Monday, August 13, 2007
Where to start...
...I don't even know where to start! So much has gone on in the last few days!
The girls and I flew in from FL on Friday afternoon but didn't get to meet up with Clark at the airport as planned. He was stuck in Tokyo overnight because of a 2 hour delay on the runway in China. GRRRR!!! He ended up being 28 hours late getting in!
We drove to Jackson on Saturday afternoon and as we were exiting to the airport the cell phone rings with a message telling us that Clark has been delayed again in Detroit and won't be in for 5 more hours! GRRRRR, GRRRRRR!!!! So, the girls and I found a Walmart and we walked up and down every single isle TWICE to waiste time...LOL! Then we ate at (I am grossed out saying it) McDonalds in Walmart. YUCK! We haven't had McDonalds in 10 months and I was sad to break our record! Then we went and I got a pedicure at the nail salon in Walmart (which cracks me up). We still had two hours to waist after all of that, so we went to the car and I put a movie in the dvd player and drove around until Cali fell asleep. THEN we parked in the airport parking lot and watched the rest of the movie until it was FINALLY time to go get Daddy!
Once at the terminal Cali stood at the walk way and started yelling "DADDY! DADDY! RUN DADDY! SEE ME DADDY! 'MERE (Cali for come here) DADDY!" It was the cutest thing ever! When the girls finally spotted him you would have thought it was a teeny bopper spotting Zac Efron, LOL! The screemed and hollered...it was a happy reunion!
We collected Daddy's bags and helped the other team members find theirs or at least fill out the forms to get them sent home when they finally arrive. Then we headed out to the car. Daddy couldn't wait to give us our presents though...so at 10:00 pm in the airport parking lot Daddy dug through his suitecase and gave us all our presents. The girls and I all got necklaces with the chinese character for love in silver and a pendant of jade around them. The girls are small and mine is a little bigger. They are BEAUTIFUL! The girls also both got silk fans and I got a tea tray that has the Chinese character for peace on it. It is awesome! Clark got a lot of presents from professors and students in China as well, but waited until we got home to show me all of those. We finally got home at about 12:30 am and slept until 9:30 the next morning! It was SO nice to have Clark back home.
Unfortuantely the girls and I all 3 came down with nasty colds sometime between Friday and Saturday. By Sunday we were all pretty pathetic! So, while Clark did his laundry the girls and I curled up on the couch and napped all day! We are feeling better today, but still kind of yucky!
Today, Clark came home for lunch and then we dropped him off at work and took the car for the afternoon and we are all registered out! First we went to the elementary school that we register for homeschooling at. We are good to go for one more school year after filling out one simple index sized form. :-) Then we headed to the gymnastics school and registered both girls for another year of gym. They both got in their classes from last year...but Melisa has a new teacher. Her teacher is still taking lessons and competing at a level 8! I have heard that she is one amazing tumbler! There are only 4 other girls in Melisa's class, so she should learn a lot this year. Cali has her same teacher and many of the same little ones in her class. After the gym, we headed to Temple Baptist church and registered Melisa for a tap and ballet class. She will have 45 minutes of ballet and then 45 minutes of tap. After that was taken care of we had our uniform requirements and went on a tap and ballet shoe hunt. I am frustrated to say that not a single store in our mall carries tap or ballet shoes. I finally found out that the best selection was at Payless Shoes and got directions to it. Of course they didn't have size 1 PINK ballet shoes. They had black and white in size one, bit NOT pink and yes you guessed it right, the sheet said PINK! So, they called the other Payless Shoe Store in town and they had them so we drove across town and picked them up. Of course Cali wanted shoes like Misa's...so we got two pair of tap shoes and two pair of ballet shoes and FINALLY headed home!
As soon as we got in the door the girls ran to their bedroom and got dressed up in their tights and leotards. Then put on their new shoes and danced the afternoon away. They are still standing at the ballet bare dancing as I type. I do have pictures and will share them soon! :-)
SO, there you have it...Clark is home after many delays and we are registered out! We are in the midst of airport pick ups for our international students and getting ready for a wedding both girls and Clark are a part of this weekend. The girls are registered for all of the special activities for this year. We are going to start homeschooling next week. The local homeschool co-op has their first meeting next week too...so LOTS is going on and that is sure to bring LOTS of blogs. :-)
I hope you all had a great summer and are looking forward to a fun fall!
