Christmas party with Korean Azumma on Dec 23, 2008

Christmas party with Korean Azumma on Dec 23, 2008. The definition of "Azumma" is the 30~40's women who is very brave and has no shame. Generally, they love thier kids more than their husbands. They can survive even if they were left in Sahara Desert. From the left to the right in this picture, Sanghee; Ilwoo's wife, Jeongwha; Hansang's wife, Eun; Myunghoon's wife and Youngmi; My lordess. They are really pleasant women. We had a great party in Jeongwha's house. Thank Jeongwha for inviting us even though they had a schedule to go on a trip to Las vegas right after that day.

Christmas party with Mina and Daisuke on Dec 22, 2008

Christmas party with Mina and Daisuke on Dec 22, 2008. Daisuke, Mina's husband, looks very funny because Yeonsu and his daughter are riding Daisuke's neck and back. He is a really kind father for his two beautiful daughters as well as a sweet husband for Mina.

Christmas party with Jiwon's family on Dec 21, 2008

Christmas party with Jiwon's family on Dec 21, 2008. Two beautiful ladies, Youngmi and Jiwon sitting on stools. She said this is the first party that someone has been invited in her house. She prepared so many foods by herself. I liked the rice cake with the soy-sauced beef. Thank you Jiwon, her husband and Sean.

Christmas party with the Greys on Dec 20, 2008

Christmas party with the Greys on Dec 20, 2008. Brian & Cathy Grey and Mike Jensen. We will never forget these three warm-hearted people. You guys may also never forget us.

Christmas party with the Byuns on Dec 14, 2008

Christmas party with the Byuns on Dec 14, 2008. Sean, Mary, Maurice, Avery and Trey, this big family always give us too much love. We never repay their kindness. We all want to see and contact each other after we go back to our country. They are now in Cananda for enjoying their Christmas with their parents. We wish your happy Christmas and New Year!

Youngmi

I took over-exposed picture of her. Much brighter than usual. My living room looks little bit more spacious than usual. Yougmi! You did also great job in this year too.

Jisu, Academic Excellence awarded

Jisu achieved the Academic Excellence Award from his school in this quarter. We were very pleased and honored by his award. Jisu! You did it and daddy is really proud of you. Santa may give you great presents at this Christmas. What do you want him to give you?

Ventura Harbor Village

Harbor Village in Ventura. Long way from Los Angeles. We enjoyed boat parades and firework too. Chilly weather but we had fun. There were lots of gift shops and restaurants on the bank. Their decorations for Christmas were really awsome and special.

Yeonsu

Yeonsu. My lady. Are you a human being or a fairy?

Golf on the weekend

Jisu and I play golfing every weekend. This day, Jisu got 3 pars in Rancho Par-3 courses.

My little kids on the hill of Pepperdine

Jisu's big smile and Yeonsu's happy face...and do you see me long away from here? This is Pepperdine University in Malibu, one of the most beautiful campus in the States. If I were a student of this college, I would never graduate!

Mugu beach

Solitude Mugu beach.

Manhattan Beach Pier

Manhattan Beach Pier with sunset of one someday.

My princess

My princess, Yeonsu. She is really worthy of getting new pinky clothes. Here is the Westside Pavillion.

Swing on a star - Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello

Do you rememer the movie, Hudson Hawk, starring Bruce Willis? I've been loving Bruce Willis and his movie since I was in teenage. He is very pleasant guy. He loves Jazz. In this film, he sings many jazz songs to keep time with his buddy, Danny Aiello. Swing on a Star is one of them. Let's feel his voice.

Flintstones

Whenever I think about Joshua Tree National Park, I wish I could call it "Flintstones" which was the film regarding a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next door. It was very old animation as I remember. Whole surroundings of Joshua Tree National Park are very similar with "Flintstones". I also can remember its main theme song like "Flintstone~ Flintstone~". Anyway I always imagine that I'm traveling thru Stone Age when I'm in Joshua Tree NP.

We all had fun

Jinwoo's family and my family, we all had lots of fun.

Jisu sliding on the water slide

Jisu sliding on the water slide in Palm Canyon Resort and Spa in Palm Springs.

Jisu and Yeonsu

Jisu and Yeonsu walking inside Barkers Dam area.

Hidden Valley, Joshua Tree National Park

There were lots of rounded rocks inside valley so the name may be Hidden Valley.

Golfing is one and only one sport I love

Golfing is one and only one sport I love. Whenever I go golfing, I'm getting better and better. A few days ago, I hit 10 over pars in Rancho Park 18 holes course. Even I caught 10 pars. I wish I could be a single digit hadicaper finally. I changed my old Nike's Slingshot irons to Titleist's 775CB irons. It's the best thing I've done this year. I really love to see and to hit these clubs. Here is Penmar Golf course which is popular golf course for women and seniors. I don't like this course. Too slow and too boring.

Halloween is coming

I and Youngmi went to Farmers Market at Santa Monica. It is held on every Wednesday on the 3rd street promenade. Look at these lots of pumpkins. We could feel that Halloween is coming.

What was I thinking?

