Fun With The Mckeags

Sorry we have been MIA lately. Our very good pals Shaun and Casey came for a little visit last week. We went on a whirlwind tour of Thailand and had many fun/hilarious experiences including, but not limited to: flying through the jungle on a zip line, getting sunburnt on a tropical island, buzzing around Bangkok in a tuk-tuk and singing karaoke to an all Thai audience (don't even ask what we sang*).

The next few posts will have pictures from their visit. In Bangkok, we visited the Grand Palace which was huge and colorful. Very sparkly, very pretty. The funny thing about touring the Grand Palace is that you can't enter wearing shorts or tank tops. So, we had to RENT clothes. The only reason I'm mentioning this is because surely you will wonder what the heck we are wearing in a few of the photos. Because somehow colorful, flowy pants with elephants printed on them is more dignified when you are walking around a palace...

Anyway, as per usual we had a great time with our friends. They thoroughly wore us out, but it was worth it. Also, being the great people they are, they came bearing gifts in the form of Stumptown coffee(!!!!!) and some good ol' Pacific Northwest IPA. Just one sip of that cold brew and I broke into a Kevin Bacon-esque punch dance around the apartment.

*Jake sang "Hotel California" in the style of Robert Goulet if you can imagine. He even included a sweet air guitar solo.

Shaun brought us to tears with Mariah Carey's "Hero", which she hasn't heard in so long (or maybe ever) and so sang it with a different tune. Not to mention some of the words were misspelled...("and you know you can survile" instead of survive)

I tried to sing Rhianna's "Umbrella" song, but it was actually a remix so it was in double time and included a lot of reggae-style rapping...in short it was an EPIC fail.

Last but not least, Casey brought down the house with a stirring rendition of that old family classic "Baby" by Justin Beiber. To call it disturbing would be an understatement.