Friday, November 18, 2011

Seoul Forest

There is a cool huge park right in the city and along the river in Seoul.
There are a lot of different playgrounds through out, tennis, soccer, badminton,
deer park, horse stables, nature trails, eateries,and bike trails that take you to all of them.
So we went with a few families and had a fun morning.

We all rented bikes and cruised around.
fun at the park.
(notice that dave is the next one in line up there with all the korean school kids. ha)





I can't believe that jacob has such bad form here. Never have your knee past your ankle. ha.
Fun day.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

We're so glad when daddy comes home.

After a week full of loud planes, sirens, bugle calls, explosions,
and last night so much artillery fire, I am happy to say
the latest exercise is over.
How do I know?
They played over the base wide sound system
"I'm proud to be an American"
I guess we won the war. smile.

And I am so very proud to be an American, and to be
involved with the protection of our great nation.
It is worth fighting to protect,
living to support,
and dying to save.

Today enjoy the comfort of freedom that so many amazing
men and women train and work so hard to provide for us!
God bless us to bless America and keep her safe and strong!

CAN I HEAR AN AMEN MY BROTHER?!
(smile)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Italy here we come!


We got our orders yesterday to go to Aviano AFB
in Italy next summer.
Could this really be happening?
Spero di si.


The current branch president of our church is moving this summer from
Aviano and is making sure that we get his house.
He says it is the best house he has
seen for rent there and he has been there for 5 years.
It is a 7 bedroom home on many acres of property.
Here it is.
Just kidding.

This is the sanctuary of the Madonna del monte in aviano.
Aviano is just south of Venice.
Nestled in a beautiful valley with mountains surrounding as you
can see in the first pictures.
Amazing right?

SO WHO IS COMING TO THE IVES B&B?
Our rates will be reasonable. smile.
Italian speaking tour guide included.
Which means I better start seriously brushing up on my Italian.

Comment if you plan on coming to visit!!!!!

P.S. for more pics go and check out my friends Karlee and Dave Zollinger's
etsy shop. They are selling prints of all the amazing things that they
saw while traveling Europe when they lived in Aviano.

Beautiful Heartbreak

Up at 3am, can't sleep. Found this music video. thought I would share. feel inspired.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Big man on campus with his new haircut.

No more curls, and feeling like a man.
He kneeled down because i was kneeling to take the picture. He is so funny.
He may be a big man when he is out and about, but at home he is still
mama's sweet little baby boy.

Next Top Model


Leah and Lizzie were playing "next top model" and I was dying laughing.
Apparently when we were in Hawaii, Rachel and Rebecca watched it
while Dave and I were out to dinner.

Lizzie explained to me that it isn't about how pretty you are, but your uniqueness.
You know, your looks and poses, and how you express yourself.
Something new and exciting.
She does have that gangly thin look. She just would need to grow 3 feet taller. ha.
Lizzie told me that she just would want to model for like "Old Navy" since models don't
always wear modest clothing. But that would cut into her being a hot dog vendor plans.
She just told me that she will have to jog every day because hot dog vendors
usually aren't very thin because they eat what they sell. smile.

I think Leah's hair looks so cute here.
My sister Nicole gave her a really good cut this summer.
thanks coco.



Rachel and Rebecca just had to jump into their photo shoot.

This is lizzie being an ice skater ( what they played next).
They both put on socks and made up routines.
The tile being the ice.
So fun to be a kid.
I don't really have time for ice routines lately, but back in the day
I had some pretty sweet roller skating routines. We lived on the corner
and had a big sidewalk area on the corner. So we had a big L shaped routine
area to perform with a big area right in the center. We would
have the neighborhood boys judge our routines.
I was really proud of my deep squat with one leg out move as I went rolling by.
(do you know what i mean?)
I wonder if I could do that now. hmmmmm.



Friday, November 11, 2011

Happy Peporo Day

We didn't even know that November 11th is Peporo day here in
South Korea until Jacob received this gift from his girlfriend Alex.

Peporo is a brand of these chocolate covered biscuit sticks.
On Peporo day, which is kind of like Valentine's day, you give the ones
you love peporo sticks. A delicious idea.
On the inside of this huge box she gave him were tons of boxes of peporo's that were wrapped by her and with the message above. very sweet.
Ammon could have been a box of peporos for halloween. He is a sweet yummy treat.
Thanks Alex, we all snuck into them, and loved them.
(don't tell jacob. smile)