Ahh

"Stop it Jed"

"Stop it, Jed!" is a common phrase from Isaac to his dear brother. Jed has been trying to be a part of everything Isaac is doing ever since he started crawling and pulling himself up. Sometimes he pulls on him so hard, Isaac's pants end up coming down. The other day, Jed's teacher at daycare asked me if Jed wrestles at home. I was like, yeah, being the little guy, he's usually the one that gets "beat up" at home. So, Miss Tiffany tells me that, Jed was playing with one of the other infants when he decided to jump on the poor girl and start pushing his hand on her face and wrestling with her. Hilarious, but I guess not so funny for the baby girl. They now call him the "WWF baby" at daycare.

Isaac is talking a ton, not the best listener though, I am going through some similar stuff as Sally. Now, he has freedom of speech, he speaks up a lot more and disagrees. But overall, he is a pretty good kid. He loves being my helper around the house and with Jed. Our favorite say before we leave the house is--I say "ready to go?" Isaac replies "rock n' roll." He is so sweet and dear to my heart.

Happy 5 Year Anniversary!

Dan and I celebrated our five year anniversary with first running the half marathon and then in the afternoon, we dropped our kids off at Rob and Mimi's and headed up to to the Seattle Grand Hyatt for a night out. When we got to our room, we saw this. It was a huge gift basket delivered by Mimi. She had a made a special trip to seattle the day prior just to set it up. We were so surprised and excited, it really made us feel so blessed to have great friends! We went around town and went back to the hotel and watched a movie. The funny part was even though we were kidless--Dan still woke up in the middle of the night thinking he heard Jed crying and I just really missed them. We woke up or I should say I woke up bright and early and ordered fancy room service before we went out for some more retail therapy. It was a great weekend. I am truly blessed! Thanks Rob and Mimi!

Narrows Bridge Half

Dan and I ran the Narrows Bridge half-marathon on 8/2. Exactly 5 years earlier, we were getting married. Dan pointed out an interesting point, the morning of our wedding, I drove out to McDonalds with my girlfrieds for my last bachelorette breakfast. On the day of the half marathon, I got up super early and yup, ran out for an other Mcdonalds run...sure was yummy! If you are interesting in reading my half-marathon journey feel free to read on...

So, we started on the Gig Harbor side, the anticipation was killing me a bit. I couldn't decide if I wanted to Dan to run with me or not, but I figured, it would be nice for me to have him around, because he is good at pushing me. But, I am an oxygen hog so I asked him not to talk but run next to me. The first couple of miles was fairly easy, running over the Narrows bridge was an experience that I will never forget. I drive over it all the time, but to run the mile stretch was an awesome view of the sound and the mountains. I was a bit worried because during training, my knees has been killing me, thanks to the new shoes, I have no knee pain what so ever. Going from Route 16 to the off ramp was the killer, I walked a little bit, but was able to pick right back up. By 4.5 miles, I got some water and gel, and I wish people would tell me to eat the gel first and than drink water because I had this nasty vanilla paste in my mouth! We ran through Cheney Stadium and paralleled Route 16 for awhile. The cool part was that this one guy who was running a bit ahead found out it was our anniversary during on the first water station. For rest of the way, we were greeted with "Happy Anniversary" at every water station from then on. It was a sweet surprise and by then, Dan wouldn't dare to leave me fearing if he showed up at a water station by himself, people would think he is a jerk for ditching me, hahaha!

The final stretch was hard even though I've ran 4 miles all the time, but my thighs were getting sore and my music was getting boring. So Dan and I switched IPODs and that helped a bit, by the time I saw the finish line, I knew I could finish it. No, dan and I did not hold hands, but we were able to finish together.

533 DANIEL 29 M M2529 02:37:46 02:37:12
534 JUI-HAN 30 F F3034 02:37:46 02:37:12

I still can't believe we got the same time, right down to the tenth of a second.

Poor Dan, he could of ran much faster, but I don't think I could of done it without him...pictures to come...

Life is no longer the same....

In the past two weeks, I've turned the big 30 and celebrated Dan and I's 5 year anniversary. But the interesting part is that I don't feel so different and I don't feel particular old either. I feel like even more an adult. I was reading one of my friend, Shandis's blog when she turned 30, she was so right that in the 20s it was a time to find oneself and 30s is time for others. I totally agree. I don't think I know who I am or still struggling to find my role in this world. Here I am at 30 a wife, mother, with a career and blah blah. I have may roles God calls me to be, and I am excited to embark the next 30 years with hopefully a different point of view. I would like to focus on others: helping my kids find themselves and discover this large, but small world God has created, or embark on the mission field we've been called to be, be that supportive partner to further my husbands passion-eyes, to be that supportive friend when she/he needs a hand, to be that daughter called to serve, I guess I'm more excited than anything. There are many things I want to accomplish an do, but I can truly say, I am happy and I love my life. I don't life a picture perfect life, but I was squeezing my brains out trying to help Dan out with a birthday present...and honestly, I have been blessed with a very awesome husband who knows my needs and wants and selflessly supports me in my dreams and kids who loves me no matter now I imperfect I am.


Here is Dan taking my out on my birthday dinner date at Stanley's and Seaforts.




Our family on our short Mt. Rainer climb. We went with our friends, Rob and Mimi, whose daughter, Hana is Isaac's best friend. We made it to snow, but the same part is we can still see the parking lot...