13 Days To Go

On Sunday morning Mike and I completed our last “long” training run of 20 miles. In 13 days we will be running the 2008 JoonAng Seoul Marathon (along with about 22,000 others). Neither of us can believe that it has come up so quickly or that we have managed to run nearly all of our training miles in the midst of an absolutely hectic first quarter. We are now praying for a quick recovery from Sunday’s run, and protection from any injury between now and Sunday, November 2nd.

Speeding right along with us is Jacob. He took about 4-5 step on his own at a park the Sunday before last. The following couple of days he took a few more steps. Then over the weekend his confidence picked up, and he is now able to toddle where ever he wants to go. Yesterday, I as I was outside on the lawn in front of our dorm, I witnessed quite the comical sight. Jacob was walking with a push-cart and noticed the sound of a bird tweeting. He scanned the area for a while trying to locate the noise. Then when he saw the bird he quickly let go of the cart and tried to hustle after it. The innocence of it all wiped a smile onto my face. Unfortunately, the bird flew away before Jacob could get to it. But then he spotted two more birds and tried to track them down. If he could talk, I am sure he would have informed me that he was quite disappointed.

On Saturday, we were able to get out of Daejon to see the cross-country team compete at the conference meet. Six of the students are in our dorm, so it was a blast to cheer them on through their 5km race. Also, it was a beautiful fall day: the leaves were showing their beautiful colors, the sun was out and the voices of people cheering were everywhere! (It really made me miss watching Saturday afternoon football games.) The Dragon’s had two All-Conference runners and three JV runners place in the top 20! Maybe some day one of them will run a marathon:)

Well, I am going to keep this short and sweet. We have been very busy, but with meetings and such things that are not too interesting to write about. Check out the pictures below.

Mr. Choi and Jacob at the TCIS 50th Anniversary Celebration Picnic.

Jacob & Song Jo at the TCIS 50th Anniversary Celebration Picnic.

Jacob at Zachary’s birthday partin (in the Loween Dorm Rec Room).

Darren & Jiwon at the Sadie Hawkins Dance.

Mike & Jaci at the Sadie Hawkins Dance.

Varsity Girls at the starting line at their last home meet.

David & YaeChan (both our dorm students) pushing it up the hill at the conference meet.

Grace (one of our dorm students) & Jacob watching the outdoor performances.

Out door IB Theatre performance (Aaron–second on the right–is in our Dorm).

Belated Birthday and Baseball!

 

As most of you know Jacob turned one several weeks ago (September 22).  However due to busy schedules and other various circumstances we have not been able to celebrate our special guy’s big day.  Until today that is!  Today we had a wonderful party for Jacob, and he had a great time with some close friends.  Baseball was the theme, and so we served up some popcorn, peanuts and crackerjacks…(oh wait, they don’t have those here), with some ballpark dogs too.  In addition Jacob’s cake was fashioned after the Metrodome!  It was quite the afternoon.  The house was packed for a couple hours and when it was all said and done Jacob had some great new toys, frosting in his hair and some tired little eyes. 

Since we’re on the subject of baseball I should mention that Jacob made it to his first baseball game yesterday!  Jaci and I took him to see the Hanwha Eagles play there season finale.  While we didn’t last the whole game, we did experience some things unique to Korean baseball including: cheering and songs lead by cheerleaders with whistles, the smell of fried squid, and fans screaming for a home run on every placy.  It was quite the adventure!  Here are some pics of the party and the game:

Notice the Metrodome replication!

Cake Inspection...

Can I get more cake please?

Jacob's First Baseball Game!

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