Saturday, January 16, 2010

Laura from South Korea here with us

Hello all,
We have a South Korean exchange student with us as of this past Monday, Jan11th. Her name is Laura (Hyebin Seo, here actual name). She is 15 years old but in America she would be 14 yrs because at birth in Korea, she is 1 year old already. What a wonderful addition to our family for 4 weeks. Laura goes to middle school with Mary and my Laura, attending classes alongside Mary. She brought her saxophone, enjoys putting puzzles together (which we love too), eating pizza and loves to write. She prints English very well and speaks pretty good English. We too are learning Korean and she laughs at our struggles with the language. I see a very great friendship bond being made with my children. We will definitely stay in touch and foresee trips to Korea in some fashion to see her in the future. Laura is a Christian and requested a Christian family to stay with through this exchange program. The school thought of us and we are blessed because of it.
Here is Laura, Mary and Laura the first day in Coeur d'Alene.

Here she is with my girls along with Dawson. She loves Dawson and our cat Smeagle too! Her family does not have pets so to have them laying around near by is new but very fun for her.

Laura traveled with other Korean students. Here are two friends of hers, Rosi and Stella who are staying with Jessica (on the far right) as part of the exchange program.


My Grandson Luke is doing well. There was concern about his weight. He lost a pound and a half after coming home but has now rebounded. He is a big eater and sleeps alot. He is a very good baby for Michelle and Nathan. What a blessing to have a new Grandson. Her are some new pictures of Luke.
Try and focus Luke!

Bundled up and ready to go!

Awwwww! My dad!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!!!!

We have been having a great time as a family. My brother John has been here and he leaves tomorrow. What a great visit it has been for all. Today we got together and celebrated Kayla's birthday (Jan 3rd) and Laura's birthday (Jan 4th) before Uncle Johnny leaves on Sunday and before Leah leaves back to Bend this afternoon. Here are some pictures which includes updated pictures of Luke. He just gets cuter and cuter each day.



Uncle Johnny and Aaron