Good morning, An-nyeong-ha-se-yo

I woke up this morning and realized that fall is approaching fast and although I will miss the warmth of the summer, I love the colors and the crisp air fall brings. Jasiah was off to school again this morning, its his third day and he is enjoying his new school. He keeps bugging us about enrolling in taekwondoe soon. Lexi is upset that she does not get to go to school yet, but is enjoying her time alone with Tim and I. I think we will explore the neighborhood around our house today and see what little shops are hiding in the nooks and crannies. Now that unpacking is finished I hope life's pace will slow from this crazy week. Well off for breakfast and coffee and then to start another day.

The Local Outdoor Market

Fresh Bananas
Dehydrated fish
View of the length of main strip in market
Entrance to Market
Man and a cart
Korean Ambulances

Strip where all soldiers do there drinking
Walking to market

We decided to walk to the local outdoor market and boy was I sorry I forgot my won! This place is amazing with items ranging from fruit and seafood to clothing and ceramics it was a great shopping experience. I will have to go back armed with the local currency and see what treasures I can find! While walking through we meet this very nice older korean man whose english was very good he gave us a small tour and explained some of the items. Jasiah was the photographer on this outing so pictures may be blurry!

Dinner With Lee

Lee is a Katusa in Tims Company, he came over to see us americans and how we live lol. I made lasagna and garlic bread and after struggling with the oven we finally sat down to eat. Lee was a little unsure of american customs, he asked questions and so did I. It was a very good evening, altough my kids decided to stirp in front of our guest because the humidity was getting to them lol. If the rest of Korean people are as nice and welcoming as him then this 2 yrs will go great!

First week here!

Wow it has been a busy week! We had dinner with Tim's katusa Lee, exploring and shopping for house essentials, unpaking and getting Jasiah off to school. I'll break it down into individual posts so it wil be easier!

We are here!!!

An-nyeong-ha-se-yo, Good Morning,

So we have internet and I finally get to start blogging! We finally made it and let me tell you the plane ride was long, the kids actually did pretty well until we were laid over in Japan for 3 hours. I am so excited to be here and our stuff is getting put away slowly as I adjust to the time change.

So far I love it here, the language barrier is just that a barrier that I will soon conquer, but most people can speak a little english and I've masterd a few words. The humidity is crazy, my hair is so curly here I don't think it will ever be straight again. There was a typhoon the day I got here but it didn't really hit hard here. We went to the lotte mart, which is basically the korean version of a walmat or target, the day after I arrived we needed food and stuff for the house and post was closed due to typhoon even though it was 1 hour long. I find that most koreans are very polite, and we are having Tim's katusa friend over for dinner tonight. A katusa is a korean that chooses to spend his mandatory military service with the american army. We are still trying to figure out our new washer/dryer combo, it washes fine but shakes all over the place during dry cycle so for now I am trying to master hang drying. The commisary here is tiny and you have to go on an off day because I had a hard time finding anything, lotte mart was great for korean food, its all in korean for the most part so if you can't read it its a little hard to figure out what it is but next time I will write down food symbols and go prepared.

Well thats all I can think of writing now and I will try to blog at least once a week if not more, but I will leave you with a few pics of our 2nd night in the apartment and our first real dinner. We are having bulgogi and noodles and unpaking.

An-nyeong-hi-ka-se-yo, good bye

Tim's Promotion!!!!

Everybody keep your fingers crossed Tim should make points next month and become an E-6, Staff Sergeant!!!!! So excited!!!! Ohh I also cut lexi's hair into a bob, sad moment but necessary it tangles a lot. I will post those pics soon of her first major hair cut.

Korea

We have decided that Korea is the best move for our family at this time. We are just waiting on the paperwork to go through and hopefully I will be able to fly there the end of summer. The kids and I are really excited to explore new things and to be able to have Tim home for a while. This blog is going to be a great way for you to see how everything will go and for us to post about our lives there. I will keep this up to date on the progress of this process and you will get to see our journey.

So the process begins with paperwork, and lots of it! I'm waiting on my physical so me and the kids can go through a Family Member Deployment Screening. So as it goes with the army this is a process, my physical isn't until March 10th, and they wouldn't even let me schedule the screening until this is done. I really hope that its not a long wait. For those of you that know me, I hate waiting. Once that is done they will tell us if we are eligible for Command Sponsorship. So keep fingers crossed that everything goes through and in a relatively short time. Stay tuned for more blurbs in the life of US!!!!!

Welcome!

So I decided to start a blog for family and friends to see what we are up too. I will be updating weekly at the least and hopefully this will help our families keep in touch.