We Made It!

Well we made it safely to Thailand with no major problems. I found out about a day before we left that some friends of ours were going to be on the same flight I was to Thailand. They were able to help me out a ton with the kids on the flight. I was especially thankful when I realized that it was impossible to take Kayleigh and Zeb to the bathroom on the plane with Layla. I couldn't just leave her in the seat while I took them to the bathroom. I was so thankful for Aaron and Stacey for holding Layla while I helped the older two. When we landed in Thailand we anxiously waited for John to arrive at our set meeting point. I wasn't too worried because he was able to call me the night before I left our house to tell me he made it to Thailand. My parents landed that night but my kids were in bed. When they woke up the next morning they were greeted by my parents. They were so excited! Zeb kept telling my dad "Papa it has been so long!" My parents brought our Christmas presents over, so for the second year in a row we had Christmas in January. After the morning of opening some presents we left Bangkok to head down to the house we are staying at in Hua Hin.

My mom holding Layla for the first time since she was two months old!

Zeb got a Lighting McQueen laptop for Christmas.

Kayleigh got a kids digital camera! 

Once in a lifetime...

Today was the start of a trip Alisa surprised me with for my birthday.
We are going to Hong Kong!!! We were all ready for our 7:45am flight
and when we arrived at the airport, we found out our flight has been
delayed until 1pm! We were a little sad.

We went to the airline desk an asked if we could change our flight to
an earlier one and they did. We did not know we would be put on another
flight in first class! What a blessing and a huge surprise.

We are both very thankful for this opportunity. We'll let you know
more soon.

Thailand Trip Day 6

Our last and final day in Thailand consisted mostly of traveling back to Kunming. We started early, around 5:00am, which surprisingly, the kids did very well. Everyone was excited about flying back home. We had to change planes in Bangkok, so we had a 2 hour layover, just enough time to get in a little breakfast before leaving. There is a Burger King in the Bangkok airport so Kayleigh got to eat eggs and hash browns. Then a Dairy Queen blizzard for dessert! Life in China does not allow us to have these Western treats so we eat them any chance we have.

Right after this picture was taken, what we thought was a spit-up stain on his pants was actually the indication of a diaper that was totally blown out! Good thing our gate had a bathroom with a changing station in it! After Zeb's diaper was changed we walked right on the plane.

Thailand Trip Day 1

Well, we are back from Thailand and we had a blast. I plan to give you an update of each of our days there so you can get a feel for how are trip went. The first day was a travel day. Those days are never my favorite and for some reason never uneventful. So we began our travel last Thursday around 1:30pm. We headed to the airport only to find out that our flight was delayed by an hour and half. So instead of leaving at 3:20 we left at almost 5pm. When we first heard the news we were a little worried about missing our connecting flight at 7 out of Bangkok to Chiang Mai. However, the lady at the ticket counter assured John in these words "it is not possible for you to miss your flight". However, this did not really reassure us since we are pretty sure it is possible. So we were trying to figure out what to do with the kids while we waited. We decided to hit the new KFC inside the airport for a really really early dinner because we didn't know if we would have another chance to feed them. When we arrived in Bangkok we literally ran to the next gate to get on the plane. We arrived at the gate at 6:59. The flight was to take off at 7pm! After landing in Chiang Mai we waited for 30 minutes for our luggage to arrive only to find out that for some reason we had to go to the international terminal to pick it up. By the time the kids were placed in their beds it was 11pm to their bodies. They were all so tired and worn out from the trip. We were hoping for a better day after a good night of rest.

We made it!

We touched down in East Asia last night and we were tired. Kayleigh did incredibly well and slept half of the flight from Atlanta to Korea. We are very thankful for the smooth flights and the transition we had back into life here. Thank you for your prayers because they were answered!