Monday, February 9, 2009

Korean party

This past Sunday we went to a Korean New Year party. The party was organized by an adoption support group. Most of the people there have adopted children from South Korea. The location of the party was kind of funny. It was in the basement of an Oriental store which wasn't bad of itself, except that the basement was tiny! There were about 20 of us trying to eat Korean food (with chopsticks) while standing and trying to make conversation at the same time.:) But, it was still fun! We tried most of the food and it was really good. Nate and I weren't brave enough to try the seaweed wraps. Something about eating seaweed just seems odd. We took Caleb with us and left the babies with a babysitter. Caleb didn't try any of the Korean food, but he had fun. We mostly wanted him to meet some kids who had been adopted from Korea. Most of the families there had adopted their children with Bethany's help. We met a couple who had just welcomed home their son 6 weeks ago. He was an adorable 10 month old. It was really interesting to hear how they were all adjusting. If Nate and I are honest, deep down we want a little girl. However, seeing such an adorable baby boy made me realize I would love another little boy too! We also met two couples who are a couple months behind us on the waiting list. We're excited to have some local adoption connections.

1 comment:

Beth said...

How fun! We've been eating a lot of Korean food lately :) We have friends from Korea and she's been sharing some of the foods. We had "Kim-Bob"--Korean equivilant to sushi--maybe the seaweed wraps you referenced. They're yummy btw. The seaweed flavor is quite mild. We had Korean BBQ "Per-go-gee", I think it's said. We also had some kind of french fries--breaded and fried hashbrown potatoes with thin carrot strips/sticks. It's been so fun to try the different foods. She gave me the recipe for the BBQ and I was actually able to mostly replicate it!