More Thailand Pictures

Thailand

We stayed at a beautiful hotel in Thailand, complete with several swimming pools.

Bangkok Thailand

We spent one night in Bangkok when we first arrived in Thailand.

More of January in MT

We had some cold snowy weather in January.

One week when Stephen was speaking at our church in Cut Bank, we wore some of our African clothes.  I have on jeans and snow boots with mine!

Snowball fights are always fun!

The Library

 One of the things we really enjoy while we are here in Montana is being able to make frequent trips to the library.  We only have to walk one block, and we go almost every day.

Ian searching for a book on the card catalog.

Reading by the fireplace.

Picking out some new Nancy Drew books

Ian's suggesting some things for Caleb to read.

Caleb reading by the fireplace.

Snowy January

Our poor blog has been neglected for awhile.  I will blame that partly on bad internet in Impfondo, traveling in the US, and the fact that during our transition process it was sometimes hard to know how much to share.

Now we have been back in the US over 4 months, it's a new year, and we're planning our next step.  Time to get back in the swing of things.

Ian celebrated his 16th birthday with one of his favorite treats- angel food cake.
We were at Granny Gabbert's house. (my grandmother.)

From Granny's house we continued northwest, all the way to Montana.
We jumped back into school and worked on adjusting to the climate change.

Look, I made it outside!

That mischievous look!
Caleb turned 10 last week.

Isabelle loves the cold and the snow.
She can't get enough.

Ian is into the snow less than the other kids.  When it's required, or when it's warm enough for him.

School Days

For some reason, Coyote decided her REALLY like Christina one day.
He wouldn't leave her alone.

Caleb is working on writing a "book" during his break from school.

Ever helpful, Isabelle is reading Writer's Inc to give him some tips.

Coyote, as usual, wants to be in the middle of things.

School Day

A typical school day in February.
We had a little visitor part of the time, which reminded me to snap some pictures.

Coyote loves to be in the middle of things.

The kids look very intense.
They are watching an art DVD and trying to copy what the woman in the DVD is doing.

The Headstrongs Travel

While we were flying, Isabelle wrote a story about "the Headstrongs."  I suspected that it was autobiographical.  The fact that "we" was crossed out and replaced with "they" many places supported that idea.  I'm not sure why she called her imaginary family the Headstrongs.

The Headstrongs- by Isabelle

We The Headstrongs flew today.  It took a long time.

Here’s how: We They each got to have two bags.  Then we they got a taxi to the airport.

At the airport, it took forever to get to an area to sit.  Then they boarded the plane.

They got drinks and ate sandwiches.

Then they landed.  They went into the airport.  And got our their bags.

Then we they got a taxi and went to our their hotel.  We They checked in and put our their bags in our their room.  Then we they went swimming.

Boarding pass says boarding time is 6:30, sign says 8:30.
Reality 9:15.

Lion Park

We had an amazing week in South Africa.

The last day we were able to go to a lion park-

highlight:

petting the baby lions.

The Hike

The Hike

by Isabelle

We went on a long hike.  We drove the first part standing in a truck.  Then we hiked up very far.  Then we took a break.  After we drank some water and ate an apple or two we started hiking down.  On our way down we saw the lodge and a lake.  We hiked towards the lake.  (The hill was very steep.)  Finally, we reached the bottom, but we weren’t there yet.  We walked back to the lodge.  I saw three ostriches and one horse.  When we reached the lodge, I took a shower.

The End

Bombazi- 3

 We took lots of hikes that started and ended along this road.

Bombazi- 2

Our outdoor deck/viewing area

From the viewing area, we looked out over the lake,
and we saw many areas there.