Sorry if you've been wondering what we've been doing for the last week! We went to Thailand and I had SO MANY photos to sort through. But, here is a sampling! It was a great trip, despite the rain. It was raining when we arrived the first night. It rained pretty much all day the first day at the beach. Calmed down a little when we went into Patong Beach for dinner and to arrange our snorkeling tour. Travis did a GREAT job getting us a good deal, and as you can see from our photos it was a HUGE success. But, while he was negotiating, a BIG monsoonal rainstorm blew in and we were stuck huddled by the stall until our driver could get to us. Monsoon season is supposed to END in Thailand by November but was lasting much longer than usual this year! Trav said we'd look back on it and laugh someday. After literally crying about it while we were there, he's right, I can laugh about it now. It only rained for the first half of the second day, and when we went to visit an orphanage in Phang Nga, north of Phuket, the weather was beautiful. It was such a blessing to spend some time with the missionary couple, their staff and the kids there! They even took us to dinner for VERY authentic Thai food in the village nearby! Sunday was a gamble, but God smiled on us and gave us a full DRY day and cloud free for 3/4 of the day when we took our boat and snorkeling tour of the Phi Phi Islands! I have never seen such beautiful land and sea scape! It was the first time snorkeling for all four of us. Didn't get to see Nemo, but we all saw several Gil's and Travis and Natty saw a puffer fish (can't remember his name in the movie). :) At dinner that third night there was NO wind so the waiter asked if the kids would like to send of some Thai lanterns. You'll see photos of them lower on the blog! That was lots of fun for them to watch them fly away until they were just specks in the sky and then the flames burnt out.
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