Learning Thai

Tom turned 33 last Thursday. We all had a lot of fun helping him celebrate......

One of his favorites, sushi, for lunch.

His birthday present, a lovebird (which is actually a small parrot), yet unnamed. He is a little nervous with us still so we are letting him live in the house for awhile and get used to us. Tom has great plans for his taming and training. The girls gave him a triangular Thai pillow for one of his favorite activities, laying on the floor to watch soccer.

Tom and his girls and birthday banana cake (recipe courtesy of Mom Mast- it turned out great!).
In birthday celebration part II ( I had to teach my final English class the night of his birthday), Tom and I went out for a fun date on Friday (courtesy of Reach babysitters) for BBQ, browsing a bookstore, Starbucks and a movie.

By the way, Claire has finally recovered from her "bug" (fever, intestinal problems) and is back to normal praise God! You can be praying we all stay healthy and safe for a busy upcoming week with the team. On Monday, we plan to go on a group trip to Ayutthaya (the old capital) because it's a Thai holiday and to celebrate our leader, Dan's birthday. On Wednesday we leave for our 4 day team retreat in Chiang Mai.
-Candice