Day trip to Bahrain.....

So since Brad and the kids were off of school and work this week we took a little trip to Bahrain with two other families. We had the best time. The Masons rode with us and we followed the Moselys. There wasn't much traffic on the causeway so we got there in record time. We went straight to Ric's, our favorite American restaurant in town. We got our fill of bacon and sausage since we can't get that here in Saudi. After we ate all we could, we drove over to the Gulf Hotel and checked it out. It's is super nice and we were all tempted to stay the night and if we had brought extra clothes, I know we would have. The pool was beautiful and so tempting! (There was some talk of a ladies' slumber party there at the Gulf when all the kids and guys are at Youth Conference) We headed to the Seef Mall and caught some movies. The choices weren't great for once. Whitney and I saw "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" or something like that- not great. The guys saw something else. We shopped around awhile then ate at Johnny Carino's. Delicious! More shopping at City Centre and some Cold Stone ice cream. Whitney had heard that Pinkberry was open there now but we could only find the sign that it was "coming soon". Cold Stone was just fine! It was such a nice day.
Here are a few scenes from the day:

Whitney outside the mall in front of the Johnny Carino's sign

All the kids relaxing at the Gulf Hotel

Evan posing with the newspaper man. (Notice he is holding Evan's hand in the picture. Haha Here that is just a friendly gesture. He was a nice guy and happy to pose with us!)

At the Grand Mosque posing behind some columns

Whitney and Tori by the Ric's sign

The whole group enjoying a good old American breakfast complete with all the pork we wanted!!