April was a really busy month with lots of traveling and we are currently enjoying a few weeks at home in the regular routine of life. Easter in Malaysia Easter in Malaysia really does not exist. It was the last day of my parent’s visit and they couldn’t believe there was no evidence or acknowledgement of Easter. Ella’s school did …
Bali Hai
When I heard my parents were coming for a visit I’m not sure what I was more excited about: seeing them or the chance to travel. We had hoped to get away for a week in April, but Paul’s work was very busy and he couldn’t get away. My parents coming meant I had travel companions! It didn’t take me …
The honeymoon is over and real life begins
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind with our first visitors (my parents) and lots of traveling. We are approaching 3 months in Malaysia and I can feel the honeymoon stage coming to an end. When researching living overseas, we had read about the end of the honeymoon stage, when the homesickness sinks in and the novelty of living …
Taman Negara (is not in Bali)
“What do you mean I can’t go to Bali?” It’s 8:30 in the morning and I’ve just driven 3 hours to KL International Airport to fly to Bali to meet up with Dawn and the kids. The Air Asia check-in person is holding my passport and explaining to me that I need at least 6 months left on my passport to …
Our Malaysian Life
I can’t believe it has been over 2 weeks since I last posted. We really haven’t done much in the past few weeks; just everyday regular life. So I am not sure how exciting this post will be. Contents Ella’s School and Sports Day Through out Ella’s rough start to school, she has been looking forward to this special Sports …
Weekends Away
We have been in Malaysia for 5 weeks now and with each week we feel more settled. However, I struggle with how to approach our overseas time. We weren’t able to bring many personal effects; in fact I filled our small shipping space with mostly toys. We had to leave behind all our kitchen essentials, picture frames (a few made …






