Oops, I almost forgot... WE PAID OFF THE TRUCK!!!
In November, we plan on paying off my old Sears card, and in December, we plan on paying off our BX credit from where we bought our new couches and elliptical.
We're also planning on paying off a bunch of Emilee's old debts as well right after the first of the year, so God has been good to us. Thank you all for your prayers!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Yikesss!!!! 06 October 2011
YIKES!! So since it's been a quarter since I've updated this last, maybe now would be a good time to post an update...
So upon our return from leave in July '11, Emilee had her gallbladder removed.. she has since recuperated and began to work out.
On 11 Sept 2011, we hit a reallllly rough spot in the road in our marriage. We decided to take a break from the praise and worship team at the chapel to focus on our marriage and trying to get it back on the right path for God. We had 2 dear friends of ours (Joe and Michelle) here at Osan who bought the Love Dare Day By Day devotional for us and we've been doing it every day since.
One of the activities in the book (particularly Day 2's "Go Deeper") had us read 1 Corinthians 13, then go back and read verses 4 thru 7, removing "Love" and "It" and replacing these words with our name... and it hurt... it reflected to us both what neither of us had been for the other.
So now we are trying to change our thought processes from being selfish to being selfless for each other and pursuing each other first. Seems to be working so far and our prayer is that God would keep blessing our marriage through this daily devotional, our Bible readings, Emilee's Bible studies with PWOC, and through our renewed intimacy.
In the midst of all of this, I am now currently in Week 14 of Physics w/ Lab online and Week 10 of Calculus 2 online, AND not to mention, I just started ALS today which will last 25 days. So here's what I look forward to EVERY day right now:
~Love Dare daily devotional and reflection
~ALS/reading and homework
~Calculus 2 lectures and exercises
~Physics w/ Lab homework, final Lab, final Discussion Board, final assignment, and final exam
~Bible reading (5 chapters per day)
~helping Riley do her homework OR washing one of the kids
~helping to clean up the house
~working out with Emilee
~Applying for AECP and OTS commissioning programs
Lots of good, but lots of stressful too. Another good thing is that, upon graduating from my ALS course on 09 Nov, I will also be getting my CCAF degree immediately after.
Please keep us in your prayers. Being in ALS is only a 25 day course, but it means more homework to add to my already-existing homework, plus housework, plus time with Emilee and the kids, plus still trying to heal with Emilee from the bump in the road in September.
We love and miss you all. Looking SO forward to getting back to the states, but hoping to get there via a commissioning program instead of normal PCS!
So upon our return from leave in July '11, Emilee had her gallbladder removed.. she has since recuperated and began to work out.
On 11 Sept 2011, we hit a reallllly rough spot in the road in our marriage. We decided to take a break from the praise and worship team at the chapel to focus on our marriage and trying to get it back on the right path for God. We had 2 dear friends of ours (Joe and Michelle) here at Osan who bought the Love Dare Day By Day devotional for us and we've been doing it every day since.
One of the activities in the book (particularly Day 2's "Go Deeper") had us read 1 Corinthians 13, then go back and read verses 4 thru 7, removing "Love" and "It" and replacing these words with our name... and it hurt... it reflected to us both what neither of us had been for the other.
So now we are trying to change our thought processes from being selfish to being selfless for each other and pursuing each other first. Seems to be working so far and our prayer is that God would keep blessing our marriage through this daily devotional, our Bible readings, Emilee's Bible studies with PWOC, and through our renewed intimacy.
In the midst of all of this, I am now currently in Week 14 of Physics w/ Lab online and Week 10 of Calculus 2 online, AND not to mention, I just started ALS today which will last 25 days. So here's what I look forward to EVERY day right now:
~Love Dare daily devotional and reflection
~ALS/reading and homework
~Calculus 2 lectures and exercises
~Physics w/ Lab homework, final Lab, final Discussion Board, final assignment, and final exam
~Bible reading (5 chapters per day)
~helping Riley do her homework OR washing one of the kids
~helping to clean up the house
~working out with Emilee
~Applying for AECP and OTS commissioning programs
Lots of good, but lots of stressful too. Another good thing is that, upon graduating from my ALS course on 09 Nov, I will also be getting my CCAF degree immediately after.
Please keep us in your prayers. Being in ALS is only a 25 day course, but it means more homework to add to my already-existing homework, plus housework, plus time with Emilee and the kids, plus still trying to heal with Emilee from the bump in the road in September.
