Gone to Thailand (well, almost!)

As so many of you know, such the traveller that Ian is he has made his parents take a 3-year work assignment in Thailand so that he can enjoy the beaches and warm (I mean hot) weather of Southern Asia. In fact Dad leaves for Bangkok tonight while Mom and Ian stay on in the US for a few more days. Mom will also be sworn in as a US Citizen at the end of the month - well done Mom!

The next fews weeks will be a little disrupted for us all as we travel between the US, UK and Thailand but by mid-September we hope to be settled and in our new apartment. Ian will enjoy posting a few photo's of his new home as soon as he gets there so in the meantime we will be mostly limited to posting written updates on the Blog about family life for us all.

We will miss our many friends, neighbors and work associates in Boise but we know we will be back one day. We have been blessed to have met so many wonderful people in our time here that we will always have a soft spot for Idaho and the treasure valley. And of course, Ian's birthplace is here after all so we stay forever connected. Please stay in touch everybody!

Now let the adventure begin!

Love and Best Wishes

Barbara, Steve and Ian

Back in the USA

Our vacation is over! We had a wonderful 4 weeks, though Steve's back problem changed a number of the plans we had. It has improved somewhat since so good news there. We flew back via San Francisco, a 21-hour door-to-door journey which Ian coped with very well. Now that he is more nimble on his feet (he walks with support) we tended to spend significant turns at walking the aisles of the airplane, much to all the other passengers' amusement. Ian being the socialite that he is, stops off at any seat where he gets a smile. And that's quite a few! We see Ian with Nanny and Grandad Manning in tonights photo during Ian's 2-week Ireland tour.

Ian at the Park

During a small gap in the seemingly constant rain showers we seem to have endured this summer (June was the wettest on record in the UK!) we took Ian down to the local park near Nana's house. Ian enjoyed the tunnel, which is today's feature photo.