Nikki's Trip Back to the U.S. (Part Two)

After returning home from Ohio I spent a few days relaxing in the pool and enjoying time with my nephews that live in Florida. My mom and dad have a beautiful house close to the beach and equipped with a refreshing pool in the backyard, definitely a good reason to go home for a few weeks. :) It is always very nice to catch up with family, and it always feels as though you just left. 

My lovely mother :)

And below are a series of my favorite photos that I took of my nephews (Levi and Elijah) while I was home, I miss them so much but am so happy to be able to see them every year and be a part of their lives. Love you both so much!

I then went further down south in Florida to visit my beautiful sister. We had a few days of catching up and lots of great wine. :) It is hard to live so far away from family but it is a great feeling when you can reunite, even if it is for a short time. 

After visiting my sister I went back to my 'home base' aka moms house and caught up with my brother and sister in law who live about 30 minutes down the road, but somehow managed to not get a single picture with them!!

I also took a day and saw my Grandma whom I always enjoy seeing because that woman is a breath of fresh air, she will just tell it like it is!! Grandma lives in Georgia so while in Georgia I drove up to see Zak's dad and step-mom who live outside of Atlanta. I can always guarantee a great meal and margaritas when I see them! Food+Margaritas= Good Time!

And there you have it, my 5 week trip that felt like 5 days. It was great to catch up with everyone, a lot of traveling but well worth it! 

Much love to you all xxx

Nikki's Trip Back to the U.S.

After our family came to visit us here in Korea, I (Nikki) had another trip planned to go back to the States for about 5 weeks. I hadn't seen the rest of our family since we moved here over a year ago so I decided to make a trip home to say hello to everyone..and I mean everyone!! :)

Home for me is the Florida Gulf Coast, nothing says welcome home like pristine white beaches, emerald water, and two screaming chihuahuas. We will call Florida "home base" for this trip because I had many other mini-trips to make all over the United States while I was back in the country.

(The chihuahuas in their rare calm state)

At the beginning of my trip I was lucky enough to have my best friend April from Korea come and visit me for a few days in Florida. We caught up, went to the beach, did some shopping, drank some starbucks.. you know, the usual. ;) Miss her lots!

After a relaxing few days at home I was off to Ohio to first visit my mother in law, sister in law, nephews and niece! I had a great time and enjoyed pulling back my hair and kicking it country style with a great bon fire and beer!

(Alex, Colby, and Kiley)

I love Phil!!!! 

My next stop was also in Ohio, just about 2 hours away from where my Mother in law lives. Here I met another side of Zak's family, the Stauglers. I had an absolute blast and was happy to be invited to a Staugler wedding, and even happier to meet them because I had heard so much about them through Kathy.

(I finally got to meet GPS!!!) :-P

 To be continued...

Family Visit to Korea!

Back in July some of our family came here to Korea to visit us. We were so happy to hear that someone wanted to come enjoy this amazing country with us for a while, and they were here for two weeks!! (Still not long enough to see everything though!! lol)

Upon landing in Korea we gave Kathy, Brittany, and Michelle gift bags of survival needs while in Korea which included things like, a T-Money Card, Practice Chopsticks, K-Pop Fans, Toilet Paper, Rose Flavored Gum and Cell Phone Accessories.. you know.. the essentials.

On their first official day here we all headed to the DMZ which was a trip that took up most of the day. While it was raining we all still had a great time crawling through the tunnels and realizing that we are super close to North Korea!

They were here for 4th of July and our mission for that day was to be as American as possible...

Mission Accomplished.

We then spent a fabulous 4 days in Seoul.. because you need that many days if not longer to see the whole city!!! In Seoul we introduced them to Korean Baseball, The Han River, King SeJong (yes that is Michelle planking on him), Korean Comedy Shows, Seoul Tower, all the Dongs (Myeongdong Insadong and Dongdaemun), 4D Movies.. and of coarse CHEESY BITE PIZZA! 

We also did a wine train tour while our family was here, it was great fun until they cut us off the wine and put us in a bus to the ginseng museum over an hour away.. nap time. I did however manage to beat everyone in our train car for the title of rock paper scissors or Kai Bai Bo in Korea. 

And now for the awesome random pictures (that you may or may not understand):

We can't thank Kathy, Brittany, and Michelle enough for enduring that long a** flight to come out here, and we hope you all had as much fun as we did while you were in South Korea!!

(All photo credits given to Kathy, Brittany, and Michelle because somewhere between our soju bowls and the excitement of pyeongchang winning the olympic bid Zak and I lost our camera!!!)

Thanks for reading!!! xxx