Happy 30th Birthday, Craig!

We celebrated Craig's birthday last weekend. oh what fun! he had a decent time coming to grips with the big 3-0 and has joined the oh-so-many of us out there but entering a really wonderful decade! so, Congrats Craig! i'm so glad i could help make your day (weekend!) great!

i made something rare in Korea for Craig's dinner - lasagna! and travis laughed when i told him how i made it since we don't have an oven. we really enjoyed our toaster-oven lasagna and i managed to make 5 small tin pans of it so put in the freezer. Also, craig was spoiled with some oreo cheesecake cupcakes as we opened presents that arrived that day in the mail from his folks. I was just as happy as craig with that fact, as my present was ordered from Canada and sent to his mom to send in the package. amazing how quickly mail can be delivered when you're willing to pay a little extra! and thankfully nothing was taken out of the package (we think/we hope!) as it was poorly taped back up by customs.

Saturday night we met up with Trevor, Julie, Daniel, Kate, Nicole, Julie, Tracy, Lucas, and Kaley and ate dukgalbi - yum! our fav korean dish. then we headed over for some retro bday fun of - BOWLING! as everything done in korea - the locals really get into their activity. it's just bowling, right?

but we obviously forgot to:

first - joing the bowling league. Saturday night at 9pm is obviously prime time in Jeonju!

second - have matching shirts!

third - own our own ball.

fourth - have protective gaming gear such as wrist braces with the index finger extended out for maximum bowling pleasure.

i'm pretty sure there is NO 5 pin bowling in korea. you get 10 pins and you can choose the weight of your ball. so go big or go home! we had fun playing 2 games with everyone. just took us back to a time of being 8 years old at a birthday party with friends - good times!

Then we headed out to find a good dvd/karokee room. but we found something better! We found a WII room! we paid $7/hour per room and tried our skills at the Beijing Olypmics - and following Korean instructions! after 2 hours of playing our hearts were racing! took a break with a yummy blueberry cheesecake ice cream cake from Baskin Robins for desert and got back to playing!

Fun times! I'm glad we were with new friends for Craig to celebrate with. The highlight of his birthday was the group card that 75 people signed for him...so if you're one of them - thanks for making his day so special! he was overwhelmed with the response (as was I!) and the well wishes from everyone. Somedays we still feel very far away, so it was a great way of letting Craig know how much he is appreciated.

Happy 30th Craig! don't worry, i'll always be older than you! ; ) we said that our 30's could only be good with the three 'k's - Korea, careers, and kids?! let's see if the last 2 every come true, eh?! Love you!