 Tracy Hoag - KidsBuildingHope | All Comments |
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| 27th March 2008 Kalyn | - From: Not all fun and games Hey Abby! Arizona's great,...but what is tai chi???!!!???Hope your having fun. Be safe! |
| 26th March 2008 Claire | so sad - From: Not all fun and games I would be sad too. THERE IS PIZZA HUT THERE:) TH AT IS SO SAD ABOUT THE KIDS:( |
| 26th March 2008 Jim & Gayle | Hey Kris & Fred - From: The whole group is here!! Glad to hear (& see the pictures) you all made it safely. This is so facinating to be able to see & read all that is going on (well, probably not all). So glad you are sharing it with us!!! Be safe!! |
| 26th March 2008 Bill Atkinson | Thanks. - From: Not all fun and games I have enjoyed following your trip via your "blog".Keep up the good work. |
| 26th March 2008 Sue Akers | - From: Not all fun and games Will is so "right on". Be safe. Thanks to all of you for sharing your adventure. Hugs to all. SUE |
| 26th March 2008 Zoe | wow - From: Not all fun and games Hi ! I love reading your blog. You can count on me reading it everyday. I can't wait to read about the day you go to the school. Love, Zoe |
| 26th March 2008 Kalyn | - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Hey Abby i saw your pictures!! A 2 1/2 bus ride??Gesh!!Hope your having fun! I'll keep checking the blog for more pictures!! |
| 26th March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | - From: The whole group is here!! Hey Kalyn! How's Arizona? We're having a great time...and I found out what Ti Chi is, so ask me about it. Talk to you soon! Love, Abby |
| 26th March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Hey Jac! Well, I didn't eat the flaming coconut but it looked really cool...I hope you're having fun in North Carolina. We're having a great time here. Talk to you soon! Love, Abby |
| 26th March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Hey Jac! Well, I didn't eat the flaming coconut but it looked really cool...I hope you're having fun in North Carolina. We're having a great time here. Talk to you soon! Love, Abby |
| 26th March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Hey Jess! We are having an amazing time, it's so different here! It's been fun to see the differences though. Hope you're having fun in Ohio, see you soon! Love, Abby |
| 26th March 2008 Steve Gregory | Thanks for the update - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Carly and Abby, thanks for the pictures and description of your second day in Nam. Hope your trip continues be be as fun and informitive as the first days! Say hi to all! Steve |
| 26th March 2008 Jess | - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Hey Abby! Just checked out this sight and I saw your new pictures! Looks like you're having fun! Love you be safe and have fun! |
| 26th March 2008 David (dad) | Wow, Helen had a flaming coconut?! - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Helen, we'll have to serve flaming coconuts at home more often!! The playground looked like fun, Will! I miss you guys! |
| 25th March 2008 Jacque | - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Greetings from North Carolina!! I can see that you are all having a great time, and hope to see some more of them soon.! Abby, I was just wondering how that flaming coconut was?!? I hope all is well! --Jacque |
| 25th March 2008 Aunt Kellie | What are you going to eat Abby??? - From: Carly and Abby's Perspective -- Day 2 Hello everyone! Glad you got there safe and sound. Abby, I have to admit that I am a little worried about you. I hope you packed some candy bars just in case. Your cousins say hello and are enjoying the blog every day. Hope you had a nice Easter (or did you just skip Easter with that one day delay?). Keep us posted on your activities. Love you! |
| 25th March 2008 Kalyn | - From: The whole group is here!! Hey Abby its Kalyn! I keep checking the blog for pictures of you!! I wanna see what ur doing. Hope your having fun!! Miss you so much!! |
| 25th March 2008 Jacque | - From: The whole group is here!! Hey Abby, I hope you're having a fun trip! I am going to keep checking for pictures and blogs...so keep me posted! Hope your family is having a fun time! --Jacque |
