Lately

+ Homemade peach shortcake

+ Fresh pesto in my Hello Kitty food processor

+ Outdoor showing of Breakfast at Tiffany's

+ Lazy Saturday at the beach

+ My fancy pedicure

+ Long walk and city view 

+ A new noodle restaurant for Sunday dinner

+ Spicy Korean jampong (almost worth the hour wait)

Cheers to this weekend!

Happy 30th, Mom and Dad

My beloved parents have been married for thirty years today. 

 

Thank you mom and dad, for showing me the compromise, patience, teamwork and love that it takes to create and sustain a wonderful marriage.  You've officially been married ten times longer than I have, so it's safe to say you know a little bit more about marriage than I do. :)

You are truly inspirational.

Happy 30th!

The 4th of July

"The only beer we can drink tonight is Budweiser,"said Ryan.  

 

I complied because hey, it matched my outift after all.

We barbecued with friends on an outdoor patio looking out over our favorite beach.  It was one of those perfect summer nights where it's breezy but warm and you don't need to think about a jacket, even long after the sun goes down.

This was the second 4th of July we've spent living outside the US.  

We weren't home in Oregon to soak up the sun with friends and family, we missed the annual Waterfront Blues Fest, and we couldn't catch the fireworks as they lit up the sky over the Willamette River.  

And....we had to work.

It was different from last year's holiday weekend, that's for sure.

But this year on the 4th of July, we had a great time just the same.

Back on the Farm

Last week we headed back to the potato farm to harvest our crop from April's planting. 

The kids had a ball digging with their flimsy plastic shovels, fighting over the best spots and getting to know the local wildlife.

The teachers had fun too.

Weekends in Contrast

Recently Ryan made plans to visit the northern part of the country (no, not thaaaat far north) when he heard of a waterpark/battle of the bands event taking place at the Korean resort that will play host to the 2018 winter olympics.

  He hopped on a popular ex-pat band's charter bus early Saturday and returned home Sunday, exhausted.  Here's what happened in between.

Excerpt from a texting convo we had Sunday morning:

 Me: What's on the agenda for today?

Ryan: Dunno. Recover. Ride the gondola. Pet some sheep. 

Me: That's the strangest text I've ever received.

The best photo ever.

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My weekend was a little less exciting, but perfect for me.

I caught up one of my favorite shows, made homemade rosemary fries from potatoes dug up from a recent school field trip (post to come), took an afternoon walk on Dalmaji Hill, then sipped too much wine and gossiped about American celebrities with girlfriends on a perfectly picturesque rooftop.

Between our teeny tiny apartment and shared work environment, Ryan and I don't spend much time apart.  When we do it just makes us appreciate how lucky we are to share so much of our time together.