Here is a short video of Joon dancing in his daycare's performance day. Enjoy!

for the blog readers....

summer 2010

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flash flood

This is for my parents who only saw the dry riverbed next to our house. This is after a couple of days of heavy downpours this week in the midst of the monsoon season.

Videos

New videos uploaded. Just click on the picture link on the right and check out the album labeled videos. New post coming soon!

Pound Puppy

 

In addition to birthdays and stitches, we are also the proud owners of a new mutt! Bok Dori  is his name and he is officially grandma’s protector/companion after we leave the island. After leaving spock in Alaska with our friends chris and Lynn I was hesitant to jump into the pet ownership waters again. Now we have a puppy and it’s a whole new ball of responsibility.

It took us a couple of months before we found the right dog for our family. We started our search online through the local ex pat community. It was not our wish to buy a dog or have a particular breed. If we could rescue a dog that was good with kids then we were happy. Through word of mouth we located a woman who’s mission it is to rescue dogs and adopt them to owners who make a lifetime commitment. We were tempted to adopt from her when our friend Ali coordinated an effort to walk dogs at a local animal shelter. This shelter was out in the country and afforded us the chance to pick a dog take it for a walk and see how it interacted with other dogs, People and most importantly Joon. It was here that we found Bok Dori and had that “right” feeling you get when you have found a good dog.

 

So far things have gone well. He checked out well at the vet and has been growing quickly. Joon has been adjusting to his presence in our house and imitates us very well in terms of how to treat a pet. They often match each others intensity/hyperness and wear each other out.  He was crate trained very quickly and seems to enjoy the country lifestyle our neighborhood offers.

Here is a link that shows a story about the shelter on our local english news broadcast.  It starts at about 7:20 and works best on internet explorer. Enjoy and happy spring!

The Birthday Boo Boo....

Happy birthday Joon! On Sunday April 18th 2010 Joon turned 3 years old. It was definitely an exciting weekend. Joon's uncle's were both in town for the B'day fun. Saturday we visited the local animal shelter to walk the lonely pound puppies and stopped at a special restaurant in our neighborhood for a vege lunch with other foreigners. Joon loves to ham it up with all the people and had a good time. Saturday night we had dinner at a chinese restaurant with the family. I made a carrot cake for the special occasion with cream cheese frosting and all. first cake experience so it wasn't too pretty.

Sunday we had a blast at Hallim park which is the closest this island gets to a zoo. Lots of flowers, peacocks and Joon's favorite - the lava tubes (or rock tunnels as he calls them). It was good fun next to the ocean on a warm spring day.

Unfortunately, back at the car Joon slipped and hit the car door which put a scary, bloody gash just above his left eye. We immediately went to the emergency room (about 45 minutes away...glad it wasn't too serious!) and bandaged it up. Today we returned to the hospital to put the stitches in. Not fun. Joon had to be lightly sedated to get through the experience. He woke up in a comical drunken stupor and is on the mend. I will be putting more pictures in the album shortly.