Surprises Along the Way

Sometimes on long journeys there are little surprises and I find myself farther along than I thought I was. I do this with running from time to time. Sometimes I figure the end is many more miles and then I discover that it is actually closer then I had planned or thought. I almost have […]

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Intro to Seoul

Since we are waiting and it will likely be a number of months before we actually get to travel to Korea I thought it best to start planning sites and places that we will try and visit while we are there. Along the way I hope to learn some of the history and culture. I […]

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Edric’s 13th Package

Wow, it’s actually his 15th if you include the birthday and the Christmas ones we’ve sent. I’m ready to have my little boy home and not sending packages in zip lock baggies (even though I am SOOO thankful for the families that take them over for me when they go to meet their little ones). […]

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Running with Kids

I enjoy running. For me it is a release and a chance for my body to work out and get over what my mind has been dwelling on and worrying about. It’s a good way to work through emotions and often after a run my perspective has changed even without spending the run thinking through […]

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Boys and Trucks

There is just something about boys and trucks that go together. Every summer (I know it’s December right now, but I’m just a little behind) one of the towns close by puts together a day called “Touch a Truck”. They literally arranged to have a number of different trucks show up park at the recreation […]

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Dear Edric #6

Dear Sweet Edric- How are you doing? You are 20 months now! It has been a year since we first saw your photo and signed paperwork to make you ours. We got our first update and mailed our first package to you a year ago. And you have grown and grown. I look forward to […]

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Yellowstone Day #5 (finally)

And so here we are more than 6 months after our actual trip and I am finally getting around to blogging about Day #5…oh well, at least I’m getting it done. We had a general plan on what we wanted to see that day but since we knew it was going to be our last […]

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Adventures Abound…

So I don’t know about your house, but lately at mine we seem to have an abundance of bad guys that need to be taken care of. Everyone knows that the only way to take care of bad guys is to first wear a cape. If you happen to have a black eye from accidently […]

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