A Little Break

I need a little blog break. It will only be a few weeks, so come back soon!
I will hopefully be refreshed and ready to go again.

100 Things About Me-Just For Fun!

Wow. I don't know why I am doing a hundred. That is going to be a challenge.

1. I like (or rather am obsessed)with playing Happy Pets on Facebook with my daughter, sister and niece.
2. I LOVE to read.
3. I like to travel. I have worked for the airlines 3 different times so that I could fly free or near to free. (Yes, used this benefit to fly to South Korea. Cost less than a $1000. total for 6 of us round trip!!!)
4. I like to blog. Read, write and browse.
5. I work at a hospital. But may go back to the airlines...It is a bad addiction for me.
6. My sister is great! She is the smartest person I know, just ask her!
7. I love my husband right now.
8. I enjoy the spring and summer seasons the most. I can tolerate heat very well.
9. I hate, hate, hate the snow.
10. I would move to an island if I didn't have a husband and kids.
11. I love strawberries.
12. Tangerine orange is my favorite color.
13. Pink is my second favorite color.
14. My favorite song is Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry."
15. I LOVE pizza.
16. I want a new cell phone.
17. I like to cook and try new recipes.
18. I love Disneyland.
19. I like quotes about love.
20. I like to visit the river walk in San Antonio, Texas.
21. I went to NYC before and after the Twin Towers fell.
22. I want to go back to NYC with my husband.
23. I lived in Davidsonville, Maryland for a year as a nanny.
24. I was on an Irish boat rowing team!
25. I love my camera. It is a Sony Cybershot, easy for me to use.
26. I am hopelessly addicted to Chap Stick. I think I keep them in business.
27. I like to wear scrubs, even though my husband thinks they are the most unsexy things around.
28. I did a stint as a Wound Care Technician. I think I now suffer PTSD as a result of the horrific wounds I saw.
29. I love to watch HOUSE. He is awesome and hot!
30. Someday I am going to Jamaica...
31. I love the Redwoods. So relaxing.
32. I like the fish market in Seattle.
33. I enjoy me a good latte.
34. I like to see my kids smile!
35. I love to see my son swim, my daughter do karate and my baby running wild.
36. I want to camp on a beach and have a roaring campfire.
37. I like milk with warm chocolate chip cookies.
38. I love a comfy blanket.
39. I like that we all pile on the couch to watch movies together.
40. I am not crafty at all.
41. I don't like to drive.
42. I am terrible with directions.
43. I CANNOT read a map. (Even if it is a "grid" system city)
44. I love to make lists.
45. My credit and debit cards have pictures of my husband and kids on the beach on them. Love them they are so cute!
46. I want to lose weight and get skinny again.
47. I like Gap jeans.
48. I like Victoria Secrets cotton undies.
49. I like my Ipod touch.
50. I am proud of my daughter Joelee.
51. I love that Jackson is a comedian. He was born happy.
52. I am dang good at my job.
53. I absolutely love fine point Sharpie markers.
54. I love my planner.
55. I want to go to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.
56. Cereal does not fill me up.
57. I had pigeons because I thought it would be fun. It was misery. (I finally had my daughter chase them out of the cage and set them free! They still come back sometimes.)
58. I do not like pie crust.
59. I made my daughter take Irish dance classes. (She ended up liking it and being very good at it.)
60. I am not good at math.
61. I want to go to Hawaii again. We got married on Maui and later went to Honolulu but I could easily go again.
62. I love that my daughter named her tortoise "P. Sherman" and that my son named his cat "Wall-E."
63. My friend's husband is from Jamaica and he eats chicken feet. This makes me crack up every time I think about it. I think of two little chicken leg/feet standing in a bowl.
64. I want a Tab camp trailer so that we can go camping when we are older.
65. I went sky diving once.
66. I want an SUV so I call haul my kids around.
67. I would LOVE to live in a beach house so that I could walk along the beach every day.
68. I don't like horses.
69. I lived on a farm for about 5 years.
70. I love the 4th of July. There is nothing better than fireworks! (Disney has awesome fireworks)
71. I am obsessed with the mixed media art by Kim Haller. Her little people speak to me.
72. I like it when it rains on a warm day.
73. I do not like to eat eggs. It is fine if they are baked in something but otherwise I do not like to eat them.
74. I want to be out doors more.
75. I like peonies.
76. I want 27 grandchildren.
77. I LOVE that I only work 4 shifts a week.
78. I like to keep my laundry caught up.
79. I want to have a make-up consultation because I am sick of my current make-up.
80. I want a greenhouse.
81. I am afraid of heights.
82. I hate phone surveys.
83. I like cupcakes.
84. I want my kids to like each other. (So far, so good)
85. I do not drink soda pop. Never have.
86. I am a night owl and do not do mornings.
87. I like to wear black T-shirts.
88. I cannot sing.
89. I don't dance.
90. I have zero coordination.
91. I don't like to chew gum.
92. I do like Juicy Pear Jelly Belly Jelly Beans though.
93. I am not good at video games. They stress me out.
94. I cannot swim.
95. I have a good beach chair.
96. I am learning to like fish.
97. I wish I could feed everybody, everywhere.
98. I hope to teach my kids to be tolerant and accepting of others.
99. I hate when there are babies in the obituaries.
100. I love that my kids find great joy in collecting sea shells.
Now that was not has hard as I thought it was going to be. I got hung up in the eighties but pulled through.