We love and miss you all. Looking SO forward to getting back to the states, but hoping to get there via a commissioning program instead of normal PCS!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
24 July 2011
Just finished my Calculus 1 class! Final Grade is a 91%! Now I just have to complete Physics w/ Lab and Calculus 2 and I'll be GTG!
This Friday, I'll be sewing on Staff Sgt (wooooohoo!). Lots of exciting stuff going on.
Lots of sad stuff going on too, though...
Several of our best friends are PCS'ing soon. Daniel, Mat, Keith, and Jay are leaving us in July/August, and then we're losing Nathan and Chris in November. Keep our Praise and Worship team in your prayers as we make these tough transitions.
This Friday, I'll be sewing on Staff Sgt (wooooohoo!). Lots of exciting stuff going on.
Lots of sad stuff going on too, though...
Several of our best friends are PCS'ing soon. Daniel, Mat, Keith, and Jay are leaving us in July/August, and then we're losing Nathan and Chris in November. Keep our Praise and Worship team in your prayers as we make these tough transitions.
Monday, July 18, 2011
18 July 2011
Last post was in March... doing great with this blog thing. haha.
To catch up since March...
Elijah turned 2 yrs old in April. Riley turned 5 yrs old in May. I turned 27 in July (finally caught up with Emilee.. haha).
We left for mid-tour to NC on June 8th. We arrived in ATL, GA in enough time to watch our flight to Asheville leave the ground (many thanks to Delta in Tokyo, Japan having computer issues that caused a delay in our boarding time). We wait a few hours at ATL for them to send us to Charlotte, and then back to Asheville.
When we landed, Susan and David and Danielle greeted us at the airport. I finally saw my truck with the new tri-fold tonneau cover on it (looks and works great!). The cover came in extra handy because it rained quite a bit while we were traveling back and forth.
The first day we were in NC, we upgraded our phones to the new I-Phone 4's and we've really enjoyed them except for the fact that we can't really use them a whole lot in Korea (unless we're in a location where there is Wi-Fi). However, they're great phones to have in the states and such.
We get to Andrews and see my mom, dad, and sister for the first time in a year and a half. Carleigh's grown a LOT into a beautiful young lady!
The next week, we go on vacation together to Pigeon Forge, TN and have a blast. Christie (my oldest sister) brought my nieces and nephew over for a few days to spend with our kids as well.
We spent another week in Andrews and then we head back to Brevard to spend a couple weeks with Emilee's parents. While Em and Susie went shopping, David and I spent a lot of time outside working in the yard or watching the kids play in the pool or drive around on their little vehicles. On the Fourth of July, they hosted a birthday party for me and we had a blast! We also went to church in July with Danielle to Trinity Baptist in Asheville. We ate lunch with Galen and Natasha Goodrum and their children. We also went one day to Cartersville and spent some time with Kristin Gray, Josh Lummus and his girlfriend, and the Stephen family. All in all, we had a great trip and can't wait to get back to spend more time with our families...
Upon our return to Osan AB, Emilee went back to work on Friday and I returned to work on Monday. Everyone was excited to see us back. Monday night, Emilee ended up in the ER with back and side pains.. it turned out to be gallstones, so they decided to remove her gallbladder on Tuesday at noon, so I was out of work Tues and Wed with her. She is out for a couple weeks of work and no driving during that time. She is also not able to lift more than 5 lbs for the next 6 weeks (it's killing her because she wants to hold Elijah so bad).
So for now, I've been dropping off and picking up Elijah at Daycare, and also trying to help out in the house as much as possible. Church has been going great (though Emilee can't sing for a couple weeks). I've completed my Trigonometry course as well as my Chemistry w/ Lab course through American Military University, and am currently taking Physics w/ Lab and finishing up Calculus 1 online this week. I will be starting Calc 2 online August 1st. I start applying for AECP this Fall to go to NC State for Computer Engineering starting Fall 2012 (keeping our fingers crossed and praying hard). I sew on Staff Sergeant August 1st as well and am excited about continuing our career in the Air Force. While on vacation, we readjusted our truck loan under the SCRA Act at a 6% interest cap since my enlistment date to present, changing the remaining balance on our Truck from $3,400 to $2,100 (about 5 more PMT's to go!). Oh, and one last item of interest... Elijah is VERRRY close to being potty-trained. His teachers have asked us to start bringing big-boy undy's to daycare for him, so we'll see how that goes...
Other than that, we are enjoying life as a family and can't wait to see where the road takes us!
To catch up since March...
Elijah turned 2 yrs old in April. Riley turned 5 yrs old in May. I turned 27 in July (finally caught up with Emilee.. haha).
