Borneo Baby

Kota Kinabalu, Borneo is an island in Malaysia.  It is about a 2 hour plane ride from Singapore.  We originally planned this holiday with just one other family but it quickly grew into 4 families as well as a farewell to the first set of friends that we know that will be leaving Singapore.

The island was gorgeous, relaxing and most importantly enjoyable with our new found friends that we made in Singapore.

Sunset in Sabah

Beach view

My 3 little blessings had such a great time with all the kids that were on holiday with us that I barely ever had the opportunity to take their picture as a group.

Toes in the ocean...way too many jellyfish in the ocean.

Getting ready to Jet Ski

Hanging in the hotel room

When we were not on the beach the resort had a lot of activities to keep the children entertained.  One of the girls favorite was the Batik painting.  Layne stayed there the longest and was very detailed and precise.  Graham, on the other hand, could not be bothered as he preferred to play volleyball in the pool.

What made this holiday unique was taking it with our friends.  The kids are old enough now that they entertained themselves with their friends and the adults could really enjoy their time as well with their friends.

Riley and Byce~  Riley and her family will be heading back to Seattle in 2 weeks.  The girls are already planning on visiting each other.

Layne and Ainsley ready to eat Malaysian food.

Liam, Graham and James ~ poolside

One of the unique things about Borneo and the resort we were at was that it had an orangutan rehabilitaion reserve on site.  It was very interesting to learn how the animals were rescued and cared for in order to be released back into the wild.  Layne, who is my animal lover, took great interest in the baby orangutan.

We also ate lots and lots of good food while in Borneo...from Indian to Western to Malaysian food.  Even the kids joined in on tasting the new foods.

Adult table.  The kids are off in the background somewhere.

I just love this pic of the girls.

Graham, Liam
Maddie, Ainsley, Layne and Bryce

Chris and Jodie, Brian and Ivy, Theresa and Lee

Borneo was a great holiday and so thankful to be able to explore this region while we are here in Singapore.  Next holiday for us in June.  Watch out Texas the Doffings are coming home in 2.5 weeks that is if we survive Bryce and Layne turning 5 this weekend and all the festivities that surround it!