SNOW DAY!!!

Yay for snow days and cancelled school! It doesn't take much for things to shut down here... as you can see from the pictures. Actually, by the time these pictures were taken, most of the snow was already melted off. Ha! But we are very thankful for the rest and have filled our time with naps, researching soccer training drills, dishes, eating pizza & brownies, watching some Olympics, and catching up with my brother on the phone. Hopefully soon I will workout on the Wii too! All the makings of a great, unexpected day off.

And, no, this isn't our car.... the snow had already melted off of ours by this time. :)Just chillin' with the cat....

This Weekend

After weeks of seemingly nothing interesting to take pictures of and share, this weekend has had a plethora of noteworthy events that have happened. It has been a 3 day weekend for us, NOT because of President's Day today but because this weekend was Lunar New Year. And then yesterday was Valentine's Day. So any way you look at it, you have something to celebrate and an extra day off. So here is what we've been up to:

Saturday: My husband the fix-it-man!

Saturday morning we spent cleaning up around the house and my wonderful husband came up with a brilliant idea to fix our broken futon.... Duct Tape! So here he is displaying his handiwork. Now, the couch does not lean anymore and holds together quite nicely! Thanks, Baby!

The finished product.

Then in the afternoon, our Korean neighbors brought us up a huge tray of traditional Korean food to share with us as part of their Lunar New Year celebration. Yay for Lunar New Year! It was really yummy!

Sunday: Valentine's Day!

Well, Eric had this wonderful idea to go out to eat at AK Plaza last night for Valentine's Day. So we drove all the way to Pyongtaek and when we got into the station... all the shops and the restaurants were CLOSED! Stupid Lunar New Year! Ok, so stupid us for not realizing everything would be shut down on this holiday weekend. :)

So, we drove back to Songtan (where we live) and went to our favorite Bude Chigae restaurant. Thankfully, they were open. The food was delicious and we had a great time!

Monday: Game Night/Birthday Party for our friends: Matt & Beka

We invited a bunch of our friends over tonight to play Martha Washington Bridge. This game has always been a crowd pleaser and tonight was no exception. I loved preparing for the party... especially the cooking part. Below is a table of the food we served. I also served Taco Soup. Yay for my big stock pot!

The prize for the winner: a Snickers Bar

The prize for the loser: a Dum Dum

Ok, well, that was our weekend. Now back to school tomorrow. Soccer practice also begins tomorrow. Pray for me especially since I don't fully know what I'm doing! I'll let you know how it goes.

Boy, Can My Baby PREACH!

I'm very proud to post this link today of the sermon Eric preached at church today. Our pastor was gone again and asked Eric to fill in again. This is the 3rd time this school year. Eric loves doing it, and I must say... he does a fantastic job!

Click on the link below and then play the sermon, "When It All Goes Bad."

Enjoy!

http://www.songtanbaptist.com/category/sermons/

SPIRIT WEEK!

This past week was Spirit Week at ICS. Eric and I (and the rest of the school) had fun dressing up in crazy outfits each day. Below are the resulting pictures. Enjoy! :)

Monday: Wacky-Tacky Day

Tuesday: Trend Day (Eric's Trend was... NERD!)

Wednesday: Class Color Day (My class color was Green!)

Thursday: Represent your Class (The Junior Class made T-Shirts and gave one to Eric since he is their Study Hall teacher)Friday: Spirit Day

This One Is For Aftan :)

To my past hair-dying partner in crime: I MISS YOU!

I had to hire a substitute the other day because I just couldn't wait any longer to dye my hair... we had fun, but... hopefully again one day....

LOVE YOU!

Wii!

I feel bad for not posting more often that I do. However, we just forget to take pictures of all the things we do. So for now... these are the only pictures on our camera.

Pic #1 - Eric setting up our Wii

Pic #2 - Me attempting to play one of the Wii Fit games on the balance board.

Video - Eric playing a boxing game with our Director, Tad... who happens to be one of his best friends. Hilarious video!

