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5th of July BBQ

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Austin's co-workers put on a 5th of July BBQ for everyone who is here from their company. They called it a "Freedom from the British" BBQ because there are people here working on company projects from all different countries including Hong Kong, Canada and India. Landon and I participated in the festivities- Austin slept because he worked night shift the previous night and was going in for his final 12 hour shift before vacation. Landon loved playing ball with new friends! We headed to Nanji Hangang park which is right on the Han river. There are "Hangang" parks all along the river and all of them are a little different. This one was different in that it had a camping ground area. You paid to get in, and for a "camping" spot. You could rent a charcoal grill. The camping ground was basically a big field of dirt. There were pop-up canopies and picnic tables all over denoting the different camping spots. Koreans came with their hiking/camping cloth...

Our Fourth of July

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Landon spent this week as a little sicky child. He had a bad night on Wednesday night with fever and waking up every hour or so crying and just wanting to be held so that was a fun night. When he woke up, he would yell for water, and in the morning, he wanted some juice. He gulped down several gulps and then almost immediately threw it up, and then threw up again a little later. His fever went down with Motrin and he bounced back like he always does with medication for an hour or so. Then we spent the rest of the day napping/watching movies/ sluggishly wandering around. Austin had called the number we are supposed to call when we need a doctor and they were working on finding us a place that would take insurance and had English speaking helpers/doctors. They finally got back to me around noon and by the time I called the hospital of my choice to make an appointment for Landon, we had to make one for the next day, Friday the 4th of July! Meanwhile, Landon seemed to perk up a little w...