Palm Sunday

In celebration of Palm Sunday, Vergie is waving a palm branch just cut from the date palm in our front yard. 

Basketball Tournament

On the first weekend in March, Tim and Lisa were thrilled to be able to join Max and Simon in Kuwait for their school basketball tournament. Qatar Academy took 4 squads (40 students) to the tournament so there was lots of Varsity and Junior Varsity action to see!

Max and Simon's Varsity Boys team was undefeated for the entire round robin play. They entered the final game with a 6 - 0 record. And the final game was as exciting and as stressful as any we have watched. The boys played the American School of Kuwait and at the end of regular time the score was 42-42. At the end of the 3 minute overtime the score was 49-50. A heartbreaking loss for our boys.

 

Tennis

Every year the Qatar Tennis Federation hosts two major tennis events. This year Tim and Lisa attended the Qatar Total Open Women's championship. This is a world class competition at an amazing facility and often attracts the biggest names in the tennis world. We watched the semi-final doubles and singles matches, which included wins by Chan and Chan (doubles sisters from Taiwan) and Suarez-Navarro (Spain).

One of Max's classmates is a Ball Boy for the Tennis Federation so he works during these events and we were able to see him in action!