Bali video

Peter and Jessica put together a few minutes of our Bali adventure and have it posted on their blog.  Click here to check out the video!

Beautiful fall day

My mom recently got a new Canon Digital SLR, so we decided to play around with it the other day.  I haven't shot with that kind of camera since high school.  I've totally forgotten all that Mr. Howell taught me in photo class...aperture is set to what?  How fast should the shutter speed be, etc.?  Needless to say, I shot in the green mode which does all of that for you.  I think I should spend some time this afternoon brushing up on my camera knowledge.  Anyway, here are a few of the shots we got of my sister and her cute little ones (and her one on the way).  Oh, and I also need some help with my editing skills...maybe that's because I don't have any yet...photoshop, here I come...

I'm gonna be an Uncle again!

We just got word yesterday that my brother and sister-in-law are going to be getting a little boy (hence the reason I am going to be an uncle...it's kind of a family joke) from Ethiopia! They have been in this whole adoption process for a year and a half now and have been so patient throughout it. They should be going to get the little man in about two months...we are so excited about this new addition to our family. Congrats Reno's!

Cambodia

As I mentioned briefly before, Cambodia was, well, a bit crazy.  Honestly though, that was part of the experience.  Everywhere you went you could be sure that someone was trying to scam you, even the littlest of kids.  For example, Brian was pulled into one of these schemes by a ten year old boy who was spouting off facts about California and United States (part of his great plan to catch our attention)..."Sacramento is the capital of California, there are 50 states, Barack Obama is going to be your next president, etc."  Anyway, all that to say that he ended up beating Brian at a game of tic-tac-toe, and we had to buy a pack of post cards because we lost the bet, it was pretty funny in the end. 

On the other hand, Cambodia was beautiful.  Our main reason for visiting was to see the Temples of Angkor in Siem Reap.  Here's a bit of information for you:

• The temples were built between 900-1200 A.D.
• Angkor Wat (the main temple) is said to be the worlds largest single religion monument.
• Angkor had been the largest pre-industrial city in the world with an urban sprawl of 3000 square kilometers (that's the size of LA). 
• 72 major temples or other buildings are in this area. 

Here are some of the things we saw...

Angkor Wat

Angkor Thom

Traditional Khmer food

See the man perched on the top of that big truck?  That was a much seen sight around the streets of Cambodia.

Prah Khan temple below