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{January} jots
April 20, 2013 – 12:18 pm
Is it really almost May? Yikes! Time marches on! January was a blur, but some of the highlights include… LEARNING LETTERS PLAYING WITH DOLLIES PLAYING THE PIANO SIDEWALK ART RIDING BIKES PLAYING OUTSIDE PUTTING ON OUR SHOES CELEBRATING TIROT’S BIRTHDAY MEDIA AMUSEMENT ART MASKS (we ...read more...
Mondulkiri
February 4, 2013 – 3:49 pm
Early on the 26th of December, we departed with several good friends to enjoy a four-day trip to the beautiful province of Mondulkiri–approximately 5-hours from Phnom Penh, bordering Vietnam. As we left the congestion and chaos of the city and entered the tranquil landscape of the countryside, I found myself quietly gasping at the remarkable ...read more...
A Merry Christmas
January 28, 2013 – 9:37 pm
By now, we’re fairly set in our family Christmas traditions–though, we’re not opposed to adopting new ones! I start baking in early December and then continue until we have all of our favorite holiday treats–fudge (thanks to Jenn J. and mom for the ingredients!), peanut brittle, peppermint bark, gingerbread cookies, and decorated sugar cookies. We ...read more...
Little Lindleigh
January 26, 2013 – 10:33 pm
On December 16th I became the proud uncle of Lindleigh, my sister, Lydia, and her husband, Xidong’s first child. These are the moments when it is especially hard to be away from it all, and when the reality of the fact that we really are on the other side of the world sets in. I ...read more...
Christmas in Thailand
January 23, 2013 – 4:41 pm
In mid December, we enjoyed a brief 4-day family holiday to Bangkok, which had been booked six months previously through the Air Asia “free” ticket offer–six months before we knew how crazy our month would be. (For those in Cambodia, twice a year or so, Air Asia has a promotion which includes free airfare to ...read more...
Dancing through December
January 11, 2013 – 8:48 pm
December was a busy, busy month which began with Nate’s trip to Singapore for TMAI’s Asia/Pacific Symposium (related to The Master’s Seminary in Southern CA, which Nate attended). He was gone for five days, and I stayed home alone with the kids and…Samson! We’re doggy-sitting a white labrador retriever while his owners, the Putrakals, are ...read more...
Fa la la, la la la, la. la. la.
January 2, 2013 – 9:30 pm
The weekend after Thanksgiving, we decked the halls for Christmas. Ava was definitely more excited and aware as a three-year old, than in previous years and even little Paton seemed to enjoy the festive transformation. We commenced the first Christmas carols of the season as we jollily (is that a word?) erected our beautiful Target-bought ...read more...