Zach has gotten very good at riding on his own now, but he still has fun catching a ride on his dad's board - evidenced by the massive grin on his face. :) 
The most we have ever counted on 1 trike was 24 adults. What is unbelievable to us is that the tiny engines manages it - they are only 125ccs (the size of a lawnmower in the US)!
Ok, I'm the one who took this one a few nights ago - I almost stepped on this little monitor lizard when we came home. The dogs had caught it and left it as a gift on our doorstep in the dark. :) The foot was missing, but have no fear, I "discovered" it the next morning.
Zach loves hanging out with his friends in the village.
Mikayla helping with the laundry.
A lady and her neice at one of the Bible Studies. Isn't the baby adorable?
Her mom's smile is contagious.
The Bible study group in the village of Santa Justina.
I love how the Filipino men help with the babies and love on them so much.
Here was Jennifer and Ben trying to get in a therapy session in the village between Bible Studies - with an audience. :)
Heartwarming smiles
In this culture, older siblings have a huge responsibility to help with the younger ones. It is very common to see a little kid like this one caring for a baby.
The big sister / big brother mentality carries over into other relationships as well, and our kids love hanging out with their big brothers and sisters in the village.
Here is the market by the railroad tracks where we buy our fruit several times a week.
The daughter of our fruit lady.
Our helper peeling a pineapple using a special tool. It is amazing how fast they are at peeling a pineapple - and the fact that they don't waste an ounce!
Zach playing with Jennifer's sun hat. His eyes are so blue in this picture!
Some little ones helping their mom sell last nights' catch in the market.
They also had a small petting zoo, and the kids had a blast getting up close to the animals.
Ben and Jennifer enjoying a moment together. We sure miss her!
I love their expressions in this one - they all look just a little nervous. :) Steve looked so with good reason - the parrot kept chewing on his ear!
The boys wanted no part in this picture!
In addition to animals, they had some amazing landscaping there.
We also went to an elephant show - the elephants rode tricycles, played soccer & basketball, bowled, and painted. It was a lot of fun. The highlight though was when Steve was chosen as a volunteer to lie down and have an elephant step over him. Unfortunately for him, the trainer decided to make a bit of a spectacle out of the white guy ~ the elephant stopped above Steve and hit him repeatedly in the groin with his trunk! Steve was powerless to do anything about it - you don't want to make any sudden moves when you are under an elephant! The announcer had a lot of fun with the moment and talked incessantly in a very animated tone - all in Thai so we couldn't understand (which was probably just as well!).
Steve and the kids also took an elephant ride through a river. Quite the experience!
For our last few days of vacation in Thailand, some close friends joined us there. Adam and Julie serve in Papua New Guinea, and we hadn't seen them in several years. It was wonderful to get to catch up with them, and we spent a lot of time laughing together. Medicine for the soul. We also took in some sights - including this crocodile farm.
We quickly discovered that there was a lot more than just crocodiles at the park - here the kids each took a turn on an elephant.
Kayla posing with a sunbear
Ben was so proud of his solo pic with a baby tiger. Aren't they adorable?
Zach feeding the resident camel.
Then we found the crocodiles. Um...Steve??? Are you sure this is a good idea?
The highlight of the day for Steve and the kids was getting to feed the crocodiles. You could buy a chicken carcass (yummy!) and dangle it from a bamboo fishing pole until the crocs lunged and ripped it off. Doesn't get much better than that in Steve's book. :)
This one was really funny - the knot attaching the chicken to the string got stuck in the croc's mouth! So Steve "caught" himself a croc. :) It was quite the tug of war with the bamboo pole bending like crazy there for a while until the croc managed to get free.
We were so thankful for those family days in Thailand - a huge perk to living in SE Asia is traveling to some amazing places and seeing some spectacular sights.
We left Thailand and traveled to another country in SE Asia to visit my (Jen's) siblings. We spent the first couple days at a beach resort, and we had a blast reconnecting. It was especially fun to watch the cousins playing together again.
We also got to go to the "Seven Wells" - a bunch of natural pools and rock slides at the top of a mountain. So cool.
The little ones took a nap on the rocks. Don't worry, the pic makes it look more dangerous than it was! 
Enjoying the beauty of God's creation...
The cable cars ranked very high on our list of unforgettable experiences. Those things went straight up into the clouds! Absolutely amazing (and not for the faint of heart!).
There was a cool suspension bridge up by the top. You could feel it sway as you walked on it, and you could see down through the planks to the ground waaaay below. Yikes.
Here is a family shot at the top - check out Ben's face. Crazy kid. :)
We also had fun just hanging out with the fam. Here are the boys on Eli's birthday.
We also spent a couple afternoons at the park at the foot of the Petronas Towers. It had some amazing playground equipment as well as a wading pool and waterfall. Fun times. 
Precious moments...
The kids posing in front of the Petronas Towers. There are definitely some difficult things about this life we live, but we are incredibly blessed with how many amazing places that we get to experience!
Thank You, God!
