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June & July 2011
We have had a busy summer. It seems like something was going on every week. First off was Girls Camp. I was the camp director for about 28 girls from our church that were between 12-17 years old....
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El Salvador
June 19, 2000 I boarded a plane and headed to El Salvador after spending 2 months at the Missionary Training Center learning Spanish and how to be a missionary. It was a crazy adventure and helped...
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Hawaii 2012
A co-worker told Matt, “It was really smart of you to marry a Hawaiian.” Any excuse we can find to go to Hawaii, we will take. With my younger sister in Hawaii and recently having twins who would be...
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
The beginning of 2011 Kalani got really into Harry Potter. We made a deal with her that if she would read all 7 of the Harry Potter books we would treat her to a trip to the Wizarding World of Harry...
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San Diego Fun
This past week Matt had a conference in San Diego, California. Since Matt already had a hotel and frequent flyer miles, we decided to make it a family trip! San Diego was great. The weather was...
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Day Trip to Eagle Point near Batangas
Matt has great co-workers that tell him about places to go and things to try. He has a co-worker in California who married a Filipina, so they return to the Philippines often and recommended a resort...
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Cambodia Vacation
When we found out that we were moving to the Philippines, many people told us to take advantage of living in that part of the world by traveling to “nearby” countries. Every person that has been to...
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Dumaguete, Philippines
We knew we wanted to spend Christmas with our extended family in Siquijor (the island that my grandfather is from). The first time we visited Siquijor we flew to Bohol and took a 3 hour ferry to reach...
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Christmas in the Philippines
Christmas starts in September in the Philippines. They decorate all during the “BER” months (SeptemBER, OctoBER, NovemBER, DecemBER) and the decorations are pretty nice… it’s almost ridiculous how...
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Thailand Vacation
Matt has business trips every few months to other parts of Asia. He was in Thailand in November and then again for the last week of January. He really wanted us to be able to visit Bangkok with him,...
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Farley Family Visits The Philippines – Bohol Edition
We took an hour long flight to the island of Bohol. We only stayed on this island for 1 night, so we arranged a tour package to see all of the major sites of Bohol. They picked us up in a van at the...
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Farley Family Visits The Philippines – Cebu Edition
We arrived at the Cebu port and got into 2 taxis to make our way to the beautiful Shangri-La in Mactan. We were able to spend one day enjoying the resort and the next day touring Cebu and seeing...
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Hansen family visits the Philippines
My sister is pretty incredible. She flew from Utah to Manila (taking 4 planes each way) with her 4 year old and 1 year old while her husband was touring Asia. The kids and I were so happy to have...
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Perth, Australia Vacation
The end of May Matt had a business trip to Perth, Australia. So, we pulled Kalani out of school for a week and explored Western Australia. A very generous co-worker that we actually met while our two...
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Singapore Vacation
As soon as we came home from Perth, Australia we found out that Matt had a business trip to Singapore. So of course we booked tickets and off to Singapore as a family we went. I really like these...
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Canyon Cove
Some friends of ours invited us to spend a weekend with them for the birthday celebration of their daughter who is Kalani’s friend. It happened to be over a 3 day weekend so we took advantage of that...
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Baguio Vacation
10 days after school started this year there was a holiday on a Wednesday and then the following Monday. We decided to pull Kalani out of school for 2 days and go on another vacation! We headed up...
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Ho Chi Minh Vietnam Vacation
We noticed that there was a holiday where Matt wouldn’t have to work and Kalani didn’t have school, so that was a perfect time to plan a vacation! Matt booked us tickets, a hotel room, and tour guide...
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California Fun – Part 1 “Bay Area”
When we moved to the Philippines we had decided that we would use our vacation days in Asia, only returning to the U.S. for sibling weddings. And even then, only the person who is the actual sibling...
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California Fun – Part 2 “Sac Town”
When I found out that I was going to California I made an agenda to be certain that I did everything that I wanted to. Once my siblings found out that the kids and I would be in California a couple of...
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