Spring Break in Thailand

I'm not going to write much.. just share photos... we spent four nights on the small island of Koh Samet, then went back to Bangkok to hang out with our friends the Heins. They are leaving Asia this summer and we will miss seeing them on this side of the world. Our paths have crossed many many times in the last 10 years and it was great to spend time together again. We had a little pool side Easter egg hunt, ate lots of good food and relaxed!

In Bangkok...

We also saw our friends the Wadmans for an afternoon... here's our load of children... hard to get 8 kids 6 and under to look at the same time.. i mean impossible...

Also hard to get their fathers to look and smile at the same time!! These three all taught at ICS 12 years ago when I first came... none had kids... only Bryan was married.. just married...

Dear friends!!

Beat the Banana- Year Two

Last year Jack ran the Beat the Banana Race. Ever since then Max has talked about doing it too. So this year we signed up both boys. Jack and Bryan ran the 3k and Max and I did the 1k. Both boys were great runners and had fun. After the run we played a few little games to get a not-so-great prize ;o) We had lunch afterwards before coming home and it was a really fun morning.

Chinese New Year Break 2015

We still have 2.5 days left of our holiday, but it's going way too fast! We've enjoyed just laying low in HK and spending lots of family time together. Here are a few pictures from the first half of our break. 

Bryan and Jack at School on last day before break.

Jack's class on Cultural Day.

Lunch at the beach, boys in swim suits... Bryan and I in sweatshirts and cold ;o)

Waiting for the bus...

 Out Chinese New Year outfits...

Bryan and I spent the night over in China... Papa John's for dinner and some local markets after...

The boys stayed at a friends for the night... had a little baseball game while we were gone...

BBQ on the Paine's rooftop... they got a new grill ;o)

Indian Buffet Lunch on Wed.. It wasn't an offical holiday yet, so we got the weekday lunch price... nice!

After lunch we checked out the new ferris wheel on HK island. It will be here for at least two years... it was a great ride!

we took the ferry across afterwards to finish off the afternoon.

Morning coffee date with ear friends!!