Down by the river

We were told by some Korean friends that there was ice skating down by the river starting on the last day that the boys were in school before Christmas break. So we decided that we would take the boys there over the break to have a little fun. It cost us 1000 won (about 90 cents) for one hour, to skate. We had about a half hour walk across the river that I run on and the boys had a great time just getting out and being by the river. We had a great time and the boys especially Isaiah were adopted by two little girls who would help them up and skate with them so Brandon and I for the most part got to skate by ourselves. The little girls are 11 years old. Compare them to our almost 9 year old. In the picture where the little girl is helping Isaiah up there is a big tower type thing behind them. This is a women's parking garage. It looks as big as two cars fitting on each floor. The cars are then lifted and taken back down by an elevator type thing. Pretty cool! There is a shopping center right next to the parking garage where I have been to a Japaneese restaurant that is very good. 3/4ths of the way through our Braxton fell on his face and bloodied up his gums. They are healing! Yay, no damage done.

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. The boys came in at 6:30 and told us it was time to get up. Isaiah told us that he didn't know how he got in Braxton's bed. And then the truth came out. He and Braxton snuck out to check on gifts. The picture of the loot is Isaiah's stocking completely empty and spread out all over the couch. Humm! I guess that they were very sneaky. All in all we had a nice day. Our church also decided to have church at 1:30 instead of 10:30am. Yay, more time to relax!

Before Christmas Activities

Brandon took the day before Christmas Eve off and we had a nice relaxing day. Took the boys bowling on post and practically had the alley to ourselves. Fun fun! The big winner was mom!



I took the boys downtown to a traditional Korean outdoor market Christmas Eve. Where we ate my favorite pancakes that they make here. We had a good time. In the pictures you will notice that the market is three stories tall. It is jammed packed with everything to buy. I even found an area that I had never been to before where they were selling live chickens, rabbits, ducks, dead pheasants and right smack in the middle there were kittens and puppies. (hoping that they weren't on the menu too. What a fun day.





We took the boys to eat on post at the Hilltop Club. They were putting on a Christmas dinner. Yum.
It doesn't feel as Christmas like here as we felt at home due to the fact that Christmas isn't as big of a holiday for the Korean's as it is for the Americans. We had to go looking for the Christmas lights. We took a walk down the busy streets by our house to go to Daegu Bank where they were pretty decked out with lights. Our apartment building even set up a few lights outside of our window a few weeks before Christmas.