The Tripp Family: 2 weeks down, 50 to go!

Another week has passed us by. Kendal is a little more settled in Korea this week. He's not too fond of his 12 hour work days and walking from his apartment to work everyday but for the most part he is adjusting well. As for Kennedy & I we are having a great time with Grammy & Papa. This past weekend we went to the local fair. Kennedy is learning a new animal sound almost everyday and she was a riot at the fair. Especially when we walked past the ducks, she started yelling "quack,quack,quack,quack" it was so cute!
Now that we live so far away from all of our buddies down south we are having to learn to find more things around the house to keep us occupied. Back home we are used to going to "Mommy's group" 2-3 days a week and going out with friends every weekend. We are surrounded by people all of the time. Now, we pretty much sit in the house and just play with one another. I was having a really tough time with this since Kendal has been gone but have now learned to love long walks and jogs with Kennedy, we read for hours on end and love to swing in the backyard. Its all worth it, because I now feel like Kennedy & I are spending much more quality one-on-one time together:) We are still talking to Kendal about 2x a day. Kennedy just lights up when she see's him. They sing songs and she shows off all of the new things she has learned. She is getting a bit more daring when it comes to walking. She earned her first bruise this week, right on her cheek~ she crashed into mom's piano bench (OUCH) Tonight is my brother's birthday. We are going out to dinner & having cake and ice cream. Kennedy will be so excited when he comes over this evening. She now has a new best buddy. She calls for him all day long "bub,bub" (I've called my brother "bubby" for as long as I can remember, so we refer to him as Uncle Bubby~ which is where bub,bub comes from) Whenever, Cody & Elizabeth come over, Kennedy is in her glory. She just loves them to pieces, mostly because Cody plays non-stop with her and Elizabeth always has ice cream.lol! Happy 27th Birthday Bubby! We love you!
Hope everyone is having a great week! Love & miss you all!

Kisses from Papa at the fair