Happy Easter!!!

What a glorious day.  Let's celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus.  "Father, I owe it all to you.  You have blessed me with an amazing life, family, and so much more.  I am so blessed and so grateful.  I could never thank you enough!"

Have to start this off by thanking my one and only, God.  Without Him, all this would not be possible.  For it is because of Him that we are all here.  Just a little reminder.  =)  Anyhow, Happy Easter, friends and family!  And what a beautiful sunny day here in Osan, Korea.  The weather held out nicely and let us have an awesome Easter day.  Our morning started early, around 0730-Tim and I made breakfast, and all 3 kids and us ate as a family.  This was so nice because during the weekly hustle and bustle, we tend to lose sight or hope for a family dinner.  So, having breakfast this morning, all of us, was nice.  Then, around noontime, we had the 2 little one's do an egg hunt.  We filled 72 eggs, some with candy, the rest with money.  Then we set the kids free, and the chaos began!  It's so fun watching them search for eggs.  They both made out extremely well, and afterwards, we took them to the store so they could buy something with their money.  All and all, it was a great day.  Followed by a delicious ham dinner.  No, it's a far cry from the way I use to celebrate Easter, with the Polish tradition of borcht, kielbasi, horseradish, rye bread, etc.  (Thanks Uncle Gene for reminding me...)  I'd give a kidney for that dinner.  Lol.  But, we made due with what we had and it was wonderful.

I was able to get some great photos too.  I am uploading them to my blog.  Enjoy!

I can only hope that everyone back home had an amazing Easter.  Let us not forget the real meaning behind this day.  Give thanks to where it's deserved!

It's Official...

As of the 15th of April, I was officially accepted as a Substitute at the kids' elementary school.  I was both ecstatic and nervous at the same time I received the email saying this.  At first, I thought "how hard could it possibly be?  I have kids here all day long sometimes at my house.  All the kids in the tower are practically over our house.  So, why not get paid for it? "  Well, time came for me to put on my "Big girl panties" (as my friend would say... and get going.  I got a call about subbing for a Kindergarten class 1/2 day.  Whohoo.  Yeah right.  I went and got a new outfit, and then got ready.  As soon as I got there, I was like a lost puppy.  Didn't know which way to turn, or really what to do.  When I made my way to the class where I was subbing for, I was pretty much thrown in there to the sharks.  Lol.  The teacher wrote down a few notes and then left.  I was like, hmmm.  Thankfully, the Kinder-aid was there to help me.  She pretty much ran the show.  I did get a good feel for what I was doing, however, I wanted to hug all the kids and not reprimand them.  I was told that that was not a good idea, ha.  I grasped what that meant quickly.  Can I just say that these kids have the cutest imaginations.  It wasn't that long ago, where Maddie was that young. Now, it's like she's 16.  Amazing how fast time flies.  Back to subbing, I was honestly scared.  Intimidated by these kids.  I was sweating.  It was weird.  I know they are kids, just like my own, but when you are there, in front of them, and they are all looking at you like "what's next", I was clueless.  Brain fart?  I don't know.  But, I swore that I wasn't going to let that ruin my day.  I made it through day one, with much needed help, but I survived.

The next day, I was asked to sub for a 3rd grade class.  I was like, sure.  This class is located on the same floor as Mason and Maddie, and actually it is right across from Maddie's class.  Plus, there are two kids in this class, that are ALWAYS at my home on a daily basis.  How bad could it be?  Sure.  I had NO IDEA what I was in for.  Nineteen kids.  Between the ages of 8-10.  It was non-stop chaos.  There was boys just waiting to launch spitballs my way, I knew it.  There was all eyes on me, and they KNEW I was scared.  It's amazing how some kids will feed off that and use it to their advantage.  I tried to remain calm, and ask nicely for them to quiet down, more then once, and it wasn't getting me anywhere.  Then, I was informed by a student, that one of the boys in the classroom was the class president, and he was in charge of the bell.  He would ring the bell if it got loud in there.  On a normal day with his original teacher, he maybe had to ring it 6 times at the most.  But, today, guess how many times we rang that bell?  Can you guess?  16 times.   Is that bad?  Lol.  So, in those 16 times, I had kids all over the place, out of seats, one kid half asleep at his desk, a young lady smearing glue all over her face, (future class clown maybe?), kids everywhere asking me for the restroom, and water, just pure chaos.  I had to sit down once and think what should I do.  Then, out of no where, I began talking to them, asking them things that were pertaining to the assignments that were left for them, and it was like they wanted me to do that.  They lit up.  And, it was at that moment, that I realized that all these kids wanted were to be acknowledged and they wanted to participate.  I was able to regain structure, and my sanity.  I ended up having a pretty good day.  So, day two is done.  And once again, I lived to tell.  Ha.

The other day, the weather was great.  We took the kids out to the park, and of course Stormy too.  The flowers are all blooming and I wanted to get some pics.  I was able to get a few, and so I am posting them. Hope you can enjoy them.  I will write more again soon. ~

Spring has Sprung...

Spring has Sprung.  Thankfully.  The weather here is finally warming up too, and the grass is greener.  There is a problem though, with allergies and the "Yellow Sand" that is coming over from China.  It's a mixture of pollution, and dirt, that carries over in the jet stream and dumps itself on other countries.  With this, it causes health issues, such as sinus infections, ear infections, and really gross and annoying allergies. The kids have been sneezing, coughing, complaining of ear pain, and sore throats.  And one child in particular, is having issues with staying in her own bed at night.  Making "three's a crowd" in my bed.  Really.  I thought at a certain age, this stops??  Ha.  Not in my house.

Other then this, the kids are all on Spring Break this week coming up.  We are making plans to do some sightseeing or something while we are all together.  There are some places that are being offered from the Youth Center for transportation to certain tourist places.  This we did last Spring too.  We were able to ride the YC bus and hang out with other families.  This time, I will be able to blog about it and you all will be able to see what we did.

It's so hard to believe that it's April already.  Before you know it, it will be summer.  That I can wait for.  Supposedly, next week, Tim is finding out whether or not if he made a brigade position or not.  We are praying that he did, and that we can leave here sooner, rather then summer of 2012.  But, only God knows if we are headed anywhere soon.  I guess we can only leave it all up to Him.  I would like to leave here though, and be back in the states.  I am missing family and just the normal way of things.  I hate being confined to a small base, with limited things to do.  How I would love to get in the car, and drive to the mall-and window shop.  Or, just drive anywhere, and NOT get lost.  Oh the things I miss about the US.