Eye Rock

This December we've made a point of trying to get outdoors and explore outside the city. We stopped by the Torba Farmer's Market for snacks and to meet up with friends before heading out to the desert to find the Eye Rock. 

We had the place mostly to ourselves and spent a few hours climbing, taking pictures, having a picnic lunch, and just enjoying being outdoors with friends!

The kids headed off without hesitation to find the absolutely most-challenging route up to the top. 🙄

Then we took turns taking individual and family shots on the eye. 

I think Madi and Ezra did it better 🤣

The formations are so amazing and neat to explore. There are hills (?) like this all across the desert.

We got a fun group photo before we left and are thankful to have friends who love being outdoors with us. It's amazing how much more fresh the air is outside the big city. 😁

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Qatar National Day

Qatar celebrates its National Day on December 18th and they do it big. Across the city at the beginning of December we start seeing Qatar flags and lights and decor pop up all around the city. They have a huge parade (which we have not braved attending...yet) along the Corniche that closes the entire road along downtown. All of the schools celebrate, including ours, which brought in a camel, falcon, and activities like henna for the kids. It does not disappoint!

There are also special events across the city and one of those we jumped on the sign-up when it came out - a free cooking class at Eataly. It was our first experience with their classes and it did not disappoint! The setup they had was adorable with chef hats and aprons. They taught the kids how to roll their pizza dough and make a pizza then baked them, delivered them to the table with fresh squeezed orange juice, and finished them off with ice cream. These girls had a blast and we would definitely look at going to another class at Eataly because of how well-run organized the event ran.

 

Each year they also setup a fair (festival?) called Darb al Saai for National Day. The event and all its activities are free (including water bottles all over!). We spent an afternoon there and barely skimmed the surface of what they had to offer! We will definitely be coming back next year as it's setup for a couple weeks around the holiday.

Happy National Day Qatar!

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Christmas Card 2019

It's that time of year again - Christmas card time! I love designing and printing a card each year for our family. I am not a graphic designer by any means, but I enjoy getting on Illustrator and making them and I love how this year's turned out.

We used Vistaprint again to mail postcards of this design out to our friends in America and printed hard copies for our friends here. All of those friends around the world will hopefully be okay with the digital copy. :-)

Merry Christmas from the Stingerie family!

And if you want a blast from the past, here's our previous Christmas cards: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 (A moving postcard in lieu of a Christmas card) and 2011 (along with pictures of the pre-blog cards from 2008 - 2010).

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