Christmas in Chicago

This post is a continuation of the previous post about our Christmas Trip to the states. After several days in Smith Center, we flew up to Chicago to spend a week with Eric's side of the family. These 1st few pictures are of Christmas Day at Eric's parent's house. Below, Larry works on the yams to help Bonnie make her famous Sweet Potatoes and Marshmallows. They were amazing!Our niece and nephews, eager to open all of their gifts from under the Christmas tree.Eric with the books I gave him for part of his gift.The calendars I made for gifts were a big hit! Thank you Snapfish! :)

We were also able to head over to Eric's Aunt Sandie's house Christmas night and spend a few hours with some of his extended family over there. Here is a picture of Bonnie, Grandma Agnes, and Ed.Me with little Will. Such a cutie!One of the things Eric and I love to do as a couple (and with others) is play games. My Mom got this game, "Ticket to Ride," for us for Christmas and we played it a lot over the break. I highly recommend it! And yes, I like to have fun setting up all my little train pieces. :) Eric was able to share a little bit at church about our ministry here in Korea. Here he is being interviewed by Pastor Ziegler.

We were also able to spend 2 days up in Wilmette with Eric's sister's family. We loved hanging out with the kids and catching up with Kent and Laura. Thank you so much to them and everyone else who hosted us during this time.

The kids had a Wii and talked Eric into playing. Above is a special video (wink, wink) of Eric standing on the Wii Fit board trying to make the bird on the screen fly. Very funny to watch! Coincidentally, we liked the Wii Fit program so much that we used our Christmas money and went out and bought one for ourselves. Hopefully we will be able to get it set up today and start using it to work out with.

And then.... it was over. After 2 great weeks we had to come home to Korea. This final picture was of us yesterday getting ready to check-in for our 13 hour flight back home. It was a good flight (save for the screaming baby next to us), and we were even able to get home and unpack before going to bed at 9:30pm. Not a bad day's work. Thank you to all the people we were able to spend time with. We actually did much more than what the pictures show but alas, who remembers to take pictures of every moment of their life. Well, Christmas is over.... now to set up the Wii! God Bless!

Laurie

Christmas in Kansas

We made it! Sorry for the long absence, but Eric & I were just on our whirlwind Christmas trip and just got back to Korea last night. We had a great trip visiting family and friends and wish that we could have stayed with them all longer. The next 2 posts will be about the 2 parts of our trip... Kansas & Chicago. Enjoy! Me & Grandma at a get-together we had at Aunt Debbie's house.

This is a video of me when we were playing a game of "Guesstures" at Aunt Debbie's house. Eric especially likes my little victory hop at the end. :)

These next few pictures are of Christmas at the Lambert household. Notice how Orlando was decked out for the occasion.

A highlight of this part of the trip was the opportunity I had to play "Away In A Manger" as a duet with my brother at church on Sunday. The picture above is of us practicing for it at home the night before. And the video below is of us playing it a church. I love getting to hear Mark play the piano... and when he asks me to play with him... even better! He does the hard part and I just sit there and look good! Ha!

We had to cut our KS trip a little short because of bad weather coming so Mark and Dad were troopers and took us up to the airport in Kansas City. This last picture is of Mark, Eric, & I having our final meal at the airport. Part 2 of our trip is coming next! Stay tuned....

Christmas in Korea

We finally got our Christmas Tree up! It's so fun to be celebrating our 1st Christmas together as a married couple.
Below are a few pictures of the different things we've been doing this month to celebrate. The pictures include baking Christmas cookies, the Staff Christmas Party, the Elementary Christmas Program & at the bottom a special video of Eric & Jack. :)

This video is of one of the games we played at the staff Christmas party. Our table had to work together using only 1 hand each, trying to wrap a present. It's a great game & a good team building activity.

This is a picture of the elementary kids practicing for their Christmas program.

This week we have 3 days of school which for me will include a class Christmas party at school. We also plan on having dinner with a few different people this week before we head out to the states on Thursday. So... our next post will probably be from either Kansas or Chicago!

Merry Christmas!

Sermon I Preached Today

http://www.songtanbaptist.com/category/sermons/

It's the first one up there. It's entitled, "Which Sword are you Wielding?"