As you all know, last November, we took a trip to Thailand in order to switch visas, get medical check ups, and spend a few days hanging out in Bangkok for some much needed R&R. Little did we know that we would discover that Kristen had kidney cancer… so there went the R&R.

Well just last week marked 6 months since her surgery, so we took another trip to Bangkok for her cancer screen, Elise’s 15 month vaccinations (she is a little behind), and to hopefully enjoy a few days in Bangkok (like we originally planned). We called this trip… operation redeem!

After the results of the chest X-ray and MRI came back negative, we were all really excited to get this party started. Operation redeem is a GO!

Stops included the aquarium (I think I read that it is the largest aquarium in all of SE Asia… but don’t quote me on that). I can confirm that this aquarium was pretty awesome… at least Kristen and I thought so. Elise, not so much.

Even if the aquarium wasn’t a big hit with Elise, we got back on track by getting outside and visiting some parks (complete with sand pits and monitor lizards).

Then, we hit a gold mine with this gem… a coffee shop/rabbit farm. Why didn’t we think of this concept?! Elise loved playing with them and feeding them (for about an hour). Then she was bored and wanted to know what else we had planned.

At this point, we didn’t have much planned besides just relaxing and hanging out at the pool.

Nailed it!!! So we spent the majority of our time here. Elise loves the water and never wanted to leave.

So much so, that when we were forced to stay inside and “color” because of a rainstorm, she wasn’t too happy. At least Kristen got into it 🙂

We will be back in another 6 months to celebrate Kristen being 12 months cancer free!