| 25th March 2008 Pris/Nana | - From: Hoags to Ha Long Bay Wow, Tracy, you are so good to give us all this information - I am sure you must be exhausted at the end of the day. I am glad that the rest of the family made it there safely. I LOVE seeing pictures of you. I can''t believe all the things the kids are eating and doing -you are all amazing and wonderful. I miss you and LOVE each of you and wish you a great time at the school. XOXOXO from Cleveland!!! |
| 25th March 2008 The Murphy's | - From: The whole group is here!! Hey Zalenski's It is lonely in the hood without you. Glad to hear you made it there safe and Abby had lots of favorite foods to choose from for her first meal. We can't wait to hear all about it!! |
| 25th March 2008 Kelly Mertz | Glad to Hear that you are Safe and Sound - From: The whole group is here!! Hi Kris, Fred, and gang. So glad to hear that you all arrived safely. Sounds like crazy travels and interesting culinary delights upon arrival. Wow, we are so proud of Carly and the rest of you for making this excursion and dedicating this school. You all are an inspiration. Please take good care of yourselves and each other and keep us posted. Love, Rob, Kelly and kiddos. |
| 25th March 2008 Steve & Scott | On Your Trip - From: The whole group is here!! Hello Zalenski family, we are glad to see that you have made it safe and sound despite the long travels. Keep us posted on pics and all the good times there. We also wanted to take this time to tell Carly that we are proud of her as well as all others involved. Have a great time and we'll see you back in the states ;-)...PS please bring home some warm weather with you..lol...it was a blazing 38 degrees here today. |
| 25th March 2008 Jess | - From: The whole group is here!! Hey Abby, it's Jess! I was just checking in. No pictures of you on here yet so I'll be waiting for those! Let me know how everything goes. Be safe and have fun! Love you, bye! |
| 25th March 2008 Jess | - From: The whole group is here!! Hey Abby, it's Jess! I was on the computer and I wanted to check out your blog. I'll keep looking at it and I'll be waiting for some pictures! I wanna see how you're doing. Well I miss you and I love you! Be safe and have fun! |
| 25th March 2008 Kalyn | - From: The whole group is here!! hey Abby!!its Kalyn!! How was the long plane ride? I've been looking at the travel blog everyday. Hope you have a great time! |
| 24th March 2008 Chad | Hello from Chad and Family - From: The whole group is here!! hi jake this is chad!!!!!!im sending this message from Florida!!!!!!!what was in the cave???????send pictures of things you did!!!!!!! have fun and send pictures of the school. was the flight too long?????my mom told us everyday you were still flying.!!!!!! |
| 24th March 2008 Rebecca McCurdy | You're So Brave - From: Hoags to Ha Long Bay Dear Tracy - You are amazing... I remember when we went to Moscow how off-kilter I felt for the first few days... I can't imagine doing that without my husband and with two small children... What a completely mind-blowing experience this all must be. Beki |
| 24th March 2008 megan Wereley | Amazing! - From: David's Last Day in HCMC We've been reading every entry with interest and checking for new ones with anticipation! What an interesting trip you are having! |
| 24th March 2008 Ann Drysdale | thank-you! - From: David's Last Day in HCMC Hello Tracy and David---I am just back today from being away for my mother's memorial service. I can't tell you how much reading your blog(s) means to me. You both write exactly as you talk! It is like having you in my office with me, which is what I need right now. I can't wait to share these with the man I have been dating for a few years--- he flew Medevac helicoptors in the Vietnam war. Thank-you for including me! |
| 23rd March 2008 Joyce Ann | - From: A day about the town I've noticed there was no blog entry regarding the flight over! I hope everyone survived. Thanks for sharing your incredible vacation with us. I love finding a new journal entry in my in-box. Gosh, my business trip to Omaha this past week sure does pale in comparison.... HA! Best wishes for continued fun. Safe travels to you all..... |
| 23rd March 2008 Betty & Pieter | Amazing! - From: A day about the town Can't express how much I am enjoying the details of your travels. Pieter has said many times that he would like to return for a visit and I have to say you have made it seem almost like something I might consider doing! Safe travels to you, and keep us posted on the adventure. |
