Time flies.

The official countdown to home has begun!  Only 4 months and 1 day left till we fly home. We have the tickets booked and everything.  I look forward in my calender and know that these months will fly by.  I can't even believe how fast these past 8 months have gone.  This is not to say that we aren't enjoying Korea right now.  We definitely are!  The warm spring weather, colorful, lush landscape, and new friendships have completely taken away the winter blues.  But, we still can't help but to be excited about returning home to beautiful California and seeing our families and friends again.

I mean, who couldn't resist these precious faces?!  Seriously, cutest boys ever. I am constantly looking at their pictures on my phone to keep me from missing them too much (though it may just make me miss them more!). 

Half way there.

I can't believe we've already been in Korea for six months.  Our official six month "Koreaversary" (as our friend Jessica likes to call it) is on the 28th of this month, but we're practically there!  I know that leaving will be bittersweet, but I am honestly super excited to come home.  That's not to say that we don't like it here or anything.  There will definitely be things we miss about Korea.  I'll miss the fact that this will probably be the safest place I will ever live, period.  I'll miss the friendly and generous Korean culture where people will give you little gifts or start a conversation with you in the elevator, at the store, on the street, or pretty much anywhere.  I'll miss the fact that everything in Korea is extremely cute and I can easily find a spatula with a smiley face on it, pens in the shape of puppies, or kitten oven mitts.  And, I know that Doug will miss all the cheap street food and beef dishes here!

But....I can't wait to be back in sunny California where the avocados are abundant and our friends and family are just a drive or phone call away.  I'm counting down the days and we only have 192 more days till we're flying back to beautiful California!  That's not that far away, right?

Here's a few pictures that I feel really capture the beauty of Korea and the rural/urban mix throughout the country.