We’ve been home in Chiang Mai for a week now, and things are going quite well. The trip was good – the kids slept most of the time, and Samantha made some friends in Taipei Airport, where she played for about 2 hours in the Hello Kitty playground. I LOVE airport play grounds!!! She was so worn out after playing on the slides etc that she slept for a few more hours on the Taipei-Bangkok leg. So much more than I hoped for…

So, we’ve been recovering from Jetlag very slowly. Timothy is now sick with a cold, so is a little more grumpy than usual. But as was pointed out to me today at church, it’s hard to believe he’s sick and ‘grumpy’ when he’s giggling, smiling and charming everyone he meets!

The house is slowly coming back into order, although it’s hard to keep such a tiny living room tidy with a plethora of toys and two active rug rats! We’d forgotten we had so many toys! Most days I just let nature take it’s course and simply try to keep the main thoroughfares clear with the trusty ‘toy plow’.

It’s good to be home after a year ‘State-side’. I have my own bed, my own pillow. My truck. My computer. my my my. me me me! Hmm, there’s a theme emerging here. The only think missing from the perfect home life here at Sanborn Cottage in Chiang Mai is Rusty the Wonder Dog, who we gave away several months ago, when it became apparent that we would be gone longer than anticipated and no one was able to ‘dog sit’ for us. We miss him terribly, but we’re glad he has a good home with lots of friends to take care of him.