Hello all,
It has been about two weeks from our return from Williamsburg and we are so blessed to reflect back and thank the Lord for our mini vacation spend with greats friends and family! We traveled to VA in six and a half hours, the drive was great and Ayden slept like a champ!! We were blessed to stay right in Colonial Williamsburg, which was neat because everything was really in walking/shuttle distance. The first night we just hung out and had pizza; we walked around the shopping part of the area and came back pretty early so Ayden could get a good night's sleep. We had not slept with Ayden in the same room as us for a long time and we were not too sure how hw would be and if he would lay down. So we laid him down shut out all the lights and laid down ourselves until we knew he was asleep. He did okay and we were able to put lights back on while he was sleeping. He was a trooper the entire weekend!!
Saturday morning we had the bet continental breakfast I have ever had, it was quite the spread, and I went to watch the kids from the Army Retreat for the morning, while Ayden napped and Min hung out in the room.
It was a really neat experience for me to meet kids from different families; there was one family with nine children. I spoke with them and their mom (dad was deployeed) and found out that they were believers!! It was really neat chatting with the kids, and playing games with them. There were a total of fifteen kids and four adults. We were with them both Saturday and Sunday morning and I had a blast meeting them as well as the other ladies who were watching them. The Chaplin that was holding the retreat for the families was a Christian and had the couples/spouses watch Fireproof and even send them home with a copy. I was encouraged at the retreat knowing that they were learning Christian values for their marriages and families!
Saturday afternoon we met up with our friends Harry Howard and Katrina! It was such a blessing to see them both again. We saw them during our time in DC last year as well and times with them are always fun and full of laughs! Harry was in our wedding and has been a good friend since high school to Min and I, and we are thankful that we have met Katrina through Harry! We also loved that Ayden was able to meet them!! He loved hanging out with them!!! :)
Sunday after watching the kids once again we headed to Jamestown to watch them blow glass and to maybe finds an adventure there. :) We enjoyed our time there; saw the water, ships and some other neat things. After that we ate some lunch and traveled home. We were really blessed by the time away and the weekend that was provided for us with the retreat. I look forward to more opportunities like this maybe in the future... who knows.
Min began his new job two days after we got home and it has been going well for him! He is learning new things, meeting new people and I think overall he is very thankful and blessed by this job that the Lord has provided for our family!
This is just a side note but our good friend Brian Douglas had been deployed in Iraq for the last four months and his wife Kimberly and I are in a weekly Bible study together; he just got to come home for tow weeks and a little r&r. We were so blessed to see him and spend time with him!! We are hopefully going to have them over for a Korean meal this weekend! I will take pictures then and post them later :) We praise the Lord that He has kept Brian safe in a distant land and that He has given him strength to fight well for our country!!
A little update on our growing boy... I took him to the doctor this past Friday 8/28/09 and he is 29 inches long, almost 21 pounds heavy. Min and I were convinced that he would weigh more but we were wrong. :) Ayden is doing well he had a wonderful checkup and the doc said that his top gums were swollen so that means we have more teeth on the way shortly!! He is growing physically and in personality everyday!! We just are so in love with this little boy of ours!!
We pray this finds you each doing well and thanks again for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!!!
Love,
Kimmy and the boys :)
