The weekend was kind of a mixed bag. Saturday was great: N and I took E to a dim sum restaurant we had heard about and it was really good. I love dim sum! While we were there two grandmas sitting next to us who made a point of complimenting us on how well E was behaving and how cute he was. We assured them that it was entirely the luck of the draw (as it usually is with two year-olds; sometimes E can really be a monster at restaurants) but it still felt nice to have strangers go out of their way to compliment E. Then the grandmas asked us about dim sum and how ordering it worked and we explained it to them and then basked in a parents-of-a-perfect-child/cosmopolitan-foodie glow which lasted all of about one minute until E started yelping and I couldn’t bring myself to order the chicken feet even though I was kind of curious. But then that evening we went to visit some good friends and stayed until entirely too late talking and laughing and watching our sons play together.
Sunday was okay except that I woke up feeling under the weather AND we totally spaced the time change so we showed up for church an hour late. (I know, I know–we felt like morons.)
At chuch N and I are attending a Sunday School class on family history. My church is very big on family history because our doctrine teaches that family members can be sealed together for eternity though covenants we make with God inside temples. So the church is working on an online database system that helps people find their ancestors.
Participating in this Sunday School class has sparked an interest in family history in me. When I was at my parents’ house I took the opportunity to scan some old photos. Are these great?
My mom with my grandmother.
My grandmother (Halmoni) at her house in Korea.
My aunt and her husband on their wedding day.I really enjoy looking at old pictures. My mom has all our family pictures in a cardboard box but I would love to get them all scanned and put together in a book.
I love that they're smiling. Too often, old school photos from the homeland never capture candid expressions, just grim faces.
I just received my first scanned batch of several photos of my grandfather's family via e-mail last week. I know nothing about them. I think my uncle has the family albums. It would be nice to take a trip out there exclusively to scan and digitize all those images for safekeeping. What a fun project.
Good luck on your quest learning about your ancestors.
Those are just fantastic… I wish I had some old photos. My mom has them somewhere and I really should scan some.
I don't think I could ever bring myself to eat chicken feet… I have tried chicken anus. And the roasted larvae. So I don't know what's stopping me! š Aw… I hope you all feel 100% better soon!
Wow–I love looking at old photos. How nice that you have some of your family in Korea.
Loved looking at your pictures š Do you have anymore??