Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Jared+Alisia
This is a fun little video that Kim+Phil shot during our Maternity Love Shoot. We had a lot of fun wandering around our neighborhood shotting pictures. Alisia is beautiful! I guess I look okay.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Winter is here!
We've been really lacking in the blog business. There's so much going on yet somehow I find it hard to put it in writing.
So what has happened in the last SIX months?
-Jared had surgery on his deviated septum. It put him out about 1 1/2 weeks in July with about 2 months before he was totally healed. He's breathing alot better now. However, his other nostril wants to act up these days. He hasn't sinusitis again since the surgery which is wonderful!
-We ended our teaching contract after 6 months in Korea! I'm still a little too excited about that I think.
-Australia! Yes, we were lucky enough to get a great deal on a flight to Australia to visit Mark & Karen before we headed back to the States. It was great to see where Jared grew up and actually see so many of the landmarks he loves (Great Ocean Road). I loved the overpriced Australian food and oh the desserts. Don't get me started, they were delicious. We got up close and personal with kangaroos, koalas, and sand dunes, oh yeah.
-Home sweet southern home! When we got back to the States, we stayed in Winnsboro for a little over one month. During that time, we hung out with Mrs. Carolyn and Dennis, learned to make homemade pizza (my favorite pizza of all time), took a trip to Chattanooga, went to Baton Rouge to see Kari who unfortunately was in the hospital with kidney stones (Jared and I shared a twin couch for two nights), ate lots of great Southern food, had a great night with my dad and siblings, had a great weekend visiting with all of our siblings, Josh, and cutie pie Drew.
-With the job search going nowhere over the internet, we decided to take a leap of faith, pack up all our stuff and move to Portland. We are especially thankful for Sascha, John Mark, and Nicole. Within 3 days of moving to Portland God provided us a one room apartment in NW portland...where we will eventually move Rusty back down to the lower 48 from Anchorage where he's staying with Jared's awesome friend Darren. I should add that Keri is also giving Rusty lots of love too.
-We got the best news the days after we arrived in Portland. I'm pregnant and we're going to have a baby at the end of June! Right now I'm 11 weeks along and hoping the "morning" sickness will go away soon! I am so thankful for all He has provided us with; full coverage insurance for this pregnancy and a little extra money each month to help with the food. During this whole jobless time for both of us, I decided to read "Calm My Anxious Heart". It really made me focus more on all that God has provided, is providing, and will provide. I will choose to rejoice in this time of trial and sing praises of the Father.
-Jared found a job working from home as a case manager and will be in training for the next couple of weeks. I think he's going to be great in this line of work.
I'm sure there is so much more that I've left out but that is the majority of it. My mom made it safely back from Iraq and will be here tonight for a 5 days visit. Erin and Josh are pregnant and will have a baby about a month before us! Yay!
Pictures from the last year soon to be posted at www.jaredandalisia.shutterfly.com
So what has happened in the last SIX months?
-Jared had surgery on his deviated septum. It put him out about 1 1/2 weeks in July with about 2 months before he was totally healed. He's breathing alot better now. However, his other nostril wants to act up these days. He hasn't sinusitis again since the surgery which is wonderful!
-We ended our teaching contract after 6 months in Korea! I'm still a little too excited about that I think.
-Australia! Yes, we were lucky enough to get a great deal on a flight to Australia to visit Mark & Karen before we headed back to the States. It was great to see where Jared grew up and actually see so many of the landmarks he loves (Great Ocean Road). I loved the overpriced Australian food and oh the desserts. Don't get me started, they were delicious. We got up close and personal with kangaroos, koalas, and sand dunes, oh yeah.
-Home sweet southern home! When we got back to the States, we stayed in Winnsboro for a little over one month. During that time, we hung out with Mrs. Carolyn and Dennis, learned to make homemade pizza (my favorite pizza of all time), took a trip to Chattanooga, went to Baton Rouge to see Kari who unfortunately was in the hospital with kidney stones (Jared and I shared a twin couch for two nights), ate lots of great Southern food, had a great night with my dad and siblings, had a great weekend visiting with all of our siblings, Josh, and cutie pie Drew.
-With the job search going nowhere over the internet, we decided to take a leap of faith, pack up all our stuff and move to Portland. We are especially thankful for Sascha, John Mark, and Nicole. Within 3 days of moving to Portland God provided us a one room apartment in NW portland...where we will eventually move Rusty back down to the lower 48 from Anchorage where he's staying with Jared's awesome friend Darren. I should add that Keri is also giving Rusty lots of love too.
-We got the best news the days after we arrived in Portland. I'm pregnant and we're going to have a baby at the end of June! Right now I'm 11 weeks along and hoping the "morning" sickness will go away soon! I am so thankful for all He has provided us with; full coverage insurance for this pregnancy and a little extra money each month to help with the food. During this whole jobless time for both of us, I decided to read "Calm My Anxious Heart". It really made me focus more on all that God has provided, is providing, and will provide. I will choose to rejoice in this time of trial and sing praises of the Father.
-Jared found a job working from home as a case manager and will be in training for the next couple of weeks. I think he's going to be great in this line of work.
I'm sure there is so much more that I've left out but that is the majority of it. My mom made it safely back from Iraq and will be here tonight for a 5 days visit. Erin and Josh are pregnant and will have a baby about a month before us! Yay!
Pictures from the last year soon to be posted at www.jaredandalisia.shutterfly.com
Monday, May 25, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
missing footy...
I am sure missing me some footy right now. There is one Aussie in my town and he is from Brisbane...likes that rugby crap. At least I have basketball here.
The weather is sure getting nice, and makes me antsy to get outside, luckily for us there are mountains/hills all around us so we plan on firing up the old scooter and heading out around the area to see what we can climb.
We just had a great visit from my parents. although it was a short visit--they arrived last Wednesday and left the following Saturday--we still had a great time sightseeing and of course eating! We ate so much, but Korean food is great so it was worth it. We spent Friday, Saturday and most of Sunday in Seoul. After my parents left on Saturday morning, we went to the Seoul Jazz Festival and saw the Swell Season duet. What a great show, it lasted about two hours and played all the good songs from the movie Once. Definitely worth the money.
Well, things are good here in Korea overall though. If anything is going badly or I am doing anything wrong I really wouldn't know anyway because hardly anyone speaks English and Koreans are just more likely to smile at you and not say anything anyway. I swear when I go to a big city or something it is strange to see a fellow foreigner--our town is just so different from Seoul and other big cities in Korea--I think Jeomchon (our home) resembles the old Korea. That was my dad's opinion too. Gotta run now--have a class to "teach".
The weather is sure getting nice, and makes me antsy to get outside, luckily for us there are mountains/hills all around us so we plan on firing up the old scooter and heading out around the area to see what we can climb.
We just had a great visit from my parents. although it was a short visit--they arrived last Wednesday and left the following Saturday--we still had a great time sightseeing and of course eating! We ate so much, but Korean food is great so it was worth it. We spent Friday, Saturday and most of Sunday in Seoul. After my parents left on Saturday morning, we went to the Seoul Jazz Festival and saw the Swell Season duet. What a great show, it lasted about two hours and played all the good songs from the movie Once. Definitely worth the money.
Well, things are good here in Korea overall though. If anything is going badly or I am doing anything wrong I really wouldn't know anyway because hardly anyone speaks English and Koreans are just more likely to smile at you and not say anything anyway. I swear when I go to a big city or something it is strange to see a fellow foreigner--our town is just so different from Seoul and other big cities in Korea--I think Jeomchon (our home) resembles the old Korea. That was my dad's opinion too. Gotta run now--have a class to "teach".
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