June 2019

June was full of a ton of swimming, golf and games.

The kids were on holiday all of June so I bought some new games and puzzles to keep ourselves entertained in the house. 

We signed Ezra up for a golf camp in the mornings. While he golfed Madelyn and I swam at the pool, which is also conveniently located at the driving range. 

I introduced the kids to some oldies but goodies.. The Brady Bunch and Sorry! 

Our dog Sadie turned 2 and the kids wanted to celebrate her birthday. 

We made her some doggie approved cupcakes and even sang to her. 

The kids LOVED it! 

I also made a brownie cake for us to enjoy in Sadie's honor. 

I cut it into the shape of a dog bone and wrote "Happy 2nd Birthday Sadie" on it. 

The things we do to make our kids happy. 

School holiday also mean extra time to play with friends. 

One of my favorite things to do on a beautiful day is to lay in the hammock and enjoy it. 

Ezra showing Madelyn a few things he is learning in his golf camp. 

She loves to join him in playing golf. 

Some after golf swimming so that Ezra doesn't miss out on the fun. 

Outside of the Chandigarh Golf Association (the facility that has a driving range and pool) there is a man who makes nimbu pani (Indian lemonade) and it is delicious! We order some every time we come. 

We played a lot of golf this summer. 

Madelyn's hair is so long and beautiful. 

She's so cute in her swim cap. 

I grew up swimming basically every day of summer and love that my kids get to have those same type of memories. 

I asked the kids one day what they wanted for dinner and they said "chicken and donuts".,. so I ordered KFC and Dunkin' Donuts. They were so surprised that I said yes to such a not-healthy dinner. haha! 

This cracked me up because Ezra was working on a powerpoint project for his holiday homework and Madelyn was reading a book on the Kindle. Kids these day are so tech savvy. 

Just a sweet moment captured. 

I love watching the kids worship at church. 

Toy Story and donuts make for a super fun afternoon. 

Celebrating our friend's birthday by smearing cake on his face.. a hilarious local tradition. 

Another day at the driving range.. because there is shade and fans which are necessary in the 120 degree heat. 

May 2019

May was full of so many precious memories! 

Luke and I love to go to the movies. We try to arrange one morning a week while the kids are in school for us to both be free and go on a morning date. Usually about once a month we can catch a movie playing at an early morning time and have just enough time to go back and pick Madelyn up at 12:30. We wanted to see the End Game which was a very long movie. We found a 9:00 am showing in town and loved it! 

Our backyard pool is so fun for the kids. 

One of our favorite things about Thailand is boba tea (Thai milk tea with tapioca balls on the bottom). Recently we ordered all the supplies and Luke found a recipe online so we've been enjoying homemade boba tea almost every night. 

I found a birdhouse kit online and ordered it for the kids to make with Luke. They thoroughly enjoyed it. We hung it in the back area. It looks really pretty but the birds haven't been eating the bird feed. 

Ezra had his first birthday party for a classmate. He used to hardly know a kid's name from school and now he has blossomed into such a social butterfly. 

Ezra has been working so hard on reading this year and doing a great job. 

I love to make yeast roll dough for baked hot dogs and cinnamon rolls. 

On Thursdays we have small group with other families from our church that live in our neighborhood. It is such a sweet time of fellowship. 

This girl is such a hoot! 

We had our friends over the other day an introduced them to phoosball. 

We also introduced them to Mario Kart. 

We made our favorite Indian meal too of course. 

Ezra and one of his best friends Aaron. 

Ezra is getting so big. He loves to help me cook food and felt so big when I let him cut the apples (under heavy supervision). 

This pool is a perfect relief from the super hot Summer days. 

Madelyn and I were matching one day when we went out to Punjab. I love driving the roads and taking in the beautiful view of fields for miles. 

Madelyn and her sweet friend Lilly walking into school holding hands. 

The kids hand-made me some cards for Mother's Day. 

Madelyn has been working hard at her handwriting skills. 

Our space themed movie night included an outerspace craft and the movie "Walle". 

I love this sweet girl. 

She is getting so big! 

Ezra received a small drone for his birthday last year and loves to fly it in our community center. 

Sweet friends. :) 

Its one of my goals now a days to find "Indo-western" looks that are culturally appropriate but that I feel pretty wearing. 

During election season here in India we had our friends over for a watching party. They enjoyed explaining how politics works here and we learned a lot. 

We love these sweet friends! 

And their precious kiddos. 

Family date at the mall to celebrate the start of summer break. 

The first weekend of summer break Ezra fell very hard on the marble floor and had to get stitches on his forehead. It was our first emergency room visit and went pretty smoothly. 

These sweet friends are the cutest. 

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" movie night included a craft and of course spaghetti with meatballs. 

Delhi Trip

At the end of April went to Delhi for the wedding of a dear friend. 

Years ago whenever we talked of her wedding she said that I must wear a sari to her wedding so we got dressed up in beautiful traditional Indian wear for the occasion. 

My friend the bride.. we were a little teary eyed because it has been a while since we had seen each other.

While in Delhi we stayed at a hotel with a nice pool which the kids loved.

The ceiling of the hotel entrance was so beautiful I had to take a picture. 

In the summers we LOVE ice cream and ice cream trucks. Our favorite ice cream is the prepackaged cones which only cost about 30 cents. 

Ezra had been learning about the Red Fort in Delhi at school so we took a family trip to see it in person. It was beautiful! 

There were so many facts that Ezra knew from class. We were so impressed with him.