We left for mid-tour to NC on June 8th. We arrived in ATL, GA in enough time to watch our flight to Asheville leave the ground (many thanks to Delta in Tokyo, Japan having computer issues that caused a delay in our boarding time). We wait a few hours at ATL for them to send us to Charlotte, and then back to Asheville.
When we landed, Susan and David and Danielle greeted us at the airport. I finally saw my truck with the new tri-fold tonneau cover on it (looks and works great!). The cover came in extra handy because it rained quite a bit while we were traveling back and forth.
The first day we were in NC, we upgraded our phones to the new I-Phone 4's and we've really enjoyed them except for the fact that we can't really use them a whole lot in Korea (unless we're in a location where there is Wi-Fi). However, they're great phones to have in the states and such.
We get to Andrews and see my mom, dad, and sister for the first time in a year and a half. Carleigh's grown a LOT into a beautiful young lady!
The next week, we go on vacation together to Pigeon Forge, TN and have a blast. Christie (my oldest sister) brought my nieces and nephew over for a few days to spend with our kids as well.
We spent another week in Andrews and then we head back to Brevard to spend a couple weeks with Emilee's parents. While Em and Susie went shopping, David and I spent a lot of time outside working in the yard or watching the kids play in the pool or drive around on their little vehicles. On the Fourth of July, they hosted a birthday party for me and we had a blast! We also went to church in July with Danielle to Trinity Baptist in Asheville. We ate lunch with Galen and Natasha Goodrum and their children. We also went one day to Cartersville and spent some time with Kristin Gray, Josh Lummus and his girlfriend, and the Stephen family. All in all, we had a great trip and can't wait to get back to spend more time with our families...
Upon our return to Osan AB, Emilee went back to work on Friday and I returned to work on Monday. Everyone was excited to see us back. Monday night, Emilee ended up in the ER with back and side pains.. it turned out to be gallstones, so they decided to remove her gallbladder on Tuesday at noon, so I was out of work Tues and Wed with her. She is out for a couple weeks of work and no driving during that time. She is also not able to lift more than 5 lbs for the next 6 weeks (it's killing her because she wants to hold Elijah so bad).
So for now, I've been dropping off and picking up Elijah at Daycare, and also trying to help out in the house as much as possible. Church has been going great (though Emilee can't sing for a couple weeks). I've completed my Trigonometry course as well as my Chemistry w/ Lab course through American Military University, and am currently taking Physics w/ Lab and finishing up Calculus 1 online this week. I will be starting Calc 2 online August 1st. I start applying for AECP this Fall to go to NC State for Computer Engineering starting Fall 2012 (keeping our fingers crossed and praying hard). I sew on Staff Sergeant August 1st as well and am excited about continuing our career in the Air Force. While on vacation, we readjusted our truck loan under the SCRA Act at a 6% interest cap since my enlistment date to present, changing the remaining balance on our Truck from $3,400 to $2,100 (about 5 more PMT's to go!). Oh, and one last item of interest... Elijah is VERRRY close to being potty-trained. His teachers have asked us to start bringing big-boy undy's to daycare for him, so we'll see how that goes...
Other than that, we are enjoying life as a family and can't wait to see where the road takes us!
Monday, May 23, 2011
23 March 2011
Soooo it's been a while since I've blogged. It's been CRAZY since I've changed flights, but I realllly like my job. There was a guy in my shop who wanted to use me as the lowest guy on the totem pole even though I run around like I'm crazy trying to get stuff done... instead, he thought I should have been taking out his garbage and shredding his paperwork. Welll, he's no longer in our shop. Turns out my new flight chief saw him for what he was: lazy and useless in regards to work ethic.
Since I've been in DOX, my flight leadership have submitted me for awards. I've won the Performer of the Month for January 2011, Squadron Airman of the Quarter for 1Q 2011, Group Airman of the Quarter for 1Q 2011, and American Legion Spirit of Service Award for 480 ISR Wing for 2011. We also won Squadron Team of the Quarter for 1Q 2011, but didn't get it at the Group level.
I'm currently in my 8th week of Calc 1 and 12th week of Chemistry w/ lab through American Military University, and finished Trigonometry not too long before I started both of these classes.
We just spend over $5,000 on plane tickets (all of our tax refund plus some) to go visit our families after a year and a half of not being home. They're going to FLIP when they see Riley and Elijah. Riley's hair and vocab are the only 2 things that have grown about her, and Elijah is a MUCH bigger boy than he was when they saw him last. They both love to wrestle and play and watch movies. Elijah is now 2 yrs old and Riley is 5 yrs old.
