These days, until we move into our new house, I'm finding time a little heavy on my hands. So, time to return to the blog. It's been on my list for the last 2.5 months, but I've been a little busy. I do hope you'll forgive me!
So a quick run down since Halloween:
- I celebrated the Melbourne Cup with a table of gorgeous ladies where we again won Best Dressed Table.
- I got to attend my first Marine Corps Ball and enjoyed a patriotic experience that is rare to find in a foreign country. Todd was working in the Philippines so my friend Connie was my lovely date for the evening.
- We celebrated a fabulous Thanksgiving (which I failed to photograph) with our very good BKK friends. I love Thanksgiving!
- I travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia with a big group of wonderful girlfriends where we ran 10k and half-marathons around Angkor Wat. Incredible experience! Hoping to make that an annual event!
- Our Girl Scout Troop hosted a bike rally and another awesome clothing drive benefiting needy people in our area.
- We've said good-bye to all our friends in Thailand and moved to Davao City, Philippines (with plans to rendez-vous on every exotic and stunning beach in the country).
- Tess, our wonderful helper, has come here with us and is delighted to be reunited with her family. She's been invaluable with getting to know Davao and helps us better understand discoveries like this one:
- We are 20 weeks pregnant and I'm getting kicked like never before!
- We have lost our minds from time to time, but not our sense of humor or our faith.
- D and C have begun at their new schools and are making new friends and adapting to the ways of their new surroundings. I am outrageously proud of them as this switch is not an easy one.
-T is loving his new position here as PM, building a power plant (he's in Manila right now so I can't make him pose in his hard hat for a photo.)
So, we're surviving. This is a very different place from anywhere we've ever lived and there is a lot to get used to. But I feel like we're also getting rid of a lot of distractions and becoming a closer family than ever before. I'm looking forward to that part.
We plan to move into our new home on February 1st, providing that the repairs to the house have been completed and our shipping container is cleared for delivery. That will be a happy day!
So a quick run down since Halloween:
- I celebrated the Melbourne Cup with a table of gorgeous ladies where we again won Best Dressed Table.
- I travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia with a big group of wonderful girlfriends where we ran 10k and half-marathons around Angkor Wat. Incredible experience! Hoping to make that an annual event!
- We have lost our minds from time to time, but not our sense of humor or our faith.
- D and C have begun at their new schools and are making new friends and adapting to the ways of their new surroundings. I am outrageously proud of them as this switch is not an easy one.
So, we're surviving. This is a very different place from anywhere we've ever lived and there is a lot to get used to. But I feel like we're also getting rid of a lot of distractions and becoming a closer family than ever before. I'm looking forward to that part.
We plan to move into our new home on February 1st, providing that the repairs to the house have been completed and our shipping container is cleared for delivery. That will be a happy day!
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