Sabbath Thought

The read: 2 Kings 4:1-7

The thought: Gods limit to his blessings is our capacity to recieve.

Pirates of the Caribbean

So this past Sunday we had our last school banquet, which was themed Pirates. Here you can see pirate dad with his little sailor girl. It was a nice banquet and it was fun to dress up. The food was good so I thought till a Tuesday when both me and Alana and a bunch of the students go a sick with stomach stuff, I don't wanna say it was food poisoning so I guess I won't say anything at all. Just thought you might want to see this blogspot exclusive pic of us pirating.

Belated Happy Mother's Day

My computer at home has officially crashed so I wasn't able to blog for a while. I just wanted to wish the two most important mothers in my life a belated happy Mother's Day (on the blog, I did wish it to them personally on Sunday). First my Mom for being a wonderful mother putting up with three boys and not loosing her mind. Second my wife for being a wonderful mother to our daughter while still putting up with me often acting like a little child. Honorable mention to my wife's mother who raised a great daughter and mother.

Congratulations!!

Just want to wish my brother and his wife congratulations for the birth of their first child a baby boy named Camden Tehler Montes. He was born this past Sunday and now Kaiya has a new cousin and I have a new nephew. For those interested in seeing the young fellow just follow this link http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s157/josefermontes/ to see the handsome little guy. Its about time seeing as my brother is 7 years older than me, but I know he is going to be a great father because he was a great brother. Way to go Montes family.

Bangkok

So here is the view from the hotel we stayed at in Bangkok. It was a beautiful view overlooking part of the city. The hotel was $80 dollars a night and it was a suite with a kitchen living space a bedroom and a bathroom with a spacious tub. The suite was very roomy and we had lots of room to spread out and relax. We would never stay in a place this nice anywhere else so we decided to take advantage of being able to. We had a nice time in bangkok despite Kaiya being a little under the weather causing us to loose a little time to site see but at least the room was nice so staying in wasn't bad. We had fun at the night market bargining for better prices and seeing all the neat local wares. The public transportation is cheap and very easy to use so getting around the city is usually pain free, even the taxis are reasonable usually running only a couple of bucks to get were you need to go.

My sweet ride

So here we are taking a family elephant ride through a Thai jungle. We went to this place were we saw a small monkey show and rode an elephant for half an hour.

Back from the east

So were back from Thailand, we got in last night after some 18 hours of travel. Man we felt like zombies yesterday, I'm feeling better today I slept ok last night especially after four in the morning. Pictured is Kaiya sleeping on our first leg from Thailand to Taiwan in a baby bassenet, we were lucky enough to have an open seat on the second leg so she slept in her car seat. Well stay tuned I got a few more pictures of the trip coming.

View from restraunt

Scootering some more

So here is Alana and I scooting along some back roads in Phuket(don't worry Alana's taking the picture especially after my first driving experience). Notice the wind blowing my hair back accentuating my huge forehead reflecting the suns rays like the moon.

Scootering

So here I am on a scooter we rented for a day it was lots of fun driving it around Phuket. But I did crash on it, don't worry my body is ok but not my pride, for you see I crashed it in the parking lot as soon as I got on it for the first time. I had only driven one scooter before this on and it was 50 cc bike that was actually running on 20 cc because it was so old. So I got on this one confident that I knew how to drive it no problem. I got on gave it some gas not realizing the difference between about 20 cc of power as compared to 125 cc of power, the bike started going with me not being ready for it to be going, so I pressed the the brakes but at the same time I was still giving it gas at the same time so it kept going right into the wooden fence in front of me knocking a couple of boards off and knocking me down along with my pride as everyone in the front of the hotel watched me tumble including my in-laws. After that every time I drove by the taxi stand in front of the hotel they would hoot and holler at me as to say "yeah your still alive way to go!"

View from boat

So this is the island we went to. A beautiful beach with some nice snorkeling and very little people to compete with. It was a worthwhile expedition with a wonderful payoff.

Long boating

So we took an a snorkeling excursion were we had to take a long boat to another island of Phuket. You can see we had to take a small hike out to the boat the man ahead of Alana is our boat driver. The ride was a beautiful one hour relaxing trip to the other island.

Local food

So the Thai food is yummy if you don't get anything too hot. Here I am having a coconut milk shake right out of a real life coconut. You better be an adventurous eater you never know what you might get.

On to Phuket

So here we are boarding the plain to Phuket. We took a bus from the terminal to the plain way out on the tarmak.

They love the light kids

So the Thai and other locals are really enthraled with Kiaya they love to make faces and reach out to her. Here she is with the owner of an Indian restraunt we ate at.

Waterfall restraunt

So this is a view from a roadside restraunt we ate at.

Walking around

So here were taking a walk around the Mission College campus. The first pic is Kaiya being pushed around by here cousin. The other is us posing in front to some pretty plants on our walk.

Arrival in Thai airport

Playing in Taiwan airport

So here is k

Trip continued

So we were lucky enough to have an empty seat next to us on both flights so Kaiya had her own seat and was able to sleep. She was a great traveler, no crying.

Thailand trip

So here is Kaiya and I waiting to board the plane for the 18 hours worth of flying.

Traveling across the planet

So were in Thailand for the next several days visiting my wifes sister and doing some site seeing. We've been here a couple of days and were slowly getting adjusted to the time difference, I'm almost there the baby and wife are a little behind. I hope to be posting some pics throughout the week of our trip so stay tuned for picture proof of our adventure.

Rock the vote

So the race for president has begun and boy it looks like a fun time is going to be had. The Democrats have Mrs. Clinton and Obama and it looks like this might turn in to a wonderful battle for the Democrats and on the republican side we have Giuliani running. I think so far these are the three to be looking at for a real chance of making a serious run at the White House. Could the States be ready for a African American or a woman, time will tell. I am for now backing Obama he is a great speaker and I like the fact that he doesn't seem to be in the same mold as the other politicians. Both Obama and Giulianii come across as being themselves when in interviews while Clinton and others seem to be watching what they say and very calculated. Well I am loving the coverage and the crazy people over analyzing things and turning what they order at Taco Bell into a glimpse of how they will handle the White House. So watch and enjoy the smearing has only begun.

Crowder

So this past thursday a couple guys from the dorm and I went to Sacramento to see the David Crowder Band in concert. It was a pretty cool modern worship experience. We had seats towards the back but there a small fenced off area right but the stage with people in there so I sent the guys to check it out and they came back with arm bands that gave us access, so we got be right up front. Look at his website and check out if they'll be in your area soon and if they are check em out you'll be blessed.

Go Payton

So for the Super Bowl this year I will be going for the Colt's, mainly because of Payton Manning. I like the way he plays and carries himself off the field. As you may know I am a diehard Dolphins fan thus I am a huge Dan Marino fan so I feel for the pressure that Manning goes through. He may very well be the best QB (Manning) when its all said and done but if he doesn't win the big one he will be considered a lesser QB than Tom Brady even if his numbers end up being the best in the Game, just like Dan is viewed inferior to Joe Montana even though Joes teams were always better than Dans. (Sorry the Dan being the best post some other time.) So for that reason I want to see Payton win so the poor guy will not have to be under the oppression of the flawed reasoning to who is the best QB of all time. Just a thought the reason Brady is seen as so great is because of his playoff wins, but you put Scott Norwood kicking the field goals he would be holding two less rings at least. Just like you put Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott and Roger Craig with Dan the Man he just might have a couple dozen rings.