Home Sweet Korea

Hello, all! I have returned safely from my trip back to good 'ole Indiana, and boy--did I have a FANTASTIC time. My sister's wedding was beautiful, and it was so good to see old friends, make new ones, and just be in AMERICA for a little while. Of course, as with every trip home, I didn't get to see everyone I wanted to see or do everything I wanted to do so if I missed you this time--TRY HARDER NEXT TIME! ;) Anyways, since the main purpose of my visit was my sister's wedding, I thought I'd share some pictures and videos of the big day. I'll have to use another post to fill you in on all the OTHER American activities I enjoyed. For now, enjoy this glimpse of the newly married Mr. and Mrs. John Steckler. Congrats, guys. :)

The newly-weds

My sister and I before the wedding

The bride and the groom and their respective parents

The bridesmaids

My nephew Gabe is very sensitive and kinda shy; he refused to dance until almost everyone had left. However, his class at school had recently put on a show where they danced to the Black-Eyed Peas' song "I Got A Feelin'," and with a little coaxing from my sister, he put on an encore performance.

After that, there's was no stopping him. Check out his version of "The Robot" half-way through. . .

Obviously, these are only a few of the pics I took of the wedding. The rest can be found on our share site. I'll write more later and tell you about the other adventures I had while I was away from the Land of the Not-Quite-Right. . .

Our Dog is Strange

Another video, another weird thing Oskar does. We were watching "America's Funniest Home Videos," and it was a segment about dogs. Any dog owners out there wanna tell me if your dog makes noises like this when he/she gets excited?

Girls' Night Out!

So it turns out almost all of my friends here have birthdays in late April and early May. So we decided to leave the kids (and dogs) with the husbands and have a combined "Taurus Birthday Bash" at the Mexican restaurant downtown. For those of you not here in Korea, this restaurant advertises itself as an "authentic Mexican restaurant". . . not because of the food, mind you, but because they have "real Mexicans" working there. I'm not kidding. Anyways, the night we went, they had a live mariachi band (yes, with real Mexicans), and it was such a blast. Here's a few pics. Enjoy :)

The "real" Mexicans :)

Rockin' out to "La Bamba." Yes, stereotypical, but also so much fun :)

Some of the girls

Erica, Marlene, and Chris

Nicole, Katherine, and myself

To great friends: a big old hearty "Pil Sung!"

Thanks for the great night, girls :)