What was I thinking? I can't remember. I put on Pebble Beach shirts that my mother bought this to me last spring. Here is Ocean Beach, Santa Monica.

Trisha and Mark

Trisha and Mark has come. They were here, Mar Vista Park, for cheering Jisu's soccer game with other team. But they were too late to see Jisu's game because they misknew the starting time. These guys are really lovely family, they are.

Jisu, Marine Boy

Jisu, Marine Boy, he is real mariner. He is the boy who can enjoy his life even though he is only 7 years old kid. Here is Ocean Beach southern part of Santa Monica.

Youngmi standing under the ballons

Youngmi standing under the ballons for decorating at the first-birthday party of my friend's son. She hides her mouth by her hand because there still remained much food in her mouth. :-)

Jisu's painting

I've been knowing that Jisu has great talent and passion about arts and sports. Sometimes, Jisu shows me his paintings that he drew in his class and in his room. This painting is the one that he drew in his class several weeks ago. But, I and Youngmi couldn't have seen this painting because this was hung on the wall of his art class in Mar Vista Recreation Center. His teacher loved and hung his painting. Youngmi just took this picture and showed me this a couple of days ago. It stunned me to see the dog who is lively wagging his tail and joyfully tripping down the walkway. Good painting, huh? This is my son's piece!

How Willy Got His Wheels

Jisu met the author, Deborah Turner, of "How Willy Got His Wheels" in Orange County Children's Book Fair. He honorly took the picture with Debora as well as his doggy, Willy, who is described in this book. Jisu really enjoyed Deborah's reading her book. Hey Jisu, I envy you because you could meet the author and the actor in the book that you've imagined for a long time.

Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point

Beautiful greens in front of the Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point.

Dana Point

Am I sleeping now? No. My eyes are too small to be discriminated whether I close my eyes or not. However, did you know that the smaller eyes can see much clearer than bigger eyes? :-)This is very scientific fact. That's because of "diffraction". When you take a picture using digital SLR camera, sometimes we control "iris" of cameras. Anyway, we stopped by here, Dana Point, Orange County, while we were on the way of going to the Welk Resort, Escondido. Nice sea ports and beaches.

Youngmi is a born model.

I never pose like Youngmi. She is a born model because she really enjoys taking pictures. Moreover her red hood shirt that she newly bought matches with scenic view of the Rocky. I miss this place.

Jisu and Yeonsu always make me smile

Jisu and Yeonsu sitting on the symbol of UC Berkeley. They always make me smile again even if I got angry about them.

Jisu standing in front of "OOF"

Jisu is standing in front of a painting, "OOF". Sometimes, I can not understand why this kind of things is selected as a masterpiece in this museum. When I saw this painting, I thougt how I am supposed to expalin...what if Jisu ask me why this has been selected as a masterpice in this museum. Even I couldn't understand artist's intentions as well as curator's intention. Anyway Jisu enjoyed seeing this kind of paintings very much.

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building. The nickname of the NY is "the Empire State". This is the photo taken from the Jersey City.

The highest peak of the Shenandoah Naitonal Park

Here is the highest peak of the Shenandoah National Park.

Santa Monica

Beautiful women lying on the Santa Monica Beach are watching my back.

What made you upset?

Yeonsu standing in front of a geyser in Yellowstone.

Yellowstone Canyon Area

There were large, wide meadow on the canyon area in Yellowstone.

Mediterranian Dinner

We failed to find the Vietnam Restaurant that Jinwoo's wife got us informed. So we just went into the nearest restaurant around it. This is the dishes we ordered in this mediterranian restaurant. It was great. More than we expected. Cool.

Youngmi in Time Square

Youngmi in Time Sqaure

Deers and Elks

We've seen hundreds of deer, elk, bison and bear as well during our trip. Especially Yellowstone was real home of wild lives.

Yeonsu loves ducks

There were so many ducks in a river in Idaho Falls. Yeonsu and Jisu really enjoyed seeing and feeding them.

Manhattan

I could take a picture of Manhattan, NY thru a window in flight.

Yeonsu is also very photogenic

Yeonsu is also very photogenic. Her posture looks like a movie star. Here is the pool in Washington Plaza Hotel in DC.

Teton and Youngmi

This red long sleeve shirt match with Youngmi and the background as well.

Good posturer

Youngmi always set good posture when it comes to taking picture, however, I can't set posture very well. Here is a geyser in Yellowstone.

Bingham Canyon

Bigham canyon is not a real canyon made by nature. It is open-pit mining. We've seen this mine thru cabin window in the airplane when we went to Salt Lake City, UT.

Jenny Lake

This is the Jenny Lke in Grand Teton NP. Yeonsu and Jisu enjoys sun shine in the morning. Jisu holds bug's basket. But he left it in Yoonjeong's house in NY.

Reader Jisu

Jisu loves reading. Jisu always carried his book in his back pack during his trip. He likes Juniee B Johns Books. Here is the La Guadia Airport, NY.

Safe guard

Lady safe guard in Will Rogers Beach, Santa Monica. This seems like an advertisement of Arrowhead.

Yeonsu

She wrote her name on the sand.