Critters Crawling Around

Life is never dull here. Last week when we were at a local high school with our parents, helping teach in an English camp, a snake crawled by just a few feet from us while we were eating lunch!

And then... last night, this baby lizard crawled onto our mom's computer monitor. Not sure what it was after... maybe the cursor moving around? Hmmm...

And then... today our mom took us to a park for a lunch picnic. As we were leaving in our car, our mom saw a HUGE spider inside the car! We don't have a picture of it, though. We didn't see it crawl out so it might still be there! Hope not!

Jojo, the pianist

Jojo playing "Arabesque." He diligently worked on this piece for 5 weeks - from learning the notes to memorizing it.

Boom is 5!

Wow! It had already been five years since the first time we took a peek in the baby nursery at the government hospital in Sakaew city, about forty-five minutes from where we live. Bottom sticking up in the air under UV lights. We were there to visit. Who would have thought that ten weeks later he would become ours! Only God. He wrote our adoption story a long, long time ago. It is nothing short of an amazing display of God's sovereignty in the Weber and the Hongchuta families. Happy birthday Boom!

MK Friends Again!

Last week we had an unexpected but delightful visit from our MK friends - Lindsey, Erica, Trevor, and Tyler Jones. Their family stayed for two days and it was nothing but PURE fun! Seven kids eight years and under! Mr. & Mrs. Jones minister in Surin, about five hours from where we are. The Jones and the Weber kids are homeschooled and use the same curriculum.

Aunt Jenni reading us a story

our moms took us for a lunch picnic at a

nearby park while our dads went to play golf

minus the babies

looking at the fish

playing follow the leader - Jojo was the leader, being the oldest
Weee!
we abused this park dog BUT we did feed it with our lefovers
running down the hill

School Year is Over!

A few days ago, Jojo finished second grade and Boom-Boom finished K4. Yey! Jojo said, "The year didn't seem long." Mommy is relieved to hear that. They both have learned so much in a year - both in classroom and in life. The two boys are displaying special skills in different areas. Jojo in music; Boom in art. We can't wait what the Lord would have them do in the future.

Next school year's books are ordered. Jojo is excited about being in third grade. He wants to start right away. Hmmm.... maybe mid-July is too long of a wait. Ha ha ha! For now, Mommy just have to find something for them to do, other than watch movies and play videdo games. Swimming lessons, maybe? Well see...

Keepin' Cool

March and April are very, very hot months in Thailand. Aside from staying in our airconditioned bedrooms for most hours of the day, we did many things to keep cool:

* Play in a big tub.

This blue one was too small of us three boys...

...so Daddy bought us a bigger one.

Even Mommy joined us...

* Lay on a wet floor with no clothes on.

* Go swimming!

* Drink shakes! Mmmmm!

We had mango, strawberry, banana, and coconut.

* Just wear a diaper and nothing else.

MK Friends from Mongolia

Just a few days after we got back from the Philippines in mid-January, Filipino missionary friends from Mongolia came to visit us. The last time we saw each other, Jojo was only 13 months old! Their boy, Kevin, or Boom-Boom or Jayjay weren't born yet. We learned from them that Mongolia is VERY cold and has very long winters, and no beaches! So we took them to the coast. We played on the beach, went on a quick speed boat ride, swam in the pool, and window shopped at a mall. We had a lot of fun! We miss them already!

with our friends, Kevin, Karin, and Kara Ceballos

Fun in the Philippines

We have been busy. Yes, we kids do get busy. We do school while at home, meet friends when go on trips to Bangkok, and get dragged along everywhere by our parents. In mid-December our family flew to the Philippines for a month. We were in the provinces of Davao, Bukidnon, Cebu, and Negros Occidental. It was vacation with some ministry opportunities for our parents and for Jojo. We had three beach times, several malling times, tricycle and jeepney rides, hang out times with cousins and friends, and everyday trips to Jollibee with our Dad! It's the Filipino version of McDonalds, except it's better because they serve rice and the oh-so-yummy Filipino spaghetti!

Bahay Kubo (Filipino hut)

the best toy ever, a huge box where all three of us could fit in! Jojo at a family reunion. He also played the piano and sang at Papa & Mama's church twice playing with cousins we love Jollibee!!! tricycle rides in Kabankalan City were fun! Jojo turned 8 years old while we were there celebrating birthdays with cousin Jaja

cousins, lots of cousins!

getting some more tan

LIFE Camp Fun

The week of October 13th-16th was a fun week for us. We were at L.I.F.E. camp, an evangelistic English camp, held annually at Wangree Resort in Nakhon Nayok. We had so much fun with our American teachers and we got to meet many new friends.

Jojo reciting a short poem with his classmates

Boom-Boom singing with his classmates Jayjay singing along with other kids... ...then got so tired from too much socialization, passed between SO MANY people like a football, and lack of nap times

We had fun playing with our MK friends - Elaine, David, and Autumn Scott

Flood, flood, flood!!!

The month of September brought lots of rain and plenty of it! Several days into the two weeks of non-stop rain, we knew right away that Kabinburi was going to be flooded again this year. It was the worst that we have seen since we moved here in 2003. The picture below is a plot of land on sale. Ha! That's going to take a whole lot of fill dirt!

This is our downtown post office. We didn't get mail for about a week.

Kids had no school so they took the chance to play in the water on the streets!

For most people, they didn't let the flood interrupt much of their daily routine. For many, it was business as usual, just like this grilled chicken vendor.

Thankfully, our house/ministry building is on a higher ground. When the street next to us got flooded, we decided to join in the fun. For several days in a row, many people came to this street to have a tailgate party, wash their cars and motorbikes, fish, wade in the water, and swim. We did all of the above except for the tailgate party and fish. :D