Fall pictures at the arboreteum....

Today we went out to the arboreteum near base and took some fall pictures. It was such a gorgeous day. I have always loved the fall, and this was a really neat place to see all the leaves changing.

The kids....

I just realized that I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping up the stats with both of the kiddos. I know that as new moms early on, we record their first steps, first cereal, first bath, and on and on!! But, as time goes by, our sweet little babies grow up and then we just get busy and sometimes forget to do it. I guess I'm guilty of falling behind on all this, so I thought I would share some neat things that have been going on in our world.

Luke Davin: 4 years old

Oh Luke.....What am I going to do with this boy?? I've never met another complex creature who tests and challenges me on most every front. He can be such a sweetie one minute, and then the next minute he can turn into one of the holy terrors found on Supernanny. When he's sweet, he can be soooo sweet, but when he's bad, boy, look out!!! He his, as my dad would say, "spirited!" I guess that's the nice way of putting it!! I'm always surprised if the Sunday school/pre-school teacher, or anybody watching out for him, tells me he was good that day, that's usually not the norm!! I thought of finding a nice sweet picture to put up for this post, but that would not be typical for Luke!! We are so thankful for this little boy, and he certainly keeps us on our toes. Here's some cute Lukeism's:

"you happy?" I'm usually stressed out with him, so he says this alot!!!!

"I wix it." (fix)

"you play trains with me??" he says this most every day, 20 times a day!!

"you lay down with me?" he always wants somebody to lay down with him at night.

"I ride my cooter?" (scooter) and it's a pink scooter ta boot

Luke is attending a pre-school program on the base at the Elementary school 4 days a week. He loves trains, cars, and things that go! There's never a dull moment with Luke!!!

Sydney MaLee : 6 years old

Sydney is growing into very sweet little girl. She is in the 1st grade here at Osan, and is learning to read. She loves this new found hobby, and it's so neat to sit down and have her actually read to us! She is a very sweet friend to everybody and enjoys her time here at Osan. She is currently doing ballet and awanas, and is also doing the choir club at school. She's pretty busy! I never thought that entering the 1st grade would mean that I've in some ways lost my baby, but in some ways I guess I have. She's become very independent, and sometimes a litte too smart, if you know what I mean!! Sydney is a little too old for the cute sayings, but she has had some cute things that I just couldn't forget to add. One night she was going to the movie with some friends, and she came and told me that she wanted to dress like a "rock star" tonight! And believe you me, she looked like a star! She has her daddy wrapped around her finger for sure!!

The F-16 community has been hit very hard lately. It's such a small community, and even though you might not know the person directly, you certainly know somebody who does. We've lost 2 wives of F-16 pilots, one to cancer, and one to complications during labor after her baby was born. We also have lost a pilot at Shaw AFB. Please pray for these families after you read this post, pray that God will lift up their families and give them peace at this difficult time. I know that I'm going to give each of my kids an extra special hug and kiss tonight and let them know how very much they are loved. God bless you all!

Korean Folk Village

Sydney and Luke on the Stepping Stones.

Sydney grinding some oats.

On the flogging board.

My little Korean military officer???

Luke getting to ride a horse with one of the stunt riders from the show.

All of us getting ready for the horse show and dancers.

Korean girl dressed in traditional Hanbok, giving the peace sign????

We had a great day at the Korean Folk village. It's located about 20 minutes north of the base in Suwon. It's a place kind of like Colonial Williamsburg, but in true Korean fashion. We got to see how Koreans lived hundreds of years ago, and how they farmed and made a living. It was such a great place for the kids to run around and be hands on with everything. The Korean dancers were amazing, along with the tight rope walker and the horse show. The weather was amazing, a gorgeous fall day! We definitely plan on going back before we leave here.

Family photos by the jet

Party Suits and First Fridays...

We had a VERY long Friday this past weekend. We started the day off with family photos by the jet, a first Friday, a hail and farewell, and then ended the day with 2 "shows". It was a fun day, but boy was it long! I'll post our family photos later, but wanted to share our pics in our party suits since they were on my camera. HARRUMPH!!!!!!!!

My little "Rock star"!!!

We had a free movie night for all the kids here at Osan. I was planning on just sending Sydney in her school clothes she had on that day, but she had something else in mind!!! When it came time to get her ready, she told me she wanted to dress like a "rock star" tonight!!! So, we proceeded to go to her room and find the closest thing I could come up with. This little line from Gymboree this year has some guitars and rock star sayings on it, so it worked out perfect. Before she headed out the door, I was also given instructions to take her picture too! She's my little fashionista these days!!

Disneyland

I know I'm really behind on my blog, but I didn't realize that I hadn't posted pictures of our trip to Disneyland in January 2009. When we moved from Phoenix and were enroute to Korea, we decided to have a little fun before heading overseas. David's parents came to Phoenix to see us, and then we all drove to LA to go to Disneyland. We did 3 full days, and the kids had a blast. I think the parents even had a good time too!! :)