Joseph and the Fish

In the first video Joseph keeps asking, "It won't bite me?" and Ami is saying, "Just grab it strongly" Our mighty brave fisherman vanquishes it in the end though!

Psalm 23

You'll have to trust me, this is Joseph doing Psalm 23 in Korean (with some help from Ami:)

What Time Is It Mista Wolf?

This is one of Joseph's favourite games. We were playing it in the airport during our layover in Japan.

Arirang

This is our sister-in-law as she does traditional Korean singing at the local senior's community centre. "Arirang" is the most famous traditional Korean song in the world. I think she's pretty talented!

Resurrecting Superman

Joseph and Grandma were having some fun with Batman and Superman this summer!

Joseph Surprises Daddy

Baseball is far and away Joseph's best sport right now. He packs a decent amount of power into those hits, which is not always a good thing for Daddy!

Our church is right beside the largest city cemetery in our area. Thousands of people come by the church to bring sacrifices for their ancestors on New Years and Choo Sok. Our church's tradition is to serve them coffee. Joseph did a great job handing out the cups. We got rid of hundreds of them in an hour!

First Christmas Eve and Christmas

Christmas is a little different in Korea than in Canada. The malls are packed and we ended up taking Joseph to one of those ball rooms. He absolutely loved it and didn't want to leave. He had lots of other fun things to do, including being superman. One of the many presents he got was a blue umbrella he greatly coveted and by coincidence I got a book referring to the same thing! One Christmas Eve, we had my friend Klaus and his family over for our annual late snack food meal In the bottom picture you can see me being Santa. I didn't get much warning that that was a role expected of me, but I guess I should have considered it, given I was the only white guy!

Joseph the Sailor

I'm not sure why Joseph the sailor has a fan, but he had a lot of fun with this recently!

Random Slices of Life in Korea

1.) Klaus' little girls have taken a shine to me.
2.) One of the few ways we could take a picture of Joseph in a suit.
3.) Friends David and Klaus with a table full of kids
4.) Chris as the mother duck on the way to children's ministry
5.) Chris getting the dead skin eaten off his feet by fish. Man, did that tickle!

A Day at Haieundae Beach

1.) The beach of Busan at night. This doesn't really do it justice. It's amazing.
2.) Me with my friend Klaus at a sauna. Truly amazing multi-level place.
3.) Joseph being a plane on the beach
4.) Joseph building a sand castle. He's having a lot of fun!

Joseph Settles in to Korea

Joseph has settled in well in Korea. He has lots of cousins his age to play with and we have a number of great playgrounds in our apartment complex

First Pony Ride

It was just one circle around at Agrifair, but Joseph was talking about it for days afterward.

REAL Fishing

A little while ago we posted a video of Joseph doing some pretend fishing. Joseph enjoys that so much that Grandpa decided to take him to a fish farm to do the real kind. The farm we went to was the kind that was just one step up from "shooting fish in a barrel." There are thousands of fish in a tiny lake and they bite almost immediately after the bait hits the water. Joseph loved the fishing, catching and even "petting" the fish. He thought he should be allowed to eat them immediately too, but he had to wait to the next day. His affection for the fish clearly doesn't go too far!

Camping at Alice Lake

We spent two days at the Alice Lake campground near Squamish, but it was pretty much washed out with rain. Next time we'll pay better attention to the weather forecast!

Also due to the hot weather before the rain, campfires were banned so Joseph made due with raw marshmallows. Regardless, Joseph really enjoyed his first camping experience and we'll have to do it again as soon as we can so he can get a larger dose. (Click for the bigger version)

"Fishing"

During camping Mom and Joseph enjoyed some "fishing" in the lake. Given how much he enjoys this, one of these days I have to take him fishing for real fish!

Joseph Releases His Inner Noisemaker

Joseph had a lot of fun at this site. It's a place where he could make as much noise as he wanted and he took full advantage. If you notice, part of the way through he stops and gets a big smile. That's because he hears the ABC song, a song he actually knows! It took a long time before we could drag him away from here!

Terrific Canada Day

Kudos to the the City of Abbotsford! The program they put together for Canada Day was terrific and Joseph had a blast. With the instruments, sandboxes, toys, hayrides, trampolines and much more, I think this was one of the funnest days of Joseph's life!

Fearless Explorer

As warm weather has come, Joseph is going to be able to truly enjoy Abbotsford's parks. He was attempting to get the baby geese to fly in Mill Lake Park and at Bateman Park he bravely plunged into the unknown "jungle" with grandma. I think this is going to be a fun summer! (click the photos for a bigger version.)