Ice Skating!!!

Gabrielle's virus was quick, and she recovered. Everyone else was still fairing well, so on our last full day in Bangkok we took the boat taxi to Central World and went ice skating. The first time ever for the Coker kiddos.

 This ritzy mall was having a huge Motorcycle display/advertisement of some very nice bikes.

So much fun. Gabrielle hated the ice, or actually the socks and skates. No one else was there, just our fam, which was fabulous. We took G off the ice and sat her down to watch. We had no qualms about letting the staff there entertain her while we all skated.

Tobin was quite shy at first but got the hang of it.

 Bella too...

okay, a phone always helps calm a child.

 I sat on a seal and David pushed me around. We reminisced about one of our first group dates ice-skating. David was skating so fast (back on our date moons ago), he nearly took out a kid and instead picked the kid up quick, moved him out of the way and promptly bit the dust.

Back to present day, Sophia and Mama.

 Bella getting her bearings.

Oh look, she now has her hair done, and is probably buying a new app.

 Don't worry she was never neglected. This was another worker, who could REALLY skate. He took G for quite a ride.

They almost all cried when our hour was up, but we planned to return the next day before our afternoon flight. Except that in the night each child, in turn, succumbed to the throw-ups and stomach virus. Sophia from 9-10 pm. Tobin  in the middle of the night and  Bella by 5 am. All stomachs were uck, but it was quick, and the next morning they just had to rest before our journey back to China.

Though this trip had quite a few unexpected things happen, we were so thankful to God for how he provided and blessed. We still were able to do all the fun things we wanted to do. And amazingly no one threw up on our airplane rides back.

Before all of that and after ice skating we had a little photo opp on some nice bikes. 'Don't scratch them or you won't go to college!'