Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

Today, March 29th, 2008, marks the 5th anniversary of our wedding and our marriage.

The scenery at Cheekwood reminded us of our wedding day five years ago; especially the overcast weather that made for great pictures. We took lots of pictures with Mom and Dad as we walked all around the gardens. We've taken family to Cheekwood before, but have never enjoyed it as much as today- gardens are very enjoyable with a mother who knows so much about plants! Mom was pointing out every plant that she used in our wedding, and that also made it extremely meaningful. We had so much fun today that, instead of going out for a fancy anniversary dinner, we've decided to stay in and eat Ramen noodles! And we'll enjoy it just as much as we would anything else...

Enjoy the pictures. Aren't they gorgeous?!

He is Risen... Indeed!

It was great to come back from our cruise and stop by in Atlanta to celebrate Easter with everyone! Jana and Kane taught Mara Kate to complete the proclomation, "He is Risen!" by shouting, "Indeed!" God's gift of salvation in the death and resurrection of Jesus is the greatest life-changing miracle! We are also thankful for the blessings He has given us as a family!

Cruise!

For the celebration of our 5th anniversary we decided to do something we've never done before and take a cruise. It really was a wonderful time. We enjoyed simply relaxing and being together. We made the most of the fun on the boat and enjoyed the "excursions" to Cozumel and Yucatan. Great shopping, amazing food and fun sights to see. Below are some pictures from the Mayan ruins at Dzibilchaltun. I loved going back and forth between Spanish and Korean! (And yes, Choonghwan did get seasick the first day due to some rough weather, but he found his sealegs soon enough!) We would recommend this for anyone looking to relax, get away and explore a new place!

IDEA!

While packing for our upcoming cruise, I was trying to be super-organized. I had on my list to charge camera batteries, and as I was doing so, I had the following idea. Although I'm sure it's not an original, it was to me, and I just had to share. (My sister-in-law and I recently had a talk about blogging, and I think this is something she would do!)

Here's the idea: Write down your contact info and snap a picture of it. That way, if your camera gets lost and falls into the hands of an honest helpful soul, they can find your info while browsing through pictures trying to see if they recognize a face among the pictures. I know, I know, it may be unlikely that someone will actually do this, but that's what I did recently when I found a cell phone in a rainy Target parking lot. I called the last number dialed and eventually found the owner and returned the phone. Made me feel good. My results are below:

Annual Trip to Nashville

Kane and Jana have started a sweet tradition of trekking to Nashville for an annual visit. It's not always easy to schedule such fun road trips, especially when we are the farthest away of the other "family" choices in Knoxville and Birmingham. SO- we are very thankful for the time they took to travel and visit. We enjoyed relaxing with them in our home and took them to school, Cheekwood, the Pancake Pantry and even played on our apartment playground (the first time we'd done that in the two years we've been living here... funny what having a two year old around can do to change your viewpoint!) Of course we were sad to see them go, but looking forward to our upcoming stops in Atlanta to visit again!