Land that I Love

We're back. Our last few weeks in Thailand were quite hectic as you can imagine. The last few weeks before a move are always that way but going around the world kind of adds to it. You know, as happy as I am to be home there are some people that I'm going to miss a lot. We had some wonderful experiences in Thailand and hope some day to have some more. I really don't miss the ants.

Having my parents come and vacation with us was sooo much fun. What makes it so great is that my parents are so laid back and easy to travel with. We had asked them what they wanted to do and see and they were pretty much of the mindset that we knew the country and they would be happy with whatever we planned. So we did just that and planned everything out. It was kind of fun playing travel agent. We planned it so that we were through by about 4:00 most days and had the evenings free so the kids could take it easy. That worked out really well. The one difficult thing about travelling with my parents is that they ask so many questions that I can't answer. They want to know what all the plants are, everything about Buddhism, dates, and stuff like that. I can't say I blame them wanting to know but I just did a lot of shoulder shrugging and said, "I don't know." I should have just made a bunch of crap up -- they would have believed it :-)

We have a ton of pictures that I still need to get off the camera and post so look forward to another Picasa album from the trip.

It is really nice being back. We've only been back four days but I'm really enjoying it. Mostly there are just so many little things that you don't even think about that make living here so great -- clothes dryers, hot water, potable water from every sink, warm home-made bread, ovens, carpet, and the list goes on and on.

The girls did great on the flight back. We really are blessed with good travelers. Now the problem is getting their little internal clocks to do a 180. Yesterday Trea slept from 2:00 in the afternoon until 11:00 and then was up all night until 6:00 this morning. Luckily Grandpa (bless him) took her outside all day. She really wanted to be outside so he let her "help" on things he was doing around the yard, and played too. It really wore her out and she was a beast when she came in this evening but hopefully she'll sleep a good sleep and make a good step toward adjusting.

Now that I'm not sleeping when you're awake (or vice versa) feel free to call or IM and we can talk (all three of you readers).