Reminiscing

Seoul was such a neat city. I could have roamed around several more days and never got tired of it. It was clean and very seldom did we see trash. People roamed around at all hours and things were still hopping at 4:00 am. I always felt safe and very rarely did we hear sirens!! Life in the big city was good for the week even if we were under a typhoon warning!

Don't Blink

Could it really be that a year has gone by?? Wow time really does fly!! A year ago tomorrow we boarded a plane headed for South Korea. Actually it feels like today because it was a Sunday that we left. We were nervous and excited all at the same time. We had waited so long for that day to arrive. It was a beautiful morning when we left and I felt as though God were smiling down on us!!

We were going to meet our son-the little boy who had consumed our lives and stolen our hearts. We had no idea what an awesome adventure was awaiting us. We were starting a new chapter in our lives.

This will be an emotional week for us. Our little man has changed so much and is talking up a storm now. He is very funny and is losing his "baby" look. I think about what we did before him and cannot hardly remember what it was like. I think about his birth mom and his foster mom and the country of his birth. Korea will always hold a very special place in our heart.

First Family Vacation

This year we went to Springfield and Branson over July 4th weekend. We visited Bass Pro/Branson Landing/Went Swimming and basically just hung out. It was sooooo hot and we also had Winston, our elderly dog with us and since he is on heart medicine and a water pill we had to keep a close eye on him. We also stayed with our niece Paige at her new apartment in Springfield so it was quite an adventure. Can't wait to see what our next family vacation will be although it will be a ways off since school starts back this week. Today was awesome with the high being 83. We went swimming and it was actually chilly when the breeze hit us!!

How Much Do I Love You???

I love Korea this much!!!!! So sorry we have been terrible on the blogging this summer. Miles accidentally cracked our laptop screen while waving his Fourth of July beads from the parade. He didn't hit it that hard but just enough in one area to cause the problem so we have been without our computer until last night.

Also my mother is still in the hospital recovering from open heart surgery. She had an aortic valve replaced and triple bypass so I have been spending time with her as much as possible. I will update more this weekend and add more pictures!!

We have an eventful weekend planned. A wedding tomorrow and Mike's parents 50th wedding anniversary Sunday. Stay cool and enjoy the last days before school starts!!

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Keeping Our Heads Above Water

These last three weeks have been an emotional roller-coaster. My Mom had an emergency appendectomy on May 16th which in normal circumstances she would have been home in probably a couple of days. Once she was in there they found an abscess that had been leaking so she was filled with gangrene in her abdomen. They also found a serious heart condition which is going to need intervention. She spent 17 days in the ICU and now she is finally in a regular room. I have cried many times and then a ray of hope will shine through and I have strength again. I also know The Lord is the great physician and everything happens through him. She is acutally doing better and we hope to have her home possibly this week. She will then have to be home a few weeks to make absolutely sure she is over the infection and has enough strength to withstand the cardiac cath she needs done because we are probably looking at a pacemaker/stent or valve replacement which can be risky with a weak pumping heart. Please pray for her and also my dad because he has been on a roller-coaster also. I am helping out as much as I can with laundy/shopping/mail etc.. and so are my brother and sister and her family. It is hard to manage two households and work ten hour days with a toddler but we are managing and this too shall pass. We are just thankful she is alive.

On a brighter note-Miles had an awesome birthday. He actually just got to open another package last weekend from his foster family in Korea. He loved his gifts. Porroro The Penguin is a popular cartoon character in Korea and we had bought him a car that moves all over the floor and plays music when we were there and gave it to him for Christmas. He now has been sleeping with his Porroro doll and looking at his Porroro book. THANKS to our Korean family for the nice surprise. It was so thoughful. We are enjoying all the pictures of the family and all their activities. We always show Miles the blog when new pics are added. He got his first taste of sprinkler activity for the season and let me say he went nuts. He and his cousin Brody had a ball and it was hard to tear them away. Looking forward to much more water fun this summer. Hope everyone has a great week.