Matt in Thailand

Matt doesn't seem to get a lot of space on the blog. The girls and their adventures tend to dominate, and since I am the one who writes the posts, they all come from my point-of-view. [Matt actually doesn't even READ our blog, maybe if I wrote more about him, he would read it :)]

But, please don't conclude that Matt lives a boring, mundane life and doesn't do anything "blog-worthy"! He has tons of fun hobbies, and lives at a pretty fast pace to fit it all in! This trip to Thailand we were (again) traveling with my favorite piece of luggage - a boxed up mountain bike. Matt rode many mornings (leaving at VERY early hours to be home before the girls were awake!). He and a few buddies created a little challenge - a paved 8 mile ascent up a nearby mountain in under an hour. Here's our friend Josh at the temple near the top of the mountain (Matt took the photo, so that will have to serve as "proof" that he made it!)


He also went dirt biking....


In case you are wondering, we also traveled with the dirt biking helmet he's sporting in the photo - when I married Matt I never imagined I would one day travel with a mountain bike, bike helmet, bike shoes, bike tools, and a large, heavy dirt biking helmet. Fully 80% of what Matt packs falls into the "toy" category, the remaining 20% is filled with "essentials", like clothing and toiletries. But, I will have to say this, we both tend to be conservative packers, and even with all Matt's toys, and the girls stuff, we don't go overweight on our luggage allowance.


He also played paintball with friends from the conference ....


Just thought it might be fun for you to know a bit more about how Matt spends his time!