Bali: Day Two

The Zoo

On day two we decided to take the kids to the zoo. We really miss the Salt Lake City Zoo and Jack is obsessed with all things fierce so the Zoo is usually a must do with our kiddos!

We were there all day long with 3 little kids and it was hot (like depths of h*** hot!) but everyone did great and we had a fabulous time.

And the award for best overall child definitely goes to this little guy!
DREAM BABY 

Piranhas 

They sparkle...who knew?

Moss every where. The landscape was so green and lush.

Cool statues at every turn

This was one of my favorite moments of the whole trip. Some of the girls were teaching Bali tradition dance and Jane was brave and went with them. She was concentrating and trying so hard. She still will show me how they told her to hold her hands...cute!

Jack was seriously digging all of the dragon statues

The Komodo Dragon has made it to Jacks top ten favorite animals.

One of the best features of the zoo was the safari ride. It took you in and air conditioned (PRAISE!) bus through a big reserve filled with all sorts of really cool animals. We liked the big cats and the giant hippo (not pictured)

Still hanging in there...love this baby!

Of course one of Jacks favorite moments was finding these giant dinosaurs.

A long fun filled day and we were all pooped!

Day 3 to come

Some much needed R&R by the pool and Dan's Birthday!

Bali: Day One

Warning

This post may seem like I am bragging and it's because

I AM!

No but seriously Bali was so much fun and met all of our expectations. The only problem is we need to go back about 100 more times to see and do all it has to offer.

Day one was all about the exploring our villa, swimming in the pool, and eating yummy food by our in house chef!

This is our entry way (picture taken from the entrance of the house).

It was so nice to have a pool. the kids would wake up at 7am and have their swim suits on by 7:15.

Pretty cute tush!

One thing that was really unique about the Villa is it was an open air floor plan. Which means the kitchen and living areas had a ceiling but no walls and that whole area was surrounded by water with fish swimming in it (endless entertainment for the kids). 

It was really beautiful and fun for the kids but my big strong husband was almost crippled with fear of mosquito's. (He is OCD about Mosquito's and of course he was the only one who got bit)

A picture of part of the open air living room.

Picture from the kitchen looking out to the pool.

The kids had on floaties 24/7. I didn't want to worry about one of them jumping in when I wasn't looking and although it goes against everything I ever said as a swim teacher it quite agrees with me as the mom.

Oh the food!!! We had an in house chef and it was the BEST thing EVER. The most stressful thing when traveling with kids is "what and when and where are we going to eat?" Problem solved! Not only was it soooo convenient but it was sooooo good as well!

This was a picture of our grilled seafood feast that night. i think it was the only picture of the food that I took which is a shame!

We went to bed tired, sunburned, and stuffed!

Stay tuned for day two...the zoo!

Happy Khmer New Year

Jack and Jane had a celebration at school for Khmer New Year. Its a BIG deal here and the school did a great job with the party. They had traditional games, songs, and dances. and best of all let the parents come sweat, I mean PLAY with them!

Cute decorations! Each class added something and Jane's bunny face is pictured above...so so cute!

Quick picture of Jack coming back from music class.

Jane is growing up sooo fast since starting school. She talks my ear off now and is really good at playing with all of Jack's "big kid" friends.

She is a swing junky. 

Pin the tail on the rabbit. It's the year of the rabbit here whatever that means?

This little boy was so cute, he was so excited for Jane to go.

Sweet Success!

Jacks turn...time for the traditional songs. It was all in Khmer which made it really interesting since Jack has a hard time with songs in English...I am pretty sure he was lip syncing the whole time.

He is getting so old. It is killing me! What do you do when your baby boy is all grown up? I am starting to really treasure the hugs and cuddles because I can feel them slipping away. sob sob!

Such a pouty face! He all of the sudden decided he didn't want to play anymore and went to pout. No clue where that came from but I will say that Dan has a lot of pouty face pictures from his youth.

Jacks rabbit mask. He was so proud of it! 

We had fun at the party but we were really excited to go home and finish packing for our trip to Bali and Kuala Lumpur!!!