Time with family and friends and then back to the Kingdom

Oh has it really been that long again? I guess so as I just got a reminder from my friend Jennifer Puccetti that she's been missing the blog. And of course Mom and Dad ask about it daily. There is not much news to report from Saudi Arabia as I was back in the US for two weeks at the start of August. The highlights included a weekend in RI including a wedding in Newport and a week with nephews Cooper and Cole at Camp Bongo.

Mom and Dad and I met Mark, Beth and Michael at Aunt Carrie's in Point Judith, Rhode Island for a belated birthday celebration for Mark. I was so excited to see an addition to the menu-- the BLLT (BACON, LOBSTER, lettuce and tomato sandwich). Truly an amzing melding of two of my favorite things. Who would have known? We walked around the lighthouse and threw LOTS of rocks in the water. Amazing that Dad can still skip stones after all these years ;)


Three generations of Dushang boys







And isn't my nephew Michael just the cutest thing? His mom brought a bag full of his artwork from the year and I was fortunate enough to choose a few pieces and have added them to my art collection at home- prominantly hanging in my dining room. The snowflakes remind me of what I am NOT missing living in the northeast.




The wedding of Liana Gonzalez and Michael McGee was fabulous!! The Thomas family is my 'other' family and Michael is my 'sister' Marcia's son. Ceremony at St. Michael's Church in Providence and reception at the Pavilion at First Beach in Newport, carousel included. It was a party for beach lovers- flip flops at the door, beach-themed cake created by Chef Eileen Thomas. Cuban band cocktail hour and the views and weather couldn't have been better.


Mother and brother of the groom (or Marcia and Greg)

Groom and Best Man (or Michael and Greg)


BRIDE!! (or Liana and her Dad)



Cake Construction: That Eileen is a professional which is why it looks so good. I think her idol is Martha Stewart-- NOT :)


Too beautiful to eat really.


Cuban band for cocktails



Thomas women


Mary Beth and Jennifer

Eileen and Ann

Christina, Adam, Jack, Patty and Dana

Jennifer and Grandma Thomas

Kris and Charles and Jane and Paul
And Let's Dance!





I am off to meet friends for dinner at the Indian restaurant in Discovery Square- sounds so lovely, doesn't it? I will post this now and continue if I don't return too late...