| 22nd March 2008 Susan and Lee Hughes | Shopping Protocols Inquiry - From: First Day First, we are delighted to see your blog. Thanks for taking the time to share. Second, we returned in early March from month in New Zealand and 4 days in Singapore. Re: Asian vendors calling out to potential buyers: We are "big people" and even we were a bit intimidated by the vendors. In Singapore at least, they come out of their store to engage you and really "chat." ("I not pushy...I just old lady needs sell...you like?....what you pay?....and on and on.) Your DeeDee will affirm that Mrs. Hughes makes almost no decisions quickly...always want to think about it. My reaction was really retreat. But here's an interesting thing we learned: Chinese are very superstitious about the first customer of the day. That person should buy something, or the shop owner thinks the day is very bad. A polite shopper should not enter and not buy at least a token. After we learned about this custom...we made sure to return to the "I no pushy"-lady's shop later. We made sure she was told that her customers from two mornings ago when she opened did come back and did buy. The aggressiveness of the vendors and the negotiating of price were very interesting to us. We were surprised at our own discomfort with the shopping experience. Third, I encourage you to write in your blog what food dishes you like. We thought the Chinese, Indian, Thai food was all great. But now that we're home we can't remember some of the very interesting combinations we enjoyed so much. The food chain "Thai Express" had good food, we thought. Wondering if you'll see one of those. Happy Easter. We look forward to the next installment. DeeDee is flying to you as I write this. Please give her a special message of love from Sue and Lee. Bye. |
| 22nd March 2008 Miss G | Love your blog - From: David's Last Day in HCMC Hi Will and Helen (Mr and Mrs Hoag too)...What a wonderful experience you are having! I love following your adventures, especially the ones that are science related. The 5th graders had a plant tasting party and we had dried dragon fruit. It was so cool to see a picture of one and find out how it really tastes. Will, great palm tree pictures. Thanks for sharing. Miss G. |
| 22nd March 2008 Betty & Pieter | WOW! - From: Trip to Unicorn Island Can't tell you how much we're enjoying the photos and blow-by-blow descriptives of your trip. Pieter has alway said he wants to return someday. Your blog may convince me to join him! Thanks for educating us all on this very interesting culture. |
| 21st March 2008 Thanh Armagost | - From: David's Last Day in HCMC Yes Tracy I'll see you soon, it will be wonderful to see you and the kids again. I am so glad that you are having a good time and everything is going fine. Thanh |
| 21st March 2008 Mom/DeeDee | We are all packed..So excited - From: David's Last Day in HCMC Hi Hoags...What a great last day. The time just flew for me, I suppose it did for you too. Safe travel, David. Tracy, have a safe and wonderful trip to Hanoi and HaLong Bay. We will see you Monday for dinner at the Majestic. Can't wait. Love, Mom/DeeDee |
| 21st March 2008 Ryan Higgins | KARAOKE!!! - From: David's Last Day in HCMC Well it sounds like a great day to have as a last day, I know Dave was excited about karaoke from how many times he told me about how he was gonna finally be a rockstar! You need to fill us in on what song he belted out for his inagural karaoke experience. Besides that you guys have fun on the rest of your trip and don't worry I will keep Dave out of trouble in Columbus, okay maybe you should worry! Have fun on the rest of your trip! |
| 21st March 2008 Rebecca McCurdy | We are loving this trip! - From: David's Last Day in HCMC BBQ'd goat sounds great... it's Southern Viet Name, right? I would have a little trouble with the squid! So glad for the picture of the whole family to hang here at hospice. Keep the good news coming! |
| 21st March 2008 Maryke and boys | - From: A day about the town The pictures are great. I can totally see Will and Helen loving the orphanage. Did it break your heart? 130 children, I would have adopted a few right on the spot. Like everyone else we love the detail of your blog. David- safe travels. Tracy- safe vacationing. It seems you are well taken care of. Everyday makes me wish I were there with you! |
