It’s been an awesome 2 weeks here! The pictures say it all! We say goodbye to Uncle Boots and Aunt Cate tonight. I’m anticipating an emotional hangover from the 3gingersnaps (and the parents too). We are so grateful they made the trip – such an amazing time together!! Boots and Char were reading buddies. The…… Continue reading Goodbye Thailand by Hil

It’s a catch up day…school work, travel planning and catching up on the blog. Travel is busy and hard to fit in time (and find a good wifi connection) to update the blog. Oh first world problems…. This is my view right now. We’re sitting by the beach in Ko Lanta trying to get some…… Continue reading “Ketchup” post by Hil

Today we went to the women’s museum.  Right now in this blog post I’m going to tell you a little bit about the Vietnamese woman fashion. All women in vietnam were dresses.In this picture you see a lot of dresses. All these styles of dresses are worn by women today.  Most of the women in…… Continue reading Women’s fashion in Vietnam 🇻🇳 

Not every day is full of wonderful cultural experiences…

This is a blog post to answer my grandpa’squestion about what materials are used to build bridges. It is also for everyone else reading the blog who wants to learn about bridges.  Here are some types of materials that are used to build bridges Bricks Stone Vines Rope Wood Steel Wire Concrete Stone and steel…… Continue reading Types of materials used to build bridges – by Ruby

A couple of days ago we went and saw the Water Puppet show in Hoi An. Here is Arden’s thoughts about the show: The show was so pretty. I like the puppets dancing around. Water puppets are attached to stick and the puppet people hold the sticks under water and the people stand behind a…… Continue reading Water Puppets by Arden

Ruby elephant is 55 years old  Ruby the elephant was once a logging girl Sambo the elephant got a nail stuck in her foot   Ruby the elephant is  healthy Hen The boy elephant ran into a tree and lost one of his tusks  Sambo the eleqhant used to beg for food  Elephants flap their ears…… Continue reading Things I learned that elephant camp by Ruby

I like how Ruby (the elephant, not my sister) put sand, dirt & grass on her back. She does that for sunscreen. Ruby is 55 years old but she is petite, like me. Ruby hangs out with 3 other elephants; Pearl, Ming Wong and Mae Nang. Ruby is the bodyguard and protects her friends. Elephants…… Continue reading “Ruby the Elephant” by Arden

Elephant Valley Project. This is what started it all. Drew came bounding in one day to ask the kids if they wanted to go to Elephant Camp. He had Charlotte at “Hello”, Arden joined in close behind and after Ruby checked out the website and found out that EVP houses orphaned elephants and they had…… Continue reading It’s off to Elephant Camp we go…by Hil

From the mall food court: Not bad. I guess he’s not a vegan any more!