Joey jump roped for the American Heart Association during gym the other day. Obviously we need to work on this. It's pretty funny.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Korean Culture Festival
I have a friend that adopted 2 Korean children. Their names are Jon & Caty. She also has a little boy named Andy from Hong Kong. They are all such special, fantastic kids.
Jon, Andy & Jane (Mom) have been taking Korean language classes up in Kalamazoo. She invited us to a Korean Culture Festival that they were having at the SDA Korean church. Of course, Joey didn't want to go up. He (a)doesn't like Korean food (or rice, he's not my child!), and (b)doesn't like anything Korean? After we had told him that the Knisely's were going to be there, he agreed to go with us (like he had any choice).
Anyway, what a wonderful & blessed time had by all. There were some Korean War veterans that were recognized by the Pastor of the church. It's amazing how emotional they still get when thanking the American soldiers for playing such a huge part in helping the Korean people in the war. For the beginning presentation, they had dancers and a Tae Kwon Do exhibition. Also, a delightful young lady played Arirung (sp?) on the flute. There were tables set up all around the hall with Korean games, food demonstrations, traditional clothing to try on (for photo ops) and some gentlemen that wrote your name on paper in Korean. Lastly, there was a mountain of traditional Korean food. Of course, I ate my weight in kimbop & chopchae. The only disappointment was it looked like the kimchee had been washed and was not hot? I think they did it for all of the people that weren't accustomed to kimchee. I say, BRING IT ON!
Here is Jon Knisely giving his speech. Good job, Jon!
I posted some pictures here.
Jon, Andy & Jane (Mom) have been taking Korean language classes up in Kalamazoo. She invited us to a Korean Culture Festival that they were having at the SDA Korean church. Of course, Joey didn't want to go up. He (a)doesn't like Korean food (or rice, he's not my child!), and (b)doesn't like anything Korean? After we had told him that the Knisely's were going to be there, he agreed to go with us (like he had any choice).
Anyway, what a wonderful & blessed time had by all. There were some Korean War veterans that were recognized by the Pastor of the church. It's amazing how emotional they still get when thanking the American soldiers for playing such a huge part in helping the Korean people in the war. For the beginning presentation, they had dancers and a Tae Kwon Do exhibition. Also, a delightful young lady played Arirung (sp?) on the flute. There were tables set up all around the hall with Korean games, food demonstrations, traditional clothing to try on (for photo ops) and some gentlemen that wrote your name on paper in Korean. Lastly, there was a mountain of traditional Korean food. Of course, I ate my weight in kimbop & chopchae. The only disappointment was it looked like the kimchee had been washed and was not hot? I think they did it for all of the people that weren't accustomed to kimchee. I say, BRING IT ON!
Here is Jon Knisely giving his speech. Good job, Jon!
I posted some pictures here.
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