We also just ordered a tonneau cover for my truck (which just shipped to my inlaw's house today!) to make travel and storage easier for us while we are in visiting the families. We're planning on visiting some friends in Virginia and Georgia as well as North Carolina.
I also just took my Kor DLPT again and passed again, maintaining my score of 2+2+, so i didn't lose or gain any ground. Now I'm focusing my attention on Spanish so I can get my listening score up to par so I can get more money added to my paycheck.
Our goals right now consist of RELAXING and unwinding a bit on vacation, and also applying and getting accepted to the Airman Enlisted Commissioning Program (AECP) for FY12. My goal is to go back to college at NC State (ironic considering I graduated from UNC-Asheville) and get my 2nd bachelor's in Computer Engineering. This August, I'll also be pinning on E-5 and joining the junior NCO corps.
Every Thursday night, we cook food for friends at our house. Everyone brings something or donates money to make it happen. We view it as a time to relax with friends from work and church and get to know each other better. We usually eat a LOT, put the kids to bed, and play Peanuts (one of the most fun-filled card games I've ever played in my life!). Can't wait to teach our families when we get home!
Well, that's it for now. I don't really have any more updates, but I look forward to having many many more once mid tour is over.
Since I've been in DOX, my flight leadership have submitted me for awards. I've won the Performer of the Month for January 2011, Squadron Airman of the Quarter for 1Q 2011, Group Airman of the Quarter for 1Q 2011, and American Legion Spirit of Service Award for 480 ISR Wing for 2011. We also won Squadron Team of the Quarter for 1Q 2011, but didn't get it at the Group level.
I'm currently in my 8th week of Calc 1 and 12th week of Chemistry w/ lab through American Military University, and finished Trigonometry not too long before I started both of these classes.
We just spend over $5,000 on plane tickets (all of our tax refund plus some) to go visit our families after a year and a half of not being home. They're going to FLIP when they see Riley and Elijah. Riley's hair and vocab are the only 2 things that have grown about her, and Elijah is a MUCH bigger boy than he was when they saw him last. They both love to wrestle and play and watch movies. Elijah is now 2 yrs old and Riley is 5 yrs old.
We also just ordered a tonneau cover for my truck (which just shipped to my inlaw's house today!) to make travel and storage easier for us while we are in visiting the families. We're planning on visiting some friends in Virginia and Georgia as well as North Carolina.
I also just took my Kor DLPT again and passed again, maintaining my score of 2+2+, so i didn't lose or gain any ground. Now I'm focusing my attention on Spanish so I can get my listening score up to par so I can get more money added to my paycheck.
Our goals right now consist of RELAXING and unwinding a bit on vacation, and also applying and getting accepted to the Airman Enlisted Commissioning Program (AECP) for FY12. My goal is to go back to college at NC State (ironic considering I graduated from UNC-Asheville) and get my 2nd bachelor's in Computer Engineering. This August, I'll also be pinning on E-5 and joining the junior NCO corps.
Every Thursday night, we cook food for friends at our house. Everyone brings something or donates money to make it happen. We view it as a time to relax with friends from work and church and get to know each other better. We usually eat a LOT, put the kids to bed, and play Peanuts (one of the most fun-filled card games I've ever played in my life!). Can't wait to teach our families when we get home!
Well, that's it for now. I don't really have any more updates, but I look forward to having many many more once mid tour is over.
Monday, January 24, 2011
24 January 2011
EXERCISE AGAIN THIS WEEK!!
So this past Saturday, I participated in my FIRST ever NEO exercise.. I ended up being placed on the Hero Report because I was one of many who helped set up tents that CE was supposed to do, but they were MIA for a while.
The set up was terrible, but the play was fun and the tear-down wasn't too bad, but it did cause me to be late enough to make it impossible to go to the movies to see Tangled with my wife and kids, so they didn't go either.
Today (Monday) began one of our exercises, so this morning, I made it out the door in my MOPP and IPE gear to work, trying not to fall and break my neck on all the ice on the roads and steps.. lol but I love my shop!! At least we all suffer together with smiles on our faces!
Just 4 more days to go!! OH, and I also took my Chapter 3 Trig test last night! Gotta start planning for the next AMU class (either calculus or physics or chemistry)! Wish me luck! God bless!
So this past Saturday, I participated in my FIRST ever NEO exercise.. I ended up being placed on the Hero Report because I was one of many who helped set up tents that CE was supposed to do, but they were MIA for a while.
The set up was terrible, but the play was fun and the tear-down wasn't too bad, but it did cause me to be late enough to make it impossible to go to the movies to see Tangled with my wife and kids, so they didn't go either.
