Green is GREAT!
(and so is Minnesota!)

It took a year to plan and 9 months to execute, but we're finally home.  Along the way, we have picked up two four-wheel drive vehicles, a garden tractor, a tree-chewing chainsaw, and a beautiful, house with 36 acres of land!  Our new address is 18116 Woodrow Road, Brainerd, MN  56401; come visit!

Below is a summary of the salient events of our relocation; for anyone planning such a leap, once you doubled your guess for how long things will take, double that as well!  (For larger versions of the photos, you can click on them.)

Finally,  a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone in Korea, Vermont, Minnesota, and Canada who helped along the way. 
We couldn't have done it without your help!

January 18, 2007	Ship the first of 86 boxes of supplies, artwork, books, and clothing to Vermont and Minnesota.
April 25, 2007	Survive Heidi's knee surgery in a Korean hospital to repair a torn meniscus, which wasn't torn.	Ever tried to make an overseas relocation on crutches?  It's a blast (not!)!  If you are stuck traveling and you need wheelchair  assistance, DO ask the airlines for assistance as they can help!
April 28, 2007	Move out of Seoul apartment and into guest bedroom of friend in Seoul, Kris.  Here she is at our departure party!
May 11, 2007	Fly THROUGH the US to Calgary Canada for LASIK Eye Surgery (and to finish tax year� outside the US).  By the way, if you're considering LASIK surgery, drop us a line first...there are some things we think you should know that they may not emphasize (e.g. the real recovery period).
May 23 2007	Fly to Minneapolis, Minnesota and head north to Krini and John's guest room in Marcell.  While we're there, we help to build and install a dock as well as unpack and start looking for work.
June 14, 2007	Heidi interviews for Regional Extension Educator and wins the position.
July 4, 2007	Attend the 5-year Sharpe Family Reunion (and celebrate our 10th anniversary of "merriage!")
July 11, 2007	Make a successful offer on 18116 Woodrow Road, which is the first step in a long, hostile, and unusual closing process.
July 14, 2007	Fly to Burlington, Vermont to pick up our stuff which has been in storage for 6+ years and return to Brainerd, Minnesota.	See http://www.fourh.umn.edu/ for more!
July 23, 2007	Depart from Vermont in a worn-out 24-foot Uhaul truck and unload at 2111 Breilly Court four days later.
July 30, 2007	Heidi reports for her first day of work for Cooperative Extension in Minnesota, coinciding with the first day of the county fair!	See http://www.mnstatefair.org for more!
August 21, 2007	Adam learns to use a chainsaw and begins cutting up firewood for winter as the house, garage, and shop are all heated by an outside wood furnace.	We now have 3,369 cubic feet of oak (roughly 28 cords)!
August 30, 2007	Close on Woodrow Road; the house is ours!
September 6, 2006	First guests (Uncle Carroll and Aunt Marguerite) arrive and sleep in parking lot in their 5th-Wheel RV as the house has no furniture.  The next day the Garden Tractor from Sears arrives--very exciting!	Because we had no furniture, we had a pizza dinner in the shop on cardboard tables, but no one seemed to mind as there was an excellent rain storm to keep us entertained.
September 24, 2007	Move into Woodrow Road and begin unpacking.
September 29, 2007	Meet Yogi and Chogi and friend, Scott, at the airport drive everyone to Woodrow Road.  Finally, begin to settle in, though it also means the first stage of preparing for renovations as the house wasn't finished.