Fond Farewells

This past weekend I spent time with friends and family. I am sooooo thankful and lucky because I had friends and family that traveled from great distances to come say good-bye (for now). My brother, sister, and my brother's girlfriend Becky came to town on Thursday. We hung out and went hot tubing, it was fun.

The festivities started on Friday night. My friends Amy, Hoover (Brian), Traci, and Lindsey came to town to have a little gathering out on the town. Amy, Traci, and I were college roommates and it's been at least 5 or 6 months since we've all been able to meet up and hangout. It had been even longer since I had seen Lindsey! We all went to dinner and caught up, it was a wonderful evening.

Saturday, began with a barbecue at my parent's house (thanks Mom and Dad for letting all of my friends come over). Then it was time to be off to our "Tip Your Hat's Farewell to Corinne and Alex" going away party!!! This was another themed party to finish off the year! We encouraged all of our friends to wear hats out on the town. Wow, did some of our guests look fabulous/sharp!

Here's a picture of my brother Devon, my sister Megan, and myself at the "hat party."

Sunday, was my brunch that consisted of all my family and a few close friends. It was nice to catch up, however, it was also bittersweet...I only cried when my brother Devon left...I don't know why, but I did. I received a few going away gifts, thank you!!!

Let me explain some these wonderful gifts!!! The head set is from my brother and sister, this will come in handy when I am spending a lot of time on Skype video chatting with friends and family. The bag directly behind the head set is from Traci and she gave my a personal journal and some other teacher items I am going to need. :) The hat in the middle is an alpaca hat my sister got for me, isn't it super cute!? I'm excited because the winters in Korea are very cold and this will protect my ears! Next to the hat is my new iPod Touch, this piece of technology is going to be soooo helpful, love it. Oh my brother and sister also got me a new set of ear buds to match my iPod. Last but not least, my cousin Kendra made me the tote bag and she gave me a little Bobcat mascot named Champ so I can take pictures with him when I'm in Korea :) The kitty in the background, Tinkerbell, will not be coming with me to Korea, but will be missed...

So to my friends and family reading this, the next blog will be from Korea!!! Alex and I will be flying out on October, 27th. We have a 6 hour layover in Seattle, so Seattle friends come hangout if you can! Wish us luck!