Tea Party...

Enough said... by the way the "someone else coming later" was her friend Nua from our neighborhood!

Jesus loves...

Today we decided to visit one of the largest temples in our city. It is located near the top of a large mountain and it overlooks our entire city. The view of our city from the temple is absolutely breathtaking. But, among the beauty is extreme emptiness as thousands of people a day flood into this popular Buddhist temple to ring bells, bring gifts, or participate in some sort of ritual to cleanse their sins and end their suffering. It was such a good reminder of why we put ourselves through the process of learning language, living in a strange place, and missing family and friends. All along the path to the temple were people selling goods, food, shrines etc... kind of made me think of "the money changers"... Here is a glimpse of what we saw walking down from the temple along with some background music that Corinne thought was appropriate. Awesome! Below the video are a few beautiful pictures of our city.

A weekend of fun and celebration

Last weekend, Lynn and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary! Hard to believe time has gone by so fast (and I'm so old...) We had a wonderful weekend celebrating here in Thailand. Last Friday night, a friend babysat Corinne, and Lynn and I went to eat at a nice restaurant then went to a movie. Then, on Saturday, the 3 of us went to a resort outside of our city. We spent the day swimming, enjoying "free" AC, and just relaxing. Then the next day, we got to see an elephant camp near our hotel. Corinne loved it! She kept calling it the "anniversary place" and thinks that we went to the hotel b/c of her! :) Here are a few pics of our time.