WTA Semi Finals in Doha

 You are not going to believe what kind of evening we had last night! We all had tickets to watch Caroline Wozniacki play in the semi finals agains Vera Zvonareva and what a match. As you can tell we did our part to support the Danish player and our dancing combined with the face paint secured os a spot on the big screen twice during the game - much to the kids delight (OK, I thought it was great fun too:)

The tennis was amazing and Caroline won so we were all happy. As we were leaving the stadium Carolines dad and coach passed us thanking us for the support and we of course had to take a picture of the kids and him.

Later, when we were watching Caroline being interviewed for TV a man came over and asked us if we were fans of Caroline (no idea what gave him that idea....). He then gave us a signed tennis ball and made our night!

 And to top it all off we managed to get Carolines signature on one of our flags as she was leaving the interview.
 
What a fun experience for us all! Madeleine wants to bring the ball to school to show her class....I hope Stuart manages to talk her out of it - can you imagine if the ball got lost???

Final is tonight against Kim Clijsters (don't mention the US Open please).....we will be watching it at home unless I sneak out and try to get a ticket for myself. Although, honestly, I think it will be more fun watching it with the kids at home and share the excitement with them.

Tennis lessons here we come.......

Victoria turns 4!

Victoria is now 4 and she had a wonderful day with her two cousins from Denmark as well as Morfar and Merete who were all visiting from Denmark.

Lots of presents in the morning......

Fun at the pool............





Enjoying the rides at "Jungle Zone" (we had the enitre place to ourselves.....I have no clue how the kids managed not to get sick from the multible extended rides!)

And of course the traditional layer cake to finish the day!

Celebrating once is of course not enough when you turn 4 so Victoria also had a party for her friends.

We have asked Victoria to stop growing which she seemed quite happy to promise....until she realised it means she can't turn 5.....then she started protesting. She is now constantly reminding us that she will NOT stop growing and is already planning her next birthday. It could be a long year!

Desert Safari

I was invited on a desert safari with the university - and was allowed to bring the children except the oldest one (Stuart), but even if we missed him we had an amazing day!

You get the idea of driving on the sand dunes from the pictures - we were driving quite conservatively much to the disappointment of our driver but because the university had organized the tour we couldn't take any risks. This didn't stop the kids from screaming with excitement each time we went sideways down a hill.

We stopped a few times before we reached the Inland Sea which is on the border to Saudi Arabia. Breathtakingly beautiful with the sand and water and the sun about to set.

  Before returning to Doha we stopped at a camp where we had dinner, played soccer, and drank arabic tea prepared the traditional way....in my oppinion it has nothing to do with tea but it's delicious and as sweet as dessert.

We're going again in 2 weeks when my dad, Merete, my niece and my nephew are coming and then we will bring Stuart as well......although I have a feeling the driving will be a lot more scary with Stuart encouraging the drivers. I'll be voting for guys and girls in separate cars!