| 21st March 2008 Kim | - From: A day about the town Wow, you had so many adventures in one day! That "skinny" house is amazing. I'm glad you got to go out to dinner with Neo's family. I completely agree that his mom would be delighted to play host to a little girl after years of all boys! And the thought of Will hosting the international soccer goodwill games made me smile. |
| 21st March 2008 Ryan | You would - From: Trip to Unicorn Island Really the best you could come up with for the elephant fish was a glorified tastes like chicken what a cop-out, just kiddin, it definetly makes a good centerpiece for a meal! |
| 21st March 2008 Ryan Higgins | That a girl Helen - From: Trip to Unicorn Island Thats so cool that you guys all enjoyed holding the python, if you get a snake handling urge when you get back to the states you can get together with Hodge, I just talked to him and he now has five snakes and is about to buy five more, he is starting to breed them! The blog is geat keep the updates coming. |
| 21st March 2008 Ryan Higgins | Looks like fun - From: A day about the town It looks like you guys are havin an awesome time! Thats too funny that Will got whipped on by some kid who didnt have any shoes and I imagine didnt have a soccer ball either, well he needed to learn that if he wants to take his game international then he is going to have to step up his skills! Besides that keep enjoying it while you can and dont forget to try the different foods thu suggested! |
| 21st March 2008 Mom/Pris/Nana | Thank you - From: A day about the town Thank you for sharing all these wonderful, funny and heart-warming experiences with us. Each day I look forward to seeing pictures of you and where you have been. What an awesome family you are - "I'm so lucky" !!! Happy Easter from here and lots of hugs and love from me. XOXOXOXO Mom |
| 21st March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | Hello Lizzy - From: A day about the town I agree -- doing the blog makes everyone at home seem close to us as well... a weird sensation for sure. David is out right now with our friend Viet riding around town on a motorbike to get the last drip out of HCMC before leaving tomorrow. I can't believe he's leaving -- I'm going to miss him. We'll be in touch! |
| 21st March 2008 Rebecca McCurdy | Keep it coming! - From: A day about the town Dear Hoags - all of us at hospice are totally enjoying your blog. Keep it coming... we appreciate so much you taking the time to carry us with you on this chance of a lifetime adventure. How precious to have such wonderful time with Neo's family. It made me very homesick for our sweet Tang from Thailand. I am amazed by your generosity in taking the time and energy to prepare this for us. Beki |
| 21st March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | Hi Neo!! - From: A day about the town Your Dad was not grumpy in the slightest -- Will on the other hand -- well, you know Will... Anyway -- it was so incredibly cool to meet them, to be in your home, to hang with Viet. We actually just spent this whole day with him -- Zoo, Karaoke, coffee shop (your favorite I hear -- it was beautiful!) and then water puppets. He and David are out right now on Viet's motorbike -- yikes! We wish you were here!! |
| 21st March 2008 KidsBuildingHope | - From: A day about the town Thanh -- we get to see you soon -- don't we? I feel like you are here -- I hear about Madame Thanh, Aunt Thanh, Dr. Thanh frequently. You have thought of everything. |
| 21st March 2008 liz | - From: A day about the town you don't realize how much we look forward to reading about all of you experiences. You make this trip of a lifetime seem so close to home. I think David leaves soon for home and the rest of the gang leaves for HCMC soon. Safe travels to everyone. i can't wait to see the pictures of the school dedication! (by the way-it is 25 degrees and cold here-please bring back some sun!! :) |
| 21st March 2008 Neo | - From: A day about the town Glad you had a great day and met some nice people in addition to my family...I am imagining Will playing soccer with Vietnamese kids. That is so cool. Kids are so great, since they can make friends and like people genuinely. I hope my dad wasn't too grumpy as a host - now you know where my grumpiness comes from...hee hee... |