I Broke Down And Ordered From Tea!

I got this shirt for Eun Jin and Jackson. They don't have a bigger size for Joelee.
I think I can "girl" it up with some cute hair bows that match the "SEOUL" letters.
I was going to have self control and not buy it, but when they marked it down by almost half, well that is a great deal!
I have nothing against Tea...They are a great company with cute clothing. My husband has challenged me to buy less so I really have to thing about how bad I want something before I buy it.

kilsook has outdone herself again...

Look what Kim did! She had this print done already with two cute Asian girls but that does not work for us...We only have one cute Asian. So we needed a cute Caucasian...This turned out so cute! I love how Kim is willing to tweek her prints a bit to fit what I need. I am going to post a picture of my girls in their hanboks with this when I get home.
She also made this cute "story" to go along with the print. (It is below the print.)
You can find Kim on etsy listed as kilsook or on facebook as well. Her prints are all amazing. I am not a person that gets into art things but I am obsessed with Kim's cute characters. They really do speak to me and this obsession is about as bad as my obsession with chapstick...More on chapstick later.

dueling hanboks...of love.

a connection.

through family.
through circumstance.
through friendship.

through laughs.
through luck.
through battles.
through scars.
through tears.
through understanding.
through pinky swears.

through smiles.
through hugs.
through love.

through it all.

sisters.

These Little Beauties Are On The Way!

Perfect Adoption Purchase! I ordered them in a child 6/7 so she should be able to wear them at 3 or 4 years...

My Little "Angel"

Comfort

Eun Jin puts herself to sleep by rubbing the quilt "ties."

A Ring For Each Finger

Question Answered...About Crocs

I got them on the Crocs website...You can go to crocs.com and do a search for korea.

These Little Beauties Are On The Way!

Perfect Adoption Purchase! I ordered them in a child 6/7 so she should be able to wear them at 3 or 4 years...

kil.sook out does herself again!

Look what Kim did! She had this print done already with two cute Asian girls but that does not work for us...We only have one cute Asian. So we needed a cute Caucasian...This turned out so cute! I love how Kim is willing to tweek her prints a bit to fit what I need. I am going to post a picture of my girls in their hanboks with this when I get home.
She also made this cute "story" to go along with the print. (It is below the print.)
You can find Kim on etsy listed as kilsook or on facebook as well. Her prints are all amazing. I am not a person that gets into art things but I am obsessed with Kim's cute characters. They really do speak to me and this obsession is about as bad as my obsession with chapstick...More on chapstick later.

dueling hanboks...of love.

a connection.

through family.
through circumstance.
through friendship.

through laughs.
through luck.
through battles.
through scars.
through tears.
through understanding.
through pinky swears.

through smiles.
through hugs.
through love.

through it all.

sisters.

I Broke Down And Ordered From Tea Today

I got this shirt for Eun Jin and Jackson. They don't have a bigger size for Joelee.
I think I can "girl" it up with some cute hair bows that match the "SEOUL" letters.
I was going to have self control and not buy it, but when they marked it down by almost half, well that is a great deal!
I have nothing against Tea...They are a great company with cute clothing. My husband has challenged me to buy less so I really have to thing about how bad I want something before I buy it.

100 Things About Me

Wow. I don't know why I am doing a hundred. That is going to be a challenge.

