Boracay + Esmonds = Perfect Chinese New Year Vacation

So we are currently sitting on Dan and Nikki's deck at our hotel in Boracay, Philippines...so relaxing, so beautiful, exactly what we all needed.  The kids are quietly (believe it or not) playing together in the hammocks, Truman is napping and the adults are reading or posting blog posts. :)

The weather has been absolutely beautiful...add that to the white sand beaches, crystal clear turquoise blue water and 6 happy kids and you have the perfect mix.  They have all absolutely loved being on vacation with their friends and so far we haven't had any issues!!  Of course its been a dream vacation for us too...we have friends to hang out with and the kids are loving it too. :)

Some of our highlights so far...building sandcastles, swimming in the ocean 100 yards (300 ft) out because it is so shallow, swimming in the salt water pools at our hotel, mexican food, sangria :), naps in hammocks, gorgeous weather, great conversation, finding a Starbucks so we didn't have to drink Nescafe anymore!, clean air, vacationing to a place where English is spoken and long walks on the beach.

I will try to get pictures posted soon...

Halfway To The Beach

Hi everyone. Sorry the blog has been so silent lately. We haven't had internet access in China since we got back from our US holiday trip. 

The reason I'm able to post this is because we're sitting in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila Philippines at 3:30am waiting for our flight to Boracay. It's going to be a blast but right now we're dead tired. But in a good way. :)

Hopefully we'll be able to send a better update later.