I took some videos and Cameron put it together in a little montage that I thought I'd post on here. As you watch it, you'll see a couple parts where Colin is helping Alex and Ali out of the water. The waves were really unpredictable and the kids would be bodysurfing, enjoying the smaller waves and then big waves would come in and smash into the beach for five minutes or so, then stop again. My job was to stand on the beach and watch for the big waves to start forming so that Colin could get the little ones out in time. There were only a couple close calls. : ) The kids had a blast bodysurfing. Especially the first day when the waves were smaller. By the fourth day, they had to sit it out and we made it a "pool day" because the waves were so big (10-12 feet); I was even nervous about Colin being in the water!
Cameron did the video and chose the things that he wanted to put in there, so...enjoy! Make sure your speakers are on.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
It's Pronounced Pooh-ket (just in case you're wondering)
We went to Phuket, Thailand for spring break at the end of March. If Phuket sounds familiar to you, it's probably because it's one of the areas that was hit by the tsunami in December 2004. It's a very popular beach destination for Europe and Asia -- there were ALOT of Europeans and Australians. (While I'm on the subject of Europeans, we discovered that you are never too old or too fat to wear a bikini if you're European. Wow.) We stayed in an area of Phuket called Karon, which is one of the beach resort areas. We had a really nice time. We stayed in a great hotel (which was at the top of a hill on the tsunami evacuation route, so I slept easy at night!), the beaches are clean, the people are friendly and it was nice to just relax and enjoy the area. Anyway, we had a really great time (despite Colin getting the worst sunburn of his life) and would definitely go back.
So here are some pictures from our trip that I thought I'd share.
These first four pictures were taken from the cab on the way to the hotel. I had my camera ready so that I could take a picture if I saw anything interesting.
See the blue motorcycle? Can you see how many people are riding on it? Four. The little girl and dad (the only one wearing a helmet!) are in the front, then the mom (you can only see her legs and shoulder) is sitting in the back, holding a baby! Apparently, if you're in Thailand and can fit all of your family on a motorcycle, it's OK to do it. Geez, we could've saved a load of money on the cab if we had known that! Haha
Once again, a family on a motorcycle. Only three of them this time, though. And look who gets to wear the family's helmet!
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See the back of the gray pickup truck? I took this picture to show that there are rednecks everywhere. Even in Thailand.
An elephant farm that was on the side of the road.
After finding out that the drinking age in Thailand was 6, Alex was able to let loose and enjoy himself. I'm kidding! When we got to the hotel, we were greeted in the lobby with a glass of juice and a cold towel. Alex wasn't exactly sure what to do with the towel, but he made use of it anyway.
From our balcony.
On the beach. (Pretty much the only way that I'll be in any pictures is to take them of myself!)
Cameron washed up onshore.
Having fun in the water.
Wow! What a great...um...mound of sand you guys have made!
These people would bring this elephant into town every night and for 50 baht (about the equivalent of $1.50) you could feed the elephant bananas and pickles and sit on it. I felt really bad because I felt sorry for the elephant, but the kids loved it. Colin told me it was probably the happiest elephant in Thailand.
Karon Beach
All Alex and Ali could do was watch when the big waves came. Such a pathetic picture, don't you think?
The main street that runs along the beach.
This is the same restaurant where the band is singing outside on the video. The band was so embarrassingly bad. They knew only about half of the lyrics of the songs, so alot of the music was hummed in unison. Pretty funny.
Alex loves his daddy.
More later!
-jodi.
So here are some pictures from our trip that I thought I'd share.
These first four pictures were taken from the cab on the way to the hotel. I had my camera ready so that I could take a picture if I saw anything interesting.
See the blue motorcycle? Can you see how many people are riding on it? Four. The little girl and dad (the only one wearing a helmet!) are in the front, then the mom (you can only see her legs and shoulder) is sitting in the back, holding a baby! Apparently, if you're in Thailand and can fit all of your family on a motorcycle, it's OK to do it. Geez, we could've saved a load of money on the cab if we had known that! Haha
Once again, a family on a motorcycle. Only three of them this time, though. And look who gets to wear the family's helmet!
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See the back of the gray pickup truck? I took this picture to show that there are rednecks everywhere. Even in Thailand.
An elephant farm that was on the side of the road.
After finding out that the drinking age in Thailand was 6, Alex was able to let loose and enjoy himself. I'm kidding! When we got to the hotel, we were greeted in the lobby with a glass of juice and a cold towel. Alex wasn't exactly sure what to do with the towel, but he made use of it anyway.
From our balcony.
On the beach. (Pretty much the only way that I'll be in any pictures is to take them of myself!)
Cameron washed up onshore.
Having fun in the water.
Wow! What a great...um...mound of sand you guys have made!
These people would bring this elephant into town every night and for 50 baht (about the equivalent of $1.50) you could feed the elephant bananas and pickles and sit on it. I felt really bad because I felt sorry for the elephant, but the kids loved it. Colin told me it was probably the happiest elephant in Thailand.
