We have received some e-mails from concerned friends that knew about our travel plans. This coming Sunday we were supposed to fly to a big city to apply for a 60 day visa to Thailand, then on Thursday we were supposed to fly to Thailand. If you have been keeping up with the international news then you know that protesters have swarmed the 2 airports in Bangkok, forcing officials to close the airports.
Here is what we know so far. The American Embassy in Bangkok has advised against trying to enter Thailand until at least December 1st, but it is likely they will issue another warning like this, everyday until the protesters leave the airport or allow planes to begin landing.
Therefore we have to change our plans. I cannot fly after December 11th, and although it is 13 days from now, we have to apply for and get our visas and obtain international airline tickets in only 13 days. We have been told if things do not get cleared up in the next few days, then we will have to give birth in Hong Kong. This is not good news for many many reasons, nevertheless Hong Kong is the most Western place in this part of the world, and we would be very comfortable there.
If you all could please be thinking about us in this regard. We would really appreciate it.
Thanks.
This rock was named “Pair of birds relying on each other.”
This rock was named “Male lion looking at the mountain.”
I took a picture of this movie poster with my camera phone so the quality is not very good. I am not sure who the man and woman are at the top of the poster, but on the bottom left is Aragorn riding a horse with the other Lord of the Rings characters and on the bottom right is the Japanese guy from The Last Samurai riding a horse and the other Last Samurai characters. I had no idea Aragorn and the Samurai made a movie together.
Recently a friend passed through our town and on his way out he left us some oatmeal cream pies.
Business must have been slow that day at the restaurant so they sent the cooks out to do some renovations with sledgehammers. They removed a wall and installed some new doors. We were sitting in another restaurant and watched through the window as this all occurred.
We wanted to get some plants for the apartment so we rode a bus to the outskirts of town to the plant market. The plant market was just like the plant section at Home Depot or Lowe's but only massively bigger. Its was like Lowe's on steroids. The large selection of plants were well manicured and well watered. But outside the plant market are all of these make-shift tents where the plant market workers live without water, electricity, restroom. etc. The red tent is made from an old billboard sign. To the left of the white tent is a rock with a piece of wood that serves as a table. I have no idea how they stay warm when it is below freezing outside.
Obviously this wasn't taken at Pizza Hut, but it was taken after we returned from PH.
LB drawing the branches for the tree we are making for Clai-av-eline's room. After she draws it on the paper we'll transfer it to foam and cut it out and stick it to the wall. 
Putting up the tree trunk.
