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Ma'am, please take your seat.

Perhaps there was some turbulance in the back? Whackadoo!
Gotta love the Asian inspired picture :) Love it now. They've been well trained by the hundreds of Koreans they've posed for pictures with.

There are many times that I think I'd love to be a stay at home momma. I feel like I'd be so much more productive (yes, I know this is probably a figment of my imagination). My to-do list is sooooo long. One big thing that has clouded our list is the car maintenance and yes, my husband is here and no, he is not deployed; however, let me quickly explain that Korea is a remote assignment, which basically means that he works as if he were deployed (long hours each day and sometimes weekends too). Anyway, our rightside headlight is out, there are a couple of recalls that need to be handled, and the car needs detailing BADLY (pop tarts glued to the seat, crumbs everywhere and yes, despite what you would think if you saw it, my car is red). Anyway, this is quite a process since we have an American car in a foreign country. It is a challenge. To make a longer story a bit shorter, we had the initial inspection and diagnostic done. The girls' carseats were removed and have been sitting in our kitchen. Mya loves this new location. She buckles her baby in for the ride and we play airplane. It is quite the production with beverage and meal service too!

Our weekend also involved cleaning, cleaning and organizing. I had an ajuma for a year or so, but fired her a few weeks before Christmas. She did "fine," but "fine" isn't worth the $60 per week we were paying her. We also tackled the dreaded storage room. It feels so good to be rid of the tons of unnecessary things we were toting half way around the world. I am sad to say that we still have a ton, but once we are done having kiddos that will find a new home as well. 

What a good weekend! It was so productive. Now I just need another week and perhaps, I'll be caught up. ;)
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