Today (Monday) began one of our exercises, so this morning, I made it out the door in my MOPP and IPE gear to work, trying not to fall and break my neck on all the ice on the roads and steps.. lol but I love my shop!! At least we all suffer together with smiles on our faces!
Just 4 more days to go!! OH, and I also took my Chapter 3 Trig test last night! Gotta start planning for the next AMU class (either calculus or physics or chemistry)! Wish me luck! God bless!
16 - 17 January 2011
Tonight, we had our friend, Daniel, over to stay the night again (since we had Monday off). Monday, we decided to go to the KOEX in Seoul for shopping.. It took FOREVER to get there (not to mention, we left at 1100). We didn't spend long there, but definitely made it to our music store, our book store (Bandi & Luni's), ate at Sbarro's, and then had dessert at the Marble Slab before heading home.
Ah well, back to work tomorrow! Can't WAIT for warmer weather!
Ah well, back to work tomorrow! Can't WAIT for warmer weather!
3 year wedding anniversary!!
On January 5th, Emilee and I celebrated our 3-year wedding anniversary! We dropped the kids off at school/daycare and headed to the subway for our FIRST EVER real anniversary celebration!
We decided to go the the N. Seoul Tower, go to the top, and put a lock on the fence (everyone does it) with a special note written on it to symbolize our 3-year anniversary. There's a great possibility that someday we will be able to come back to Korea and revisit the tower and recover our lock, then write the date it was recovered on the back of it.
We spent the whole day freezing, but had a blast as we walked around Seoul, took a cable car to the tower, ventured to the top and walked around the observation deck, then placed our lock on the fence where it shall remain.
After visiting the tower, we decided to get lost in Seoul (actually not.. it just happened) and found some underground shopping... then an E-mart... and then decided to go to Yongsan to eat supper and do some shopping as well. From there, we decided to take the bus back to Osan (so we could sleep). During our nap, however, I could have sworn my father was on the bus in the seats behind us... for there was this guy that was sawing some logs (they must've been pretty large ones, too!).. Even funnier is I thought it was Emilee a first, so I elbowed her to try to get her to be a little quieter. LOL!!
All in all, it was a GREAT anniversary for our 3rd!! Look forward to the 4th now! God bless!
We decided to go the the N. Seoul Tower, go to the top, and put a lock on the fence (everyone does it) with a special note written on it to symbolize our 3-year anniversary. There's a great possibility that someday we will be able to come back to Korea and revisit the tower and recover our lock, then write the date it was recovered on the back of it.
We spent the whole day freezing, but had a blast as we walked around Seoul, took a cable car to the tower, ventured to the top and walked around the observation deck, then placed our lock on the fence where it shall remain.
After visiting the tower, we decided to get lost in Seoul (actually not.. it just happened) and found some underground shopping... then an E-mart... and then decided to go to Yongsan to eat supper and do some shopping as well. From there, we decided to take the bus back to Osan (so we could sleep). During our nap, however, I could have sworn my father was on the bus in the seats behind us... for there was this guy that was sawing some logs (they must've been pretty large ones, too!).. Even funnier is I thought it was Emilee a first, so I elbowed her to try to get her to be a little quieter. LOL!!
All in all, it was a GREAT anniversary for our 3rd!! Look forward to the 4th now! God bless!
New Year's Eve Bash!!!
Sorry it's been forever since I've blogged... most of the time, if I have free time, I'm either spending it doing Trig or resting from the day's work! I'm realllly enjoying my new job! It's great getting to be back on a "normal" schedule and have regular holidays off with the family and such. We've been enjoying some snow for sure.
For New Year's Eve, we had over 8 people from the worship group and work and hosted breakfast at midnight. While Emilee made the most of the breakfast, I was on my griddle making chocolate chip pancakes! I also taught several of the non-Korling friends to play Oh-mok (오목) and we had a small tournament!
Our friend Daniel also spent the night with us and watched some TV and relaxed with us. All in all, New Year's Eve was fantastic because we were able to spend it with dear friends. Looking forward to see what memories 2011 will bring!! God bless!
For New Year's Eve, we had over 8 people from the worship group and work and hosted breakfast at midnight. While Emilee made the most of the breakfast, I was on my griddle making chocolate chip pancakes! I also taught several of the non-Korling friends to play Oh-mok (오목) and we had a small tournament!
Our friend Daniel also spent the night with us and watched some TV and relaxed with us. All in all, New Year's Eve was fantastic because we were able to spend it with dear friends. Looking forward to see what memories 2011 will bring!! God bless!
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