The girls and I flew in from FL on Friday afternoon but didn't get to meet up with Clark at the airport as planned. He was stuck in Tokyo overnight because of a 2 hour delay on the runway in China. GRRRR!!! He ended up being 28 hours late getting in!
We drove to Jackson on Saturday afternoon and as we were exiting to the airport the cell phone rings with a message telling us that Clark has been delayed again in Detroit and won't be in for 5 more hours! GRRRRR, GRRRRRR!!!! So, the girls and I found a Walmart and we walked up and down every single isle TWICE to waiste time...LOL! Then we ate at (I am grossed out saying it) McDonalds in Walmart. YUCK! We haven't had McDonalds in 10 months and I was sad to break our record! Then we went and I got a pedicure at the nail salon in Walmart (which cracks me up). We still had two hours to waist after all of that, so we went to the car and I put a movie in the dvd player and drove around until Cali fell asleep. THEN we parked in the airport parking lot and watched the rest of the movie until it was FINALLY time to go get Daddy!
Once at the terminal Cali stood at the walk way and started yelling "DADDY! DADDY! RUN DADDY! SEE ME DADDY! 'MERE (Cali for come here) DADDY!" It was the cutest thing ever! When the girls finally spotted him you would have thought it was a teeny bopper spotting Zac Efron, LOL! The screemed and hollered...it was a happy reunion!
We collected Daddy's bags and helped the other team members find theirs or at least fill out the forms to get them sent home when they finally arrive. Then we headed out to the car. Daddy couldn't wait to give us our presents though...so at 10:00 pm in the airport parking lot Daddy dug through his suitecase and gave us all our presents. The girls and I all got necklaces with the chinese character for love in silver and a pendant of jade around them. The girls are small and mine is a little bigger. They are BEAUTIFUL! The girls also both got silk fans and I got a tea tray that has the Chinese character for peace on it. It is awesome! Clark got a lot of presents from professors and students in China as well, but waited until we got home to show me all of those. We finally got home at about 12:30 am and slept until 9:30 the next morning! It was SO nice to have Clark back home.
Unfortuantely the girls and I all 3 came down with nasty colds sometime between Friday and Saturday. By Sunday we were all pretty pathetic! So, while Clark did his laundry the girls and I curled up on the couch and napped all day! We are feeling better today, but still kind of yucky!
Today, Clark came home for lunch and then we dropped him off at work and took the car for the afternoon and we are all registered out! First we went to the elementary school that we register for homeschooling at. We are good to go for one more school year after filling out one simple index sized form. :-) Then we headed to the gymnastics school and registered both girls for another year of gym. They both got in their classes from last year...but Melisa has a new teacher. Her teacher is still taking lessons and competing at a level 8! I have heard that she is one amazing tumbler! There are only 4 other girls in Melisa's class, so she should learn a lot this year. Cali has her same teacher and many of the same little ones in her class. After the gym, we headed to Temple Baptist church and registered Melisa for a tap and ballet class. She will have 45 minutes of ballet and then 45 minutes of tap. After that was taken care of we had our uniform requirements and went on a tap and ballet shoe hunt. I am frustrated to say that not a single store in our mall carries tap or ballet shoes. I finally found out that the best selection was at Payless Shoes and got directions to it. Of course they didn't have size 1 PINK ballet shoes. They had black and white in size one, bit NOT pink and yes you guessed it right, the sheet said PINK! So, they called the other Payless Shoe Store in town and they had them so we drove across town and picked them up. Of course Cali wanted shoes like Misa's...so we got two pair of tap shoes and two pair of ballet shoes and FINALLY headed home!
As soon as we got in the door the girls ran to their bedroom and got dressed up in their tights and leotards. Then put on their new shoes and danced the afternoon away. They are still standing at the ballet bare dancing as I type. I do have pictures and will share them soon! :-)
SO, there you have it...Clark is home after many delays and we are registered out! We are in the midst of airport pick ups for our international students and getting ready for a wedding both girls and Clark are a part of this weekend. The girls are registered for all of the special activities for this year. We are going to start homeschooling next week. The local homeschool co-op has their first meeting next week too...so LOTS is going on and that is sure to bring LOTS of blogs. :-)
I hope you all had a great summer and are looking forward to a fun fall!
1 Comments:
Hi! Found your site while browsing the blogs. That is amazing y'all were missionaries in Korea! I have a cousin who was adopted from Korea and a very good friend who is also from Korea. I have always wanted to go there one day on vacation.
Good luck settling into American life again!! And I agree, SC is the best state to live in! Someday I, too, will end back in SC. :)
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