Those of you who know us well will be in no way surprised that we haven't updated this since we first moved to Vietnam and showed you our new house.
In the weeks and months that have followed we have seen some sights, travelled to central Vietnam, made some friends, taken art classes, joined a soccer club, got sick, tried (are trying) to get fit and knuckle down into work!
(Always ready for a motorbike ride)
One of the places we would recommend visiting if you come here is the The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. The whole family enjoyed looking at the model houses and were excited to explore the full scale houses outside.
Quite often in our pictures you will see out friend Chinh. She and her family have been such a good help and support to us throughout our stay. Unfortunately (for us!) she has gone back to Australia until the end of October but we look forward to seeing her and her lovely son when they return and are thankful for all she has shown us and the kindness she and her husband Viet have extended to us.
(Beating the boys in a Swan boat race 😉💪🏼 Gracie is quite the competitive type!)
Our trip to central Vietnam was eventful and beautiful. One of the highlights for our kids (and Veggietales fans everywhere) was meeting a real life water buffalo!
We went swimming almost daily, visited Marble Mountain, ancient pottery and wood working villages, Pagodas and every vegetarian restaurant we could find.
We drank Jasmine tea, took beautiful lantern lit walks through night markets and watched a knife wielding fight escalate over dinner...no one was hurt. Chinh facilitated many dates for Jason and I for which we are so thankful!
(Dinner time in Hoi An)
(Date night in Hue)
One other great achievement of these months is no more nappies!! When you gotta go, you gotta go. 👇🏼
Since we came back from our trip we've been getting back to "normal." Jason has been working hard through the list of things he came here to do as well as helping me edit pictures as I work towards getting a colouring book published. The kids are getting back into the swing of home school as I have my bi-annual panic over whether home schooling is the best thing for our family (we always ended up collectively deciding that it is.) I'll write more about what we've been up to in school another time.
(Ready for soccer! Jason has been coaching the kids teams and playing in an international team too. I didn't take a picture of him in his football kit 😉)
Being a bit sick here has been emotional for me. I wrote to some of my girlfriends yesterday telling them that when Chinh left to go back to Oz I felt like Sophia used to 10 minutes into her swim lesson when she would declare, "I'm done now" and try to exit the pool (only to be lifted back in again by her instructor and made to stay till she learnt something.) I'll spare you the details that Jason has enduringly listened to! I am feeling a good bit better now and ready for whatever these next 14 weeks will bring. Here are a few more pictures and a hope filled promise to do better with blog updating. 😉
Deb xx
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Meeting Geraldine, my big sister's friend, in Hanoi who came bearing chocolatey gifts from Northern Ireland.
It's pomelo season, we have a quickly diminishing stash of the best quality pomelo from Vinh City, Chinh's hometown. Eli likes to arrange and count them.
Dorky motorbike selfie as we drive to a local restaurant, Salt n Lime, for some delicious Mexican food.
Before we noticed there was a pull down blind we had a good laugh at the idea we'd have to use the bathroom at our hotel in Da Nang carefully 😂
Putting the baby to work 😊
Gracie Boo singing her wee heart out at our first family karaoke experience while Eli counted 1, 2, 3 into the other microphone!
My people in The Botanical Gardens Hanoi. ❤️
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