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No Excuse

Please forgive us as we have been rather absent on our website.

As I (Kristin) began typing I wanted to tell you that we have been so busy. I was going to give you a brief description of working towards my teaching license, and my time student teaching in P.E., about how hard it has been for Tim to balance work, training, coaching swimming, and coaching Cindy, along with of course family time. However, as I sit and write, my boys are disobeying and not staying in their beds. Every time I go in, there is an excuse: "but I just...", "but he....", "I'm too distracted", "I'm not tired", "he hurt me", and so on. (yes, many excuses because I have been trying to get them to bed for over 45 minutes).  So, yeah, I am over excuses and there is no reason to bore you with ours. It is just life. 

All you need to know is we are working on updates and we don't want to let things "slip" again! We will post things that have happened in the past few months, along with things that are currently going on. So please, be patient with us. We are jumping back in to posting here, hoping it will help hold us accountable to staying active as a family (which also just keeps you informed!). 

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No Shave No Run November is OVER!

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No Shave No Run November is OVER!

I decided it was in my best interest to stop running for 1 month. I know it seems a little counter-intuitive, if you want to improve you think run more, train more. However when dealing with tendinitis I needed to do the opposite.  For the month of November I did not run. at.all.

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Our Summer of Ahnae

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Our Summer of Ahnae

I feel as if I have lost something. As if I misplaced something I love and value and just can not seem to find it. My heart is aching and I find myself tearful as I fold laundry or pick up toys from around the house. There is nothing that can be done to help me find what I so dearly miss, but I would never change the fact that I received it in the first place. My mind is at peace though my heart aches. I am not as angry as I should be; I am not resentful to the one who took it from me. Instead, I am choosing to be thankful to the One who gave me the chance to have something of so much value for even just a short time.

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Spring Break Day 5 2017

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Spring Break Day 5 2017

After running, Tim found a motel room for us to shower and clean-up before heading back to Seoul.  The conversation and ensuing negotiations for a 2hr motel room, where more than comical.  Tim's broken Korean to the hotel manager: "room, short time please?" The manager proceeded to bring out a tissue box with an escort advertisement on it implying a call the number on the box.  "Anyo! Anyo!(NO!NO!)" Tim proclaimed. He then he said in his embarrassingly limited Korean, "wife. baby. shower"...

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Spring Break Day 1 2017

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Spring Break Day 1 2017

Woke up to Titus coming in our room dressed and ready to go.  He said in his sweet voice, “I’m ready for our bike trip”. Tim proceeded to tell him about his “special” milk (individual milk box) that was in the fridge, trying to distract him in hopes for a few more minutes in bed.  About an hour later we peeled ourselves out of bed with our morning ritual of saying “seriously boys! It is 7AM and people live below us!”  Then granola, french press, about 5 trips up and down the elevator later, and we were packed and ready to go in record time!

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