the need for freedom, a volunteering heart and duty to fellow man.First stop Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We weren't too sure about this as the day started out pretty overcast. This was pretty good because it wasn't too hot (got there Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-1730097448501954652010-06-20T01:15:00.027+03:002010-06-20T03:50:35.989+03:00Big Adventure - Day 2Waking up at 3:30am is no fun hehehe the fact that it was in NYC --- well a little more bearable !Busy day ahead, after breakfast we headed to the ferry and across the river we headed to, first stop : The Empire State Building. Took the elevator up to the 102nd floor to the closed viewing deck and then back down again to the open deck (86th floor). Although the 86th floor should have given us Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-57036634342510208502010-06-19T13:03:00.002+03:002010-06-19T13:09:28.317+03:00PRE- big adventureNOTE to self - we do not need anymore babies hehehePre-big adventure we took the cats down to Khobar to kennels (Wednesday morning). Meouwie our oldest obviously gets car sick because she did similar on her long trek up to Rastanura last July.Halfway into the drive Meouwie decides to have a nice runny pooh in her cat box and in her efforts to 'cover' it up she steps in it. SO we pull over to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-21321703049621222362010-06-19T12:10:00.006+03:002010-06-19T13:01:01.093+03:00BIG Adventure - Day 1We left home (Rastanura) at 12:25am..... drove across to Bahrain.... flight left a little after 3:50am..... arrived in Dubai 6:30ish and then 8:35am we headed directly to JFK.....Of course Andre had his boarding pass re-issued in Dubai with a very special SSS printed on it -- secondary security screening :) Flight was long but uneventful and finally we were disembarking in New York ! JFK was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-71961469111198936992010-06-17T23:34:00.003+03:002010-06-17T23:39:01.702+03:00and the Big Adventure begins...My special family and friends, I will miss you so much this winter. That said, I am thankful for my wonderful husband and his desire to take his little family on this Big Adventure !Bags are packed, tickets, vouchers and reservations all printed. It is now just after 11:30pm and we should start packing the car shortly (Andre getting in his last fix of rugby hehehe). Then its wake up the girls Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-72618915367115539522010-06-16T06:25:00.010+03:002010-06-16T15:38:31.219+03:00Almost a yearIn the last year (when this poor blog was on the back burner) SOOOOOO much happened - tha'll be my excuse for neglecting the poor blog :)Andre moved jobs/companies and so we moved house. When we arrived in kingdom 8 years ago, Andre was contracted to Aramco. Aramco is the largest oil company in the world and basically the kings bank account :) Well July 2009 Andre was employed directly by the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-84036229628375385962010-06-15T11:33:00.004+03:002010-06-15T14:17:08.411+03:002009-2010 ... done !Another year done and dusted.... scary how quickly they're over isn't it. Aimee and lucy both did really well this year and brought home 'mostly good' report cards ;) A's B's and a C or two.Aimee is heading into middle school and is soooooooo excited, Lucy is going in to grade 4.WOW we have already been here 8 years - who would've seen that coming --- and there doesn't seem to be an end in sightUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-72297591375364302362010-06-08T05:00:00.003+03:002010-06-08T05:08:50.382+03:00And we're back ...Two school years have passed since my last posting :(So here is a quick update --Andre has changed companies - huge move for us - he now works for Saudi Aramco and we moved home from Khobar to Rastanura. This means the girls and I travel on a bus to school each day, approx. 60mins on a good day with little traffic. Makes for a very long day but the home is good, the husband is happy and we live Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22307013.post-69031440462883444902008-10-08T10:28:00.013+03:002010-06-08T05:11:24.381+03:00Happy Birthday LucyOcotber 7, 2008... Lucy Kate Bosch turned the ripe old age of 8 ! Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday Darling Lu-cy... Happy Birthday to YOU ! hip-pip-hooray, hip-pip-hooray, hip-pip-hooray nog 'n piep, hoora There was a very happy little girl on Tuesday morning when her eyes fell upon the new iPod that she had been begging for for abolutely ages. And a very happy mommy whoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0