Mobile post sent by kellyk using Utterz.  Replies. ]]> http://koryandkelly.com/2008/07/25/pre-departure-hotel/feed/ http://koryandkelly.com/2008/07/17/happy-birthday-caspian/ http://koryandkelly.com/2008/07/17/happy-birthday-caspian/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:42:30 +0000 kelly http://koryandkelly.com/2008/07/17/happy-birthday-caspian/ Caspian turns 2 years old today!

In people years that means he is 14, but don’t worry - he is still very sweet and not teenage angstful at all. So far he has not had a very good birthday, as he had to take a bath and got blow-dried afterward. He did get a piece of hot dog bun.

The Kilgores are hosting a family farewell party for us tonight after we get back from my farewell party at work. Kory’s friends had a farewell party for us on Saturday. Seems like we are popular people!

I just got back into town from a whirlwind trip. I got off work at 5 on Friday and then drove to Abilene that night (and got really lost on the way). Then all day Saturday was the CYC reunion rehearsal and concert, which was lots of fun even though I ended up sightreading most of the music. I hung out with Claire a lot and also saw Kristi and Christy briefly on Sunday. Then Monday the whole fam minus Jessica drove to Dallas to spend a couple of days with Gram and Paw Paw.

Meanwhile, Kory had to stay in Houston this whole time because the JET Q&A session was all day Saturday. He attended for both of us and got a bunch of good reading material. He also finished getting us moved out of our house and into Keith & Sherry’s.

Yesterday we finally got to relax a little. We went to the Astros game in the afternoon (dollar hot dog day!). Today we lounged around the house, did some cleaning, read some of our JET material, and cooked our own Fourth of July dinner. I convinced Kory to watch Enchanted with me, and it was really cute! I recommend it as a great date movie. Keith and Sherry are at the lake, and there were no fireworks, so it was a pretty low-key evening.

I’m off work for most of July and am really looking forward to using this time to get prepared for our move and study Japanese.

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Mobile post sent by kellyk using Utterz.  Replies. ]]> http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/28/this-is-where-were-singing-tonight/feed/ http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/21/ice-on-mars/ http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/21/ice-on-mars/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:39:36 +0000 kelly http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/21/ice-on-mars/ Check it out. The Phoenix Mars Lander found actual water ice on Mars!

http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/06_20_pr.php

You know what this means, right??? ALIENS. Well and probably some other stuff. Ask Jessica.

We’re moving to Japan!

Kory and I will be participating in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET Programme/Program) for 2008-2009. We will move to Japan at the end of July and teach at a Japanese high school for one year. Kory’s family may not know that I was born in Japan, and it has always been a dream of mine to go back and live there for awhile. Kory has really latched onto this idea, and we are both very excited about our new adventure.

We will continue to update this blog with announcements or blogs that are meant for family and friends only. However, I will be posting photos and videos related specifically to our time in Japan at a new blog, kellyinjapan.com. Please subscribe to or bookmark this site, as it will probably see more updates in the next year than koryandkelly.com.

We leave in 39 days!

Happy anniversary to us! We are set for an awesome evening at the Mekting Pot.

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Mobile post sent by kellyk using Utterz.  Replies. ]]> http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/10/at-the-melting-pot/feed/ http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/10/happy-anniversary/ http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/10/happy-anniversary/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:03:11 +0000 kelly http://koryandkelly.com/2008/06/10/happy-anniversary/ Today is our 2-year anniversary! The wedding doesn’t seem that long ago, does it?

We plan to go to the Melting Pot tonight for dinner. It’s this fabulous fondue place. We absolutely love it but can’t go very often. Yum! I know I’m really looking forward to it, especially the cheeeeeese course.

Here at work, we’re having a crockpot full of beans for lunch to celebrate my anniversary. For those of you who don’t know, my office has developed this awesome crockpot habit. We get free stuff from luncheons (and cheap stuff from the food court, which is here in our building) and make crazy soups out of it. Tortilla, potato, vegetable, curry, we’ve had it all - only supplemented by stock items from home like an everlasting bag of beans and some free rice that somebody scored. So they’ll take any excuse for a crockpot party.