Happy Birthday, Papa Talbot!

We wish we could be with you. In case you didn't see the video, here are the monkeys singing for you. We love you!

Here we are

So after a month in Utah and then two days on the road, we are now at our new post in Arizona. David is super happy to be back in the desert - he grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado and Richland, Washington - but I'm still a bit reserved. It's not so much the lack of trees that is a problem. It's the fact that the entire landscape looks sharp and pokey, like it would hurt me if I tried to run my hand over it.

We have a great new house, though, and the kids are totally in love with Arizona so far. We haven't done a lot of exploring yet, but from what I can tell there is a ton to do here. Lots of museums on post, plus a lot of hiking and camping in the area.

I'll start this new blog off with a video of our new place. Sorry if the quality isn't the greatest. Also, we have no furniture yet because the household goods that are coming from Korea are stuck at some port in a labor dispute. Hopefully our things that are in storage in Washington will be here soon.

Let's try this link to the video of the house...

The Next Step in the Journey

Since we're no longer in Daegu (sob sob sob) I'm closing that blog, and starting this one. I found that blogging was kind of cathartic for me, plus family and friends seemed interested in what was going on. That might not be so much the case now that we're not living in a foreign country, but I'm going to keep writing nonetheless.

We got into Sierra Vista, AZ today, our new home for at least the next three years. We had a month-long vacation with my folks in Utah where we could all sort of decompress and get used to being back in the states.

We went to children's museums:

I went on dates with my husband, and we were baffled by the size of concessions:

We just played with the kids a lot:

And Aiden got to have his 10th birthday with aunts, uncles, and cousins.

And now we're ready to move on. I'm so glad we're able to visit family and friends in the states! I know we're going to be racking up the mileage on our new/old minivan. :) And now... on to Ft. Huachuca!