Snow Day in Korea

We have really enjoyed all of the snow that has fallen over the last 48 hours. We made snow angels, snow ice cream, and yes, snow balls. We sled on base and even on the farmer's rice patties. It was so much fun. Even Caimen got in on the fun. However, he doesn't enjoy his stick covered in snow. I will say that as much fun as we have had, I am glad that the snow will melt. I can't imagine dealing with this on a daily basis. A freezing van is about enough for me at 7:30 on aschool day. We got lucky and the snow fell on a LONG weekend. Great memories!

My little pirates!

Here are my sweet little pirates.

My guys love to dress up. This morning they were sweet little pirates and Caimen was the enemy.

Outdoor Adventures....Wii Style

Here is Dalton playing our new Wii game, Outdoor Adventures. It's been a lot of fun!

Roasting Marshmellows...the best way we can!

I hope we aren't breaking a fire code...We love roasted marshmellows

and without a fire place, this is our way of doing it.

Trenton's first pair of cowboy boots.

Who needs clothes when you have cowboy boots!

Dalton's first Basketball game

Here are a few photos of Dalton's first game. It was fun to watch him play basketball.

Dalton's first season playing basketball: first practice

Dalton is playing basketball this winter through the Youth Center. Thursday was his first practice. Coach Krause is wonderful. Here are some photos of Dalton's first practice.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well, it looks like we are starting with the best part first...dessert! I had a wonderful 36th birthday. It started with my sweet Dalton telling me happy birthday at 6:22, and continued throughout the day with many many face book well wishes, phone calls, and friends on Osan wishing me happy birthday too. I had lunch with some great women; Shay, Karen, and Monica...can't forget Trenton too. We had a great visit at Chili's which ended with a surprise from my husband, and the fun "birthday" song from the Chili's waitresses. Thanks, Monica!!

Sausage head...

So I guess Trenton was done eating and decided to put not only his plate on his head,

but the sausage on top of the plate...

Happy 2009

Happy New Year! What a fun night. Dave, the boys, and I went to Hallason towers for New Year's Eve festivities. The boys, three other kiddos and two sitters were in one apartment while Dave, myself, and many friends were up two flights in another apartment. The food was great, drinks were poured, everyone was doing the cupid shuffle, listening to wonderful music, etc...I had friends in the adjacent apartment, Jirason having a party so I said to Dave, "Let's go over so I can wish everyone a happy new year and give Kim her birthday present. So we left about 11:15, with plenty of time to get back for the New Year. We were there less than 10 minutes and several people from the party we just left arrived. YAY! Let's party...right. All of a sudden one person says, "Well the fire alarm is going off so we all had to evacuate!" "oh my gosh!" I can't tell you what was going on in my head. My babies are in that building and I am here. I run to find Dave, fill him in and get on the elevator to go find our kids. Luckily one person on the elevator, MAJ Jenkins, whose son was watching our babies said, "Don't worry. My sweet baby brought your kids over and they are in the lobby" I ran off the elevator and we frantically are looking for our boys. There were people everywhere, who came to Jirason lobby to get out of the frigid cold. As soon as I saw my boys, I just hugged them so tight and was so thankful they were there. Others from Hallason Tower were evacuated to the hospital lobby to stay warm. I was so proud of the sitters. In the process of evacuating, they couldn't find Trenton's coat and literally it was 19 outside. We slowly made our way to the 8Th floor to the Super Ocho party to welcome in the new year. What a way to welcome in the new year, in the lobby of Jirason. It was actually really neat because we were with all of our friends that live on base. I treasure each of you. The building was cleared right after midnight and we all made our way back to Hallason, located Trenton's Coat, headed back up to the 7Th floor, welcome in the year again with our Hallason friends, and called it a night. Happy New Year everyone! I will never forget this night.