My last trip with my best friend!

I truly debated about even blogging this trip since Rhett and I have decided to get divorced, but I wanted to remember what a great time that we had together. He truly is my best friend and I know we will make a great team in raising our little boys together.

With that being said-- We were able to take a trip together after his deployment.

I'm not talking about any trip, but a MIRACLE trip.

What's a MIRACLE trip you may be asking?! 

Well, a miracle trip is a trip where just the adults get to go. 

A completely kidless adventure. 

It was amazing to say the least. I missed them like crazy, but definitely needed a break after having them on my own for the last 7 1/2 months. That was tough work.

This trip would not have been possible without the help of my wonderful Mother in law, Melanie. 

She is seriously the greatest. I really lucked out to have her in my life. 

I still remember the time we went to the movies together to watch "Monster in Law." She is the complete opposite, but we had a great time and giggled through the movie together. 

Anyway, Melanie was able to fly out and watch the four little boys for us while we went to play. Again, she is AMAZING. Thanks Melanie. We love you!!!

Onto the trip-

We started the trip in Bangkok Thailand.  

A few pictures from the plane.

Leaving our beautiful little island.

Rhett with his baht. (Thailand Money)

Ok, first hiccup of the trip-

We got to the hotel at 2:30 a.m. completely EXHAUSTED. 

We go to check in and they said that we didn't have a room for the night, but we had a room for the next night. We had totally booked it wrong because it was after midnight when we arrived. We asked if they had any available rooms and they were completely booked. The lady knows we are both so tired so she offers us an alternative. We had to be back at the airport 3 hours later. She would take us to a massage place and for $15 each they would massage us for 3 hours and then take us back to the airport. I was convinced it was a great idea and was excited to sleep through the massage and have a place to lay down. 

WRONG!

So there is a HUGE difference between a swedish massage and a thai massage. 

A thai massage consists of a lot of stretching versus a nice relaxing massage. I mean my girl worked the hell out of me. There would be NO sleeping coming my way. Rhett had opted for the oil massage which looked a whole lot more relaxing. Anyway, about and hour and a half into my massage I was so tired and almost in tears. lol. I politely told my massage therapist that I would prefer to sleep the other half and that she could just wake me up when it was time to head to the airport. 

Second hiccup of the trip-

They take us back to the airport. We wait about an hour or so to get our luggage checked and our tickets. We finally get to the counter and the guy is looking at us weird. He checks our passports and then back to the confirmation page and the announces, "You are a day too early. Your flight doesn't leave until tomorrow morning."

We take our bags and head back to the hotel. Thankfully we knew that we had it booked for tonight. lol. It was still early in the morning and we weren't able to check in, but we both fell asleep in the lobby. I think they finally felt bad and woke us up several hours later for an early check in.

I was excited to have a full day in Bangkok and we headed out looking for something fun to do.

We ended up at Safari World-

I thought it was so interesting that they have a King. They seriously have so many pictures of him all over the city. 

Rhett Bolting- You will see this pose MANY more times, so enjoy!

Naughty Lion- Couldn't keep his hands off me. :)

There were a few guys riding around on elephants and asked if I wanted it to pick me up with his trunk. Umm, YEAH! Of course I would like that. It was actually really fun. 

We got snow cones because it was SO HOT. I mean like brutally melt the make up off your face hot!

This little cutie monkey came up to the cage so Rhett took it upon himself to give him a little taste.  

A second later we saw this sign. 

I LOVE GIRAFFES- 

That's all I really have to say. 

So when I had the chance to feed them I nearly ran up the ramp.

It was so much fun. I know my eyes are shut, but I still liked the picture. Because lets face it-- THIS IS SO COOL!

Comparing the length of our tongues or as Rhett said, "Here is Beck going in for a frencher" 

Look how close we were. We were touching them. I mean I could have leapt right over the railing and slid down its neck. It was SO COOL! 

Please try to ignore the SHINY faces in every picture. I can't explain how hot and humid it was. It was like sitting in a sauna. My make up never stood a chance here.

After Safari World we were starving so we headed to the streets!

The very best food we had was street food. From meat on sticks, to fresh fruit, and the most AMAZING Thai food. It was delicious.

The chicken heart was not bad, but the chicken liver was nasty. The texture was super grainy. Not to be eaten!!!

We had a great time just walking around the streets exploring. We did a little shopping and even found another cold treat. Yum!

We went back to the hotel and slept like logs. Sadly, we had to be back at the airport at 5:00 a.m. the next morning to head to Vietnam. 

Third hiccup of the trip- 

I know, right? 

It was getting old to us as well!

So we get to the airport. Wait for a year to get our tickets... same routine. He looks at the confirmation and then asks for our passports. We hand them over and he says, "Do you have a visa for Vietnam?" "Umm, no. Do we need one?" "Yes ma'am, I can't let you on this flight until you both have one. You can go over to the embassy and file the paperwork today and fly out tomorrow morning at the same time."

Grr... are you serious? I am so mad by this point. We had a decision to make. 

(1) We could either cancel our hotel and flight for Vietnam and stay in Bangkok another 3 days.

(2) Fly somewhere else in Thailand for a few days.

(3) Or go get visas to Vietnam and fly out the next day.

Rhett REALLY wanted to go to Vietnam so we headed over to get visas. PAIN IN THE NECK! It took all damn day and cost dollars more than we had planned. That wasn't even counting the money to change our flights. I was so over the trip and honestly just praying that everything else went smoothly.

The next morning we showed up at 5:00 a.m. 

We waited in the line that never ends

  Handed the guy our passports and paperwork.

and...

 He smiled and told us to enjoy our flight. I almost flew over the counter right then and there and kissed him. I was so excited to take off and explore a new country.