Karon Beach
All Alex and Ali could do was watch when the big waves came. Such a pathetic picture, don't you think?
The main street that runs along the beach.
This is the same restaurant where the band is singing outside on the video. The band was so embarrassingly bad. They knew only about half of the lyrics of the songs, so alot of the music was hummed in unison. Pretty funny.
Alex loves his daddy.
More later!
-jodi.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Mr. Popularity
This is the title that was bestowed upon Eric during his visit with us. The kids were SO excited to see him. The week pretty much consisted of:
"I wanna sit next to Eric!"
"No! I wanna sit next to Eric!"
"Mom!!! Tell Eric to sit next to me!"
Poor Eric was the object of a sibling tug of war. (And poor Cameron was discarded quicker than a piece of chopped liver. Luckily, he understood and didn't take it personally!) We devised a simple plan: one of the kids can sit next to Eric in the car, then the other one can sit next to him at the restaurant. Seemed to work. Well, except for the fact that Eric was crammed into the backseat of the car, next to a carseat, anytime we went anywhere and that he had to endure random comments and inane conversation from whichever little person was at his side. But hey, that's one of the privileges that comes with being "Mr. Popularity". It's quite an honor. Eric was a good sport about it, though, and I'm pretty sure that he didn't know that if you sat on the toilet with the door closed and the light off, the Toilet Monster would come up and scratch your butt. Or that lightning has so much "lecktrickazy" in it that it can make your hair go straight up! So at least he learned something.
We had a nice visit with him; it was good to have the whole family back together again. We're looking forward to him coming over in July so that we can all settle in together. Here are a few pictures from the week that he spent with us.
Eric's plane got in very late, so Alison didn't see him until she woke up in the morning. This is a picture of her seeing him for the first time. She was SO excited for him to come and visit and had talked about it for weeks ahead of time. She was actually kind of shy when she first saw him and just sat and smiled and stared at him for a few moments.
Colin, Eric and Alex eating in Holland Village near our house.
All of the kids. We had just finished seeing a movie (which explains the sweaters on the little ones). It's about 90 degrees every day in Singapore, but they crank up the AC in restaurants, malls and theaters. Anyway, this is in front of one of the (gigantic) malls that are all over Singapore.
Ali won and got to sit next to him at dinner, apparently. This is in Clarke Quay by the river.
Cameron was also glad to have Eric back around. They goof around so much and have a good time together as you can tell by the next few pictures....
See? Can't take them anywhere! But they do make us laugh.
This was taken with my cell phone, so the quality isn't that great, but it's such a sweet picture, I had to include it. I love how Ali has her hand on Eric's chest.
All of us.
More later!
-jodi.
"I wanna sit next to Eric!"
"No! I wanna sit next to Eric!"
"Mom!!! Tell Eric to sit next to me!"
Poor Eric was the object of a sibling tug of war. (And poor Cameron was discarded quicker than a piece of chopped liver. Luckily, he understood and didn't take it personally!) We devised a simple plan: one of the kids can sit next to Eric in the car, then the other one can sit next to him at the restaurant. Seemed to work. Well, except for the fact that Eric was crammed into the backseat of the car, next to a carseat, anytime we went anywhere and that he had to endure random comments and inane conversation from whichever little person was at his side. But hey, that's one of the privileges that comes with being "Mr. Popularity". It's quite an honor. Eric was a good sport about it, though, and I'm pretty sure that he didn't know that if you sat on the toilet with the door closed and the light off, the Toilet Monster would come up and scratch your butt. Or that lightning has so much "lecktrickazy" in it that it can make your hair go straight up! So at least he learned something.
We had a nice visit with him; it was good to have the whole family back together again. We're looking forward to him coming over in July so that we can all settle in together. Here are a few pictures from the week that he spent with us.
Eric's plane got in very late, so Alison didn't see him until she woke up in the morning. This is a picture of her seeing him for the first time. She was SO excited for him to come and visit and had talked about it for weeks ahead of time. She was actually kind of shy when she first saw him and just sat and smiled and stared at him for a few moments.
Colin, Eric and Alex eating in Holland Village near our house.
All of the kids. We had just finished seeing a movie (which explains the sweaters on the little ones). It's about 90 degrees every day in Singapore, but they crank up the AC in restaurants, malls and theaters. Anyway, this is in front of one of the (gigantic) malls that are all over Singapore.
Ali won and got to sit next to him at dinner, apparently. This is in Clarke Quay by the river.
Cameron was also glad to have Eric back around. They goof around so much and have a good time together as you can tell by the next few pictures....
See? Can't take them anywhere! But they do make us laugh.
This was taken with my cell phone, so the quality isn't that great, but it's such a sweet picture, I had to include it. I love how Ali has her hand on Eric's chest.
All of us.
More later!
-jodi.
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