Jessica My wife was born in Vietnam where her father was an operative in the South Vietnamese army during the war. He was held in a reeducation camp afterwards for six years.
They all managed to escape the country when he was released and they were sponsored to the US by a church group in Cedar Rapids. Her story is really quite amazing and deserves a lot more space than I have given. Suffice it to say that a million different circumstances in two continents had to align perfectly so that I could meet her in an Iowa City preschool in 1996. Thank goodness she said yes when I asked her out! When she isn't working hard to keep the family unit running efficiently (which is 90% of the time); she enjoys working out, fundraising for non-profits, and reading books on her iPhone Kindle. Her favorite author is Jane Austen and she is a sucker for stories from the Regency Period and also shares my love of a good Fantasy yarn (especially ones by Elizabeth Haydon). |
Ian
Ian was born in 2003. He loves math, art, video games, and Star Wars (the apple did not fall far from the tree). He also likes waking up at the crack of dawn (the apple must have rolled downhill a litle bit). When he grows up he wants to be an artist/photographer/water taxi captain.
He's currently learning Tae Kwon Do and enjoys playing baseball and soccer. |
Jason
Jason was born in 2006. He loves Dora, pirates, superheroes, and iPhone games. He inherited a double-dose of stubbornness from both parents but will sometimes relent if tickled sufficiently. Jason just started learning Tae Kwon Do.
Here is a video of Jason from 2009 |