Porter Gets a Sandbox!

building the sandbox

Bubba and Dad built a sandbox for Porter's 1st bday present! A huge hit--he LOVES it!

Porter's 1st Bday Party

A monkey themed party (as he is our little monkey), so Sitti (carol) baked and decorated an amazing cake!!! Setting the bar high!

Bubba and Dad built Porter a new sandbox for his birthday! it is a huge hit, except when we tried to get some of the kids in it for a picture--turned into a cry fest!

King Porter receiving his first birthday cake with candle!

mmm...no doubt in his mind that cake is amazing!

Back in the USA

We have arrived back in Colorado after a long day of traveling.  The last couple days of our trip were amazing.  We spent them in Bangkok with one of Meg's friends, Kate from college.  She grew up in Bangkok and went to high school and college in the US.  It was great to have a local tour guide. She took us to have dinner at a tasty Thai restaurant where we grilled our own beef and pork on a little skillet and put various delicious sauces on it.  The next day she took us to her Aunt's house for a family brunch.  There was a ton of food and we tried everything from fish stomach soup to dumplings to shrimp balls and had a blast with Kate's family.  After that we cruised on over to the famous market in Bangkok, there are thousands or little stalls of all kinds of goods.  It is easy to get lost among all the people and the abundance of shops.  We had a lot of fun bargaining and getting last minute goods.  The next day we headed off on a trip that Kate planned to go see a floating market and fire flies on the river.  We had so much fun going to the floating markets and eating the fresh foods, shrimp, scallops, pork skewers, mangos and some pad thai.  We ended our trip at the Sky Bar which is an outside bar that overlooks the entire city.  The views were amazing.  The next morning we hopped on our plane.  We had a fabulous journey and enjoyed every minute of it.  Thanks for following us on our journey.  Until next time.......... Signing out,

Lauren and Meg 

On Ko San Road having our last cocktail of the trip...
Kate, her friend, sister and us at the floating market

Local Floating Market

Eating on the steps at the market, fresh shrimp and scallops yummy

A little Mai Thai Boxing 

Floating market 

View of Bangkok at night 

Cocktails at the Sky Bar

We gave food to the monk and he blessed us before our trip home.

The last of our journey...

We have spent the last 6 days in Siem Riep, Cambodia. We have done a lot here, woke up and attempted to see the sunrise of Ankor Wat, rode bikes around the city, got pedicures from Greek Monk fish that eat the dead skin off your feet, shopped at the night market, went out for Meg's birthday with some locals, volunteered at an orphanage, sunbathed on our roof top terrace, took a boat trip to a floating village, went to the landmine museum, and more. We are off to Bangkok today, by plane so we don't have to eat up another day of travel. We felt like we have done all that we can do here and have seen all that we can see. Only a few days in Bangkok and then home. The time has flown by! Love you all,
Lauren and Meg

Landmine muesem in Cambodia

Meg's Birthday cake

View from our hotel in Koh Tao

Scuba Diving!

Meg and I with our Cambodian friend on her birthday, he took us to a local club, quite fun

Koh Tao, and on to Cambodia

For the last 4 days we have been exploring the island of Koh Tao. The main activity here is suba diving and we have been on four amazing dives. Most of the people here are taking their certification course which consists of four days studying their scuba textbook.... Lauren and I feel very privileged and lucky to have this under our belts! The dives have been fabulous! After a scuba review we went to look at some of the most magnificent coral in the entire world. The colors and fish that you see is unbelievable. we have even been attacked by a large territorial fish, but luckily we came away unharmed.

Tomorrow we are spending the day on the beach (in hope that the rain stops) for one last day to tan. At four we will start our long journey to Cambodia (boat to the main land, overnight bus to Bangkok, and then a 10 hr bus to Sieam Reap...!)