Life doesn't slow down in the Marthaler house. We will soon need to scale back on the busyness of life once Alex comes home. For now, we are full speed ahead!
Friday morning Justin left for Ohio with some friends to run the Air Force Marathon. After a long drive and a meeting up with our friend, Paul, and son Ethan for dinner, the guys headed to bed. They got up early and ran their race, Justin coming in at 3:14, under the 3:15 time that he had hoped for.
In Madison, the kids spent a fun evening at Animart Petstore watching a movie and learning more about pets while mom came home and got some laundry done. On Saturday, we juggled Korean Language class, a birthday party for Cami's friend, a sleepover for Ian and Cami and Tom and Tammy's house and a Brewer tailgate and game for Dana and Ben. On Sunday morning, we met Tammy and Alexis at Door Creek Church for services and Family Fun Fest. Games, pony rides, food, balloons, music, and so much more for an afternoon of fun.
Monday morning brings another week of paperwork processing (hopefully) moving through Karen Slaney's office at the State, in Madison, and then onto USCIS in Milwaukee. They said to expect up to 2 weeks, but hopefully she moves quickly on it so it can get to Milwaukee, approved and then on to the National Visa Center. We are waiting anxiously for the I600 approval! We are getting close! Once his papers hit the Visa center, we are able to track it though phone calls. We can "see" when he is logged into their computers and when he is logged out and approved. We will be able to get a better idea of travel once this step is done. The kids have a list of things they would love to do in Korea. Lotte World, CoEx, Seoul Tower, eating, palaces, Tae Kwon Do match, Soccer match, the list goes on and on. We may need more than 10 days!
My experience with Karen was great. Call her next week if you haven't heard anything - if there is any delay, it likely isn't her. But talking to her will help because she can tell you what's going on. But hopefully it will all sail through and you will be packing those bags soon! Love the kids' list of things to do! So excited that you will have this opportunity to go to Korea, all of you, together.
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