The Owens Family

Monday, August 3, 2009

Fun with Mirrors

Calvin loves checking out that cute baby in the mirror!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Todd accurately predicted that during his trip to Asia last week he would miss probably the best (worst?) week of monsoons we've had so far this year. It started the day he left - in fact, on my way home from dropping Todd off at the airport, I drove through the worst dust storm I have ever seen. There is a mile-long stretch of road near our home that runs along a field that had been recently plowed, and with the dirt blowing in the wind from the dust storm, I could not see an inch in front of my windshield. I know they tell you not to stop if you ever lose visibility in a dust storm, but I didn't know what else to do. I just prayed and prayed that God would protect Calvin and me in our car, and He did! It felt like the longest mile I have ever driven in my life, inching along a few feet at a time, knowing there were cars in front of me and behind me that I couldn't see, and gripping the steering wheel as if my life depended on it. I am still amazed and so thankful that we did not have an accident!

While Todd was away, Calvin and I were busy taking lots of pictures to send to him so he would remember to hurry home! :) Here are a few of the pictures:

The Asia trip

Last week, Todd had to travel to South Korea and Taiwan for work. It was hard being apart for so long, but we were very thankful the trip was shortened to a week instead of the original two weeks it was going to be! I think our anticipation of being apart for a week was almost worse than it actually turned out to be, because the time went so quickly. Overall Todd had a good trip, and was able to do a little sightseeing in between meetings.

One of the highlights of the trip was seeing a display of old Korean War photos in Seoul. My grandfather fought in the Korean War, so seeing these pictures had extra significance to me. I try to refrain from writing about political topics on this blog, but I think these pictures speak for themselves, so I don't need to add any commentary.