January 22nd

I'm thankful for

1. friends to climb stairs with and beautiful views

2.  Daughters to help fix bikes and watch babies and learning to drive

3.  Special time with Kate walking down to the bx. And keeping to my diet... no sugar cravings.... my diet Coke made me feel sick.

January 21st gratitude journal

Today I'm grateful for

 1. lazy days at home getting the honey do list done.  I usually want to be on an adventure,  but sometimes it's just nice to get things under control .

2.  Kids who will do face masks with me and watch the mandolorian.

3.  Adam learning to walk.   Official first steps today.    He also definitely had a preference for me today.   It will be annoying,  but sometimes it's just nice to be someone's favourite. 

4. Justin,  for doing b the honey do things around the house.   It's nice to have a project together and I'm grateful he can fix my messes...ie hammock,  bunny cages etc.

January 19th gratitude journal

Today is the start of my gratitude journal....3 thing I am thankful for today

1.  Not having many responsibilities at church so that when I had a sick child I didn't have to worry about not being available. 

2.  The new vegetable stand I found.  So my grocery bill is affordable.   Eating so many more vegetables is hard!  But delicious.   I feel pretty full. 

3.  Kate... even when sick she is a joy.   She made Dinner because she wanted to learn how to make it.   She also helped sing songs and entertain Adam.  She's the best. 

Thailand 12/26 zipline, doi suthep

On our first official day in Thailand we started out with a zipline tour with eagle zipline tours.  It was a full 3 hour zipline experience.  Adam of course was too young to go,  so he and I hiked around and explored a mountain village and some rice paddies. 

After the morning of hiking and zip lining, we headed up the mountain to a national park and market.  After that we visited doi suthep, a beautiful Buddhist temple.  It was a fantastic day!

Thailand - Christmas day

We went to Thailand for Christmas break this year and it was absolutely amazing!  We opened presents early on Christmas eve so that we didn't have to take any presents to Thailand.   On the evening of Christmas eve,  we left the house, grabbed some traditional kfc and headed to the airport.  Upon arrival we realized that we had left Justin's luggage... oops!  He was a good sport about it.  Got into Bangkok at 12:35 am Christmas day.   Took a cab to a hostel and slept in.   

breakfast from 7-11 at the top of our hostel. 

view from our hostel

owner of the hostel.   She was incredibly sweet and loved Adam

leaving the Bangkok airport to meet yo with cousins and fly to Chiang mai!

Disneyland tokyo

The day after Thanksgiving was much nicer weather wise.  We went to Disneyland. It was fun, and predictable having been to Disney before.   Usually I don't enjoy routine or sameness,  but today I really enjoyed knowing exactly what each experience was going to be like.  Maybe being in a different country with weather I didn't anticipate just made the predictability of Disney soothing.  Everyone had a nice time,  even adam.  Nathan Adam and I left early ( around 5) so Adam could get some sleep.  Also we had committed to eating dinner at the hotel as part of our package deal so Nathan and I got the royal treatment with some delicious food.   On the way to these new hotel I realized we had left our passports in the safe at the hostel from the night before....whoops!  Justin was good enough to grab them the next morning as he and the girls didn't leave disney until 10 pm.

disney sea

We spent Thanksgiving away Disney sea this year.   It was a lot of fun,  but soooooo cold!  We met up with the Kirkpatrick  family.   The kids were excited to see each other, and Justin and I had a great time palling around with Catina and Alex.  They are a fun family.   We were used to Okinawa and  didn't dress warmly enough.   It didn't help that it rained all day long.  Disney sea was pretty interesting,  but had super long lines.  I wish it would have been nicer because the park was pretty cool. 

Me and Catina.... my terrible selfie

the kids together!

fireworks and Christmas show on the river

hostel where we stayed.... those beds were hard!  The end of the day was a bit traumatic.   We lost our Kate on the way to the bus.  Found her back at Disney... she starred following the wrong stroller and when she realised her mistake went to the first American she saw who took her to lost and found.   Then when we got to the bus we didn't have small enough bills so we had to go back and get change.   Finally made it to the hostel cold, wet, but happy and especially thankful for Kate and the Kirkpatrick family.