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Our second day in Japan we hopped on the bullet train and headed to Kyoto.  The train system in Japan is awesome! The trains are frequent, clean and on time. We headed to the station and got on a train and an easy three hours later were in Kyoto! Ok, maybe it was easy becauseContinue reading “Fox Temple”

The week before we left for our 6 week trip to the U..S Randy and I were able to sneak off for a week in Japan. Randy and I have always wanted to go and we knew it would be much easier without kids. Grandma Gertch took amazing care of the boys and they hadContinue reading “Japan, can we move in?”

We’ve been so busy!! Lots to fill you in on. We are in New York as I write this and I have lots to write about.  But first, some snippets on our last few weeks in Manila before we went away for 7 weeks in the U.S.! High on the list of the many, manyContinue reading “So long Manila!”

I blinked and all of a sudden my Malcolm is 18 months old! Sometimes I look over at him and I just can’t believe this big boy is my teeny little baby! Malcolm has been saying Mama, Dada, Ada (Adam) and this for while now. But just recently he’s added some new words! It’s soContinue reading “One Cool Cat”

We woke up in Puerto Galera and it was luckily a sunny day! It’s rainy season here in the Philippines so you never know what you’re going to get.  We had a nice relaxing breakfast with coffee. Oh wait, scratch that, we swallowed down our coffee and food before this rascal got out of hisContinue reading “Sunny Days and not so Sunny Ones”

With Grandma here visiting and daddy in Jakarta for the week for work we decided to head to Puerto Galera for the weekend.  It was a rocky ride but Adam hardly noticed.  He loved every second of it. Malcolm fell asleep about 5 minutes it, like he did on every boat all weekend.   Malcolm’sContinue reading “Beaches, Boats and Donuts”

5 years married.  5 years celebrating our joys 5 years getting through the hard parts together. 5 years laughing and talking, usually over a drink! 5 years growing our family. 5 years moving all over the world and taking on new challenges. Happy 5 years pumpkin! 

Grandma Lerch is here! Grandma is here for the next couple weeks until we head back for (6!) weeks in the U.S. How are we keeping Grandma busy you ask?  Chaperoning a trip to Dreamplay with Adam’s camp! This was actually just twelve hours after Grandma landed!  A Dance party to show Grandma our newContinue reading “Grandma Lerch has landed!”

You give us lots of kisses. You give us lots of hugs. you’re proud of us. You share with us. You snuggle with us. You laugh with us. You love us. Happy Father’s Day! We love you!

As fun as Palawan was it was so nice to get home to my three boys. What does a lazy Sunday look like in the Ali home, you ask? Well we always start with some drumming. Ok not really, but we recently picked up a vintage drum from Mindanao (southern Philippines) and it’s become aContinue reading “Lazy Sunday!”