The Many Faces of Fox

These photos were taken prior to our trip - when Fox had longer hair! Stay tuned for the photos from overseas though! Mary is sorting through over a thousand photos between three cameras!!!

We like to take him to the indoor playgrounds and he loves getting in and out of everything. This is an understatement...

We snapped this guy snoozing after lunch. What's he smiling about?!

Snacking at Grandma Lynn's.

One of the oddest faces yet!

Who, what, me?!

Rockin' out a Justin Timberlake look! This was a hat he gave to his great-grandfather in Laos.

Someone LOVES baths!

Fox has crazy static hair from his slide. Mary found this slide at a yard sale for $3.00! w00t!

Before we left, James' mom asked him to help her make a rock garden in her backyard. Fox is the little helper in all that he does. He helped "push" the cart at Lowe's then showed Grandma where a broom goes. He was a great supervisor to James as well.

Of course, no trip would be complete without a complete meltdown by Fox. perfect.

We are back and preparing for a fun weekend - this and next. Maybe this year, we'll post photos from July 4th - we will see! Mary bought some shoes (hahaha) last week from Banana Republic that were originally $120.00! Super cute and a super steal - in her opinion. If asked, she'll be more than glad to tell you just how much she paid and what size they are. (cheap and no, they are NOT her size!) James is looking for people to go and see the new Transformers movie with him. Mary does not like to go to the movies; weird, strange, whatever.

So this is us. Nothing else to report. adios!

Coming Back From Laos

We were out of the country in Laos and enjoying the relaxed lifestyle greatly! In posts to come we'll go into details about different parts of our trip, but in this post all we could upload were the last few days.

Fox isn't mad in this photo...this is what his face looks like when you tell him to "smile"!

To summarize, we took an early flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles. From there, we went to Seoul, Korea to Hanoi, Vietnam. Finally, Hanoi to Vientiane, Laos! The total flight travel time there was 20+ hours. We had plenty of layovers that are not calculated to the 20! On the way back, we had a stop in Tokyo, Japan between Seoul and Los Angeles. Fox behaved as well as anyone would have for long flights. Mary was whiney, James was tired and Fox inherited traits from both parents!

This is a photo taken from our seats inside the Boeing 777 on the flight from Seoul to Los Angeles. The flight was l-o-n-g.

This is what Korea looks like!!! (James took this photo of a picture of Korea from inside Inochen International)

But this all of Korea that we saw...

We are all still recovering from major jet lag. Laos is a 14hour time difference from Arizona!

James is back at work. Mary just finished up Scout Day Camp last week. We're all caught up on the television shows we missed while overseas. (yay!) Fox is once again reunited with all of his precious toys. Yet, it's still all so surreal to us to be back Stateside.

So this is us. Nothing else to report. adios!

Just for our Loyal Followers

We have no idea how many people read our blog, but this post is just for you!!!

We've made it back from Laos - in one piece believe it or not. It was a LONG flight there and an even LONGER flight back - especially with a super baby named Fox who loves to play the game of "mommy, guess if I'm going to wear a halo or horns on this leg of our flight!". hahaha! Halos or horns.

So, this would explain while we did not do our weekly blog updates! Keep tuned for the coming weeks of photos from our trip.

In the meantime to fill up space on this post, Mary won last month's photo contest for a submission she had! woohoo! They keyword was "Sword of Damocles".

This photo was snapped at the zoo on a very hot day many many moons before Fox was born. In fact, our friends Justin and Emily were with us at the zoo too!!! This is the conversation that took place between Mary and James. {mary} Dude, that camel is SO dead. {james} Mary, you're crazy. No it's not. {m} Yes, it is! Look at it!!! It's tounge is hanging out! d-e-a-d. dead! {j} If the camel was dead, they wouldn't leave it in the exhibit for everyone to see!

Then to the sadness of Team Mary, Team James was 100% right. After zooming in on the camera, the camel was not dead. The camel was so tired he just decieded to take a siesta right there in the middle of the exhibit in the hot hot summer heat.

We're recovering from jet lag. We're catching up on tv shows we missed. We miss our hamburgers and pizza! We think it's absolute madness to take your kid on 20+ hours of flying (NOT including layovers!). Shall we mention it's ONE WAY the 20+ hours of flying?! Mary needs to get ready for Scout day camp. James wants to get caught up on movies that released while we were gone.

So this is us. Nothing else to report. adios!