We have traveled a LOT in the last 6 years always tagging along babies and all the luggage. But, we've finally reached the stage of no more babies... no more toddlers.. only 2 amazing kids who can eat, walk, potty, sleep, play and so many other things.. all by themselves!
Its a whole new world and its great!!
We took the BEST trip to Thailand with an impromptu long layover in Malaysia and made so many great memories.
We took the train into Delhi and stayed near the airport. We then flew to Chang Mai and arrived late at night.
The next morning we woke up early for an adventure at the elephant sanctuary. They speak against riding elephants and instead have us feed, swim and play with the elephants in a more natural environment. It was the best!
We went back to our absolute favorite resort in Hua Hin.
It has a fun slide that the kids talk about all year round.
We were able to meet up with several friends while we were in Thailand and the fellowship was great!
After a few days in Chang Mai we flew to Bangkok and then drove down to Hua Hin. Our favorite resort in the world is in Hua Hin.
This was our 5th time to stay at the Novotel so they upgraded our room to a large corner suite that had bunkbeds for the kids on one side and a king size bed for us on the other. It was SO nice!
I love this view.
Ezra played bocce ball for the first time and was crazy good at it. He beat Luke and I over and over.
One of my favorite things about this hotel is the breakfast buffet. I had way too many of these danishes every morning but they were so delicious.
Madelyn like to "help" Luke play pool.
We try to have as much beef and boba tea as possible when we're in Thailand.
I love these two precious kiddos and their friendship is so sweet.
Searching for sea shells on the beach.
One evening they showed The Greatest Showman on the lawn which happens to be a family favorite.
We hoped to teach Ezra how to swim while we were in Thailand and to our surprise Madelyn learned how to swim too! These two are part fish!
Our return flights to India were cancelled so we ended up having to take a layover in Malaysia. It was our first time to Malaysia so we extended our trip by a few days to see the city a bit.
We went to a bird park that was beautiful and had all types of exotic birds freely walking around us.
There was also a really great playground that they kids enjoyed.
There was a restaurant down the street from our hotel that was very similar to IHOP. It was delicious.
We went to a kids movie (not many kids movies come to India). Ezra and I did rock climbing together. We swam a ton at the hotel and we also to the children's science museum which was amazing.
On the way to the airport we stopped by a great BBQ restaurant. They had a big Texas sign on the wall and were delighted to hear that we were from Texas.
We also stopped for one last boba tea because its our favorite!
When we got back to Chandigarh we piled up into an auto for the quick ride home and Madelyn absolutely loved it. Now that we have cars and drive everywhere we never take autos anymore and apparently Madelyn doesn't remember all the years that it was our only means of transportation.
We started a new tradition too.. pancakes and ice cream to celebrate returning home after a vacation. Mostly I wanted to give the kids something to look forward to when we arrived.
This was most certainly our best family vacation yet!
