A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer...

Since the kids get so many days off of school (it's a bit ridiculous!), we decided not to sit around at home and waste away President's Day (last monday). We took Sun, Minsu and Lauren up to Salem, where we borrowed my parents' van (thanks!) and took Shane, Siera and the rest of the crew up to the mountains for a snow day. We packed a lunch and grabbed some tubes from good old Salem Heights and were on our way! Monday was a bit gloomy in the valley, but up on the mountain, it was blue sky and actually warm. This made for very easy driving (no chains needed!), along with very hard snow. Shane and Siera had some trouble staying on their tube! Minsu about to fly off his tube... Lauren...happy until she took a face full of snow. Random boy watching me get snow sprayed in my face. Everyone tubed down the hill and threw ice balls at each other, until we were too tired to do it anymore. Sun had been avoiding the snowball rights all day, but in the end, she got nailed in the eyebal...

Life is still ticking away here in Adair Village, with more parenting challenges and smiles. Minsu and Macie are getting along famously, and we have signed Minsu up to play Majors baseball in March. Lauren likes to take photos of us....I don't like it too much. I almost broke my back lifting Lois and Youngi at youth group. And we try to take advantage of the rare sunny days by playing basketball in our cul-de-sac. In serious business, Bryan and I went to talk with mortgage broker Tyler Westby on Monday to see if we could get a home loan. We were thinking about buying the house we are currently renting, but that turned out not to work because this house is too expensive. So we enlisted the help of our friend Josh (who is a real estate agent) and are searching for houses in the area that will fit our needs. We are trying to cash in on the stimulous money and low interest rates, but it's really up to God whether or not this all happens, so pray that we stay content!