A Little Catching Up…and a White Christmas

January 14, 2011

Once again I am very behind on keeping everyone up to date on our lives here in Korea. Since I last wrote Moriah has turned 1, we hosted a small Thanksgiving meal, I ran a half-marathon, we ended the first semester of the 2010-2011 school year, and we traveled to and from Minnesota. It is hard to believe how much we have crammed in since the beginning of November.

First, we had many friends come to help us celebrate Moriah’s first birthday. She was very spoiled and LOVED the cake. (I promise to get Thank You cards out soon!)

Second, along with the help of our friends, the Pinhos and the Wards, we threw together some yummy American food to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Third, I finished my first half-marathon. After accomplishing this I can now say I have ran a 5km, 10km, half and full marathon in Korea. Mike was an amazing fan and photographer! I only posted a couple of his hundreds of pics from that day.

Lastly, we ended the first semester of the school year on a good note. We welcomed most of our students back in January and also a new RA, Danny Murphy. Now we are back to having four staff! Yippeee!

Lastly, we made the big trip to Minnesota for Christmas Break. We hadn’t been to MN for a white Christmas since 2006. We had a great time being with family. It was a complete joy to watch Jacob and Moriah spend time with their aunties, uncles, cousins, and grandmas and grandpas. However, all the traveling and partying made for some exhausted kids and parents. Nonetheless, it was well worth all it cost.

We arrived back in Korea on January 4th, it took seven days to adjust to the time change and 10 days for Moriah to start walking. Yep, she started walking on January 12th. The day after her newest cousin, Benjamen Lee Loween arrived.

Well, as we all know pictures are worth thousands of words. So I hope you can capture some of the emotions and excitement of the most memorable experiences we have had in the last several weeks.