I know it’s a long title for a blog post, but i couldn’t help it.  On a whim, we decided to go to Chiang Mai last Friday.  We mainly went hoping to take the boys to see the movie “Cloudy, with a chance of meatballs” but found out it had just left the theatres here in Thailand.  No big deal though, there is still fun stuff to do and plenty of pizza to eat, and oh, yes, Mexican food!.  We went shopping for some much needed kitchen items, like knives, which up until now, we only had one; and also took the boys to play at the brand new play area at one of the malls.  Also, while we were there, we went to the Rimping Market.  Rimping market is a God send in Thailand and is full of “American” goodies.  From the moment you walk in the store, you feel like you are walking into a really fancy H.E.B. in Texas.  They have all sorts of good cheeses, lunch meat, breakfast cereal, Hershey’s chocolate, and most importantly for this post, STEAK!  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, good steak in Thailand is very hard to come by.  A couple of weeks ago we made the mistake of buying some T-bone steaks that were from “Thai” cows.  I knew it was Thai beef but honestly didn’t think it would be that different.  Oh, let me tell you, it’s different!

We definitely know how to raise cattle in Texas, and i’m here to tell you, it matters what you feed ‘em.  I know this sounds silly and is probably kindergarten stuff for alot of you ranchers that might be reading this; (ha, that’s a far leap to think that ranchers might actually know how to turn on a computer and get on the world wide web and read a blog).  Just kidding, William, I know Darlene turns on the computer for you.  Anyway, we went to Rimping market and found some really good imported angus beef and bought it.  It was a little pricey but actually not that far off from prices in Texas.  To be more specific, i bought sirloin and tenderloin.

We got back to Phayao on Saturday and on Sunday we had a barbecue.  We decided to cook the tenderloins and grilled them wrapped in bacon just like a filet mignon.  And, if i do say so myself, they were awesome!!  now, i don’t mean to brag, but these were really good!  i mean, they were gooooood.  and that brings me back to the title of the blog.  I don’t know if it’s because we’ve been away from Texas and Texas steaks for five months or if they really were that good, but either way we really enjoyed them.  So, here are a few pictures of the steaks for you to look  at and you can make your own judgment.

This past Friday our family went on a camping trip with Haley and three of our other friends.  We drove about two hours to a national park that sits on the side of a mountain named Phu Langka.  It is a beautiful little campground set high in the jungle.  We especially had fun getting there [...]

We’ve been watching some of the news about the earthquake in Haiti and all the people who are hurting.  We’ve seen how they have lost everything and we wanted to do something to help.  We came up with the idea of selling funnel cakes at the local night bazaar.   We decided we would sell [...]

Psalm 4
“Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
But know that the LORD has set apart the [...]

Good news, Teagan got out of the hospital today!!  It turns out he had salmonella!  Sounds pretty bad if you ask me, and I guess it was since he spent four days in the hospital.  But, he is doing much better and is definitely happy to be home with mom and dad, and Corban and [...]

This isn’t the first time we’ve ever been to the hospital in Thailand, but it is the first time one of our boys has had to spend the night in the hospital, two nights as of now and maybe more. Teagan has been sick off and on for the past two weeks. We [...]

The other day I was driving down the street in Phayao and I did a double-take because I thought I saw Superman.  Well, I was right, and not only was it Superman, but he had Batman and Batgirl with him, too!!  You would think they would be in Batman’s Batmobile, but for some reason they [...]

My mom went back to Texas a little over a week ago and we had a great time with her and really miss her a lot.  We took her to the airport in Chiang Mai on Monday, January 4 and then went on a short team-building trip with the Reeses, Binkleys, and Haley.  We were [...]

Well, we had a great Christmas and great New Year here in Phayao.  Christmas day was lots of fun but had a few tweaks that definitely made it interesting and very different from Christmas in Texas.  First of all, it was about 85 degrees, so that automatically feels pretty weird.  We looked on the internet [...]

Our landlord wanted to treat our family and team to a meal for Christmas.  So the day after Christmas our landlord, P. Pawn, hosted a meal at our house.  She worked for several days to get everything ready.  She prepared a suki meal for everyone.  Suki is actually a Japanese style meal where you make [...]