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We took our friends to a water park near our home.

Justus loved playing in the water. The pool requires swim caps but says nothing about swim diapers. Go figure.

I got to go to a Presidential Meet and Greet and got to shake President Obama's hand.

We had to arrive and go through security three hours prior to the arrival of the President.  We weren't allowed to bring bags, food or drink through security.

The President greeted the children and gave a short message.

Watching the security personel was so interesting!

Holding the newborn!

President Obama was able to shake hands with the people standing against the partition and up to three or four rows back.  I was in the second row and he shook hands with the people on my left with his right hand and people on my right with his left hand.  I was less than two feet away from him and could have reached out and hugged him he was so close.  I just stood there shell shocked until he started to move past us.  I reached out and shook his hand a the last moment before he moved on.

We were allowed to take pictures of him before he approached us and after he moved past.  We had to put the cameras, phones, ipads away when he was near us.  His security team kept us in line demanding that people put down their cameras as he approached.

The guy just ahead of me was holding his newborn.   President Obama asked to hold the baby.  I thought how priceless it would be if he could have a picture of it so I tried to inconspicuously snap a photo.  President looked right at me and said, "Where is the mother?" I got caught.  The guy looked behind him and tried to spot her in the packed crowd.  After a few moments of searching the President gave the baby back and moved on down the line.

Bethelle performed at the Theatre Sports competition. She is so fun to watch!

Bethelle's team 'Sherlock Holmies' tied for first with 'Rainbow Cookie Monsters'

For Jason's birthday dinner we went to Bed Supper Club. I love the modern decor.

Jason's birthday party! It is the 13th anniversary of his 29th birthday!

His cake is a cinnamon crumble cake but the crunchy topping turned to molten lava and sunk into the cake.  It is now "Cinnamon Crumble with the Industrial look cake."

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I got my hair and make-up done and because we were behind schedule there were three ladies working at me at once.

The ball was held at the Centara grand. Here are some pictures of the hotel and the rooftop restaurant.

The Marine ball!!!

We have some friends that homeschool and I offered to take them to the library, park and to feed the fish.

The high school had an assembly and Paul and Samuel both performed. Paul sang a solo and played the guitar and Samuel played bass guitar in a boy band. Parents weren't invited but I snuck in. The did awesome!

Halloween pictures in our expat community. It felt like halloween back home (except the balmy weather)

Paul - Clark Kent a.k.a. Superman
Samuel - tough guy
Bethelle - spy
Isaac - Batman
Steven - Skeleton
Justus - Spiderman

Bethelle and I had a girls day out and shopped for like five hours!

The kids love this mall! They have vehicles the kids can steer where they want.

My boys 'all plugged in,' the international school issues apple laptops.

Isaac went wakeboarding with friends. They emailed me this photos but it isn't very clear.

Samuel had a bunch of friends over for his 16th birthday. They voted on whether to watch Mission Impossible or Cinderella. Cinderella won!

Samuel has his Jv. soccer tournament next week. He's the keeper for the team.

Bethelle and Paul sung in the ISB Choral Bash. Paul had a solo part in the last song with the whole school 'Bridge over Troubled Water.' He did a great job!

Jason and I went to see Erawn falls. We rode a taxi, Thai bus, tour bus, mini bus, tuk tuk, motorcycle and truck taxi to get there and back.

Jason went with Paul, Samuel and Adam last year and I wanted to see the falls during rainy season so we went!

There are seven levels of falls that you can hike to.  Each one was amazingly beautiful!

The water was pleasantly cool felt awesome after the steep hike.

We hiked up the trail to see the falls. They were so beautiful! We stopped to swim in the fifth level.

The fifth level