1. I like (or rather am obsessed)with playing Happy Pets on Facebook with my daughter, sister and niece.
2. I LOVE to read.
3. I like to travel. I have worked for the airlines 3 different times so that I could fly free or near to free. (Yes, used this benefit to fly to South Korea. Cost less than a $1000. total for 6 of us round trip!!!)
4. I like to blog. Read, write and browse.
5. I work at a hospital. But may go back to the airlines...It is a bad addiction for me.
6. My sister is great! She is the smartest person I know, just ask her!
7. I love my husband right now.
8. I enjoy the spring and summer seasons the most. I can tolerate heat very well.
9. I hate, hate, hate the snow.
10. I would move to an island if I didn't have a husband and kids.
11. I love strawberries.
12. Tangerine orange is my favorite color.
13. Pink is my second favorite color.
14. My favorite song is Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry."
15. I LOVE pizza.
16. I want a new cell phone.
17. I like to cook and try new recipes.
18. I love Disneyland.
19. I like quotes about love.
20. I like to visit the river walk in San Antonio, Texas.
21. I went to NYC before and after the Twin Towers fell.
22. I want to go back to NYC with my husband.
23. I lived in Davidsonville, Maryland for a year as a nanny.
24. I was on an Irish boat rowing team!
25. I love my camera. It is a Sony Cybershot, easy for me to use.
26. I am hopelessly addicted to Chap Stick. I think I keep them in business.
27. I like to wear scrubs, even though my husband thinks they are the most unsexy things around.
28. I did a stint as a Wound Care Technician. I think I now suffer PTSD as a result of the horrific wounds I saw.
29. I love to watch HOUSE. He is awesome and hot!
30. Someday I am going to Jamaica...
31. I love the Redwoods. So relaxing.
32. I like the fish market in Seattle.
33. I enjoy me a good latte.
34. I like to see my kids smile!
35. I love to see my son swim, my daughter do karate and my baby running wild.
36. I want to camp on a beach and have a roaring campfire.
37. I like milk with warm chocolate chip cookies.
38. I love a comfy blanket.
39. I like that we all pile on the couch to watch movies together.
40. I am not crafty at all.
41. I don't like to drive.
42. I am terrible with directions.
43. I CANNOT read a map. (Even if it is a "grid" system city)
44. I love to make lists.
45. My credit and debit cards have pictures of my husband and kids on the beach on them. Love them they are so cute!
46. I want to lose weight and get skinny again.
47. I like Gap jeans.
48. I like Victoria Secrets cotton undies.
49. I like my Ipod touch.
50. I am proud of my daughter Joelee.
51. I love that Jackson is a comedian. He was born happy.
52. I am dang good at my job.
53. I absolutely love fine point Sharpie markers.
54. I love my planner.
55. I want to go to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.
56. Cereal does not fill me up.
57. I had pigeons because I thought it would be fun. It was misery. (I finally had my daughter chase them out of the cage and set them free! They still come back sometimes.)
58. I do not like pie crust.
59. I made my daughter take Irish dance classes. (She ended up liking it and being very good at it.)
60. I am not good at math.
61. I want to go to Hawaii again. We got married on Maui and later went to Honolulu but I could easily go again.
62. I love that my daughter named her tortoise "P. Sherman" and that my son named his cat "Wall-E."
63. My friend's husband is from Jamaica and he eats chicken feet. This makes me crack up every time I think about it. I think of two little chicken leg/feet standing in a bowl.
64. I want a Tab camp trailer so that we can go camping when we are older.
65. I went sky diving once.
66. I want an SUV so I call haul my kids around.
67. I would LOVE to live in a beach house so that I could walk along the beach every day.
68. I don't like horses.
69. I lived on a farm for about 5 years.
70. I love the 4th of July. There is nothing better than fireworks! (Disney has awesome fireworks)
71. I am obsessed with the mixed media art by Kim Haller. Her little people speak to me.
72. I like it when it rains on a warm day.
73. I do not like to eat eggs. It is fine if they are baked in something but otherwise I do not like to eat them.
74. I want to be out doors more.
75. I like peonies.
76. I want 27 grandchildren.
77. I LOVE that I only work 4 shifts a week.
78. I like to keep my laundry caught up.
79. I want to have a make-up consultation because I am sick of my current make-up.
80. I want a greenhouse.
81. I am afraid of heights.
82. I hate phone surveys.
83. I like cupcakes.
84. I want my kids to like each other. (So far, so good)
85. I do not drink soda pop. Never have.
86. I am a night owl and do not do mornings.
87. I like to wear black T-shirts.
88. I cannot sing.
89. I don't dance.
90. I have zero coordination.
91. I don't like to chew gum.
92. I do like Juicy Pear Jelly Belly Jelly Beans though.
93. I am not good at video games. They stress me out.
94. I cannot swim.
95. I have a good beach chair.
96. I am learning to like fish.
97. I wish I could feed everybody, everywhere.
98. I hope to teach my kids to be tolerant and accepting of others.
99. I hate when there are babies in the obituaries.
100. I love that my kids find great joy in collecting sea shells.
Now that was not has hard as I thought it was going to be. I got hung up in the eighties but pulled through.

Flashback Friday-Our Little Stars

Everyone wanted to touch these two, or be in photos with them.
We have always called Jackson's head the "lucky stone" because it is so rub-able.
It was so nice to be accepted in Korea. The people were so nice and helpful.
So friendly!

Intermountain LIFE FLIGHT-Just For Fun

I work for the "mother" ship as it is called.
It is an awesome medical center and tons of wonderful people work there.
Our security team is awesome.
Last night I asked them how close my little boy could get to the Life Flight Helicopter.
They said...We can take him right up so he can touch it.
Wow!
They got in contact with the pilot and he met us out at the helicopter. He told my son about it and he was so gentle and nice. He has been flying for 41 years.
What a night for a little boy.
He even got to sit in the pilots seat!

Flashback Friday-Referral-Easter Weekend One Year Ago!

Fed Ex Guy Dropping Off Referral Packet


My Little Baby Bird


Such A Pretty Girl


Already Looking Like A Handful

Referral call was a Friday. April 10, 2009. Easter weekend. We were on our way out of town. Agency called about an hour before we were on the road. It was an awesome weekend. We got to ogle pictures of our girl as a family and we named her together. It was very emotional after waiting 11 long months for referral. Although we were in love with her immediately.
I can't believe it has been a year since our referral!

Dear Isabella Eun Jin,
We can't wait to have you home as part of our family. We look forward to getting to know you!
Love,
Mommy, Daddy, Joelee and Jackson