Popcorn popping and Another POP!!!!!!!

Korea is beautiful right now! Our family traveled down to ChinHae Naval Base and toured the Cherry Blossom Festival that they had there. It was beautiful!!! We had a great time. The boys were able to eat one of their favorite foods. Pineapple on a stick. Yum! One of the things that we are finding here is that there is so many opportunities to exercise. We found a little staircase leading up to an observatory area to see the entire city. And what a hike that was!!!! The boys were complaining and wanting to ride the tram to the top. Guess we've got to get out and hike stairs more often. Most of the hiking trails in the mountains are quite steep here but are very beautiful. We loved being able to shop and look around at the different things to see. Brandon even got a little surprise of his own. As we were looking around there was an area where they had a spanking table and I thought it would be great fun to have a picture of the boys getting to spank their dad. So I had Brandon go lay down on the bench and the boys were to take the paddle and gently paddle dad. Well a little lady saw what was going on and took the paddle away from Isaiah and shouted STAND BACK (in English)! So Isaiah did as he was told and she lifted the paddle and hit down. I think she didn't realize how hard she was swinging until after Brandon's shout out in agony! I must be a bad wife, but I was still giggling about it when we got home. He had a red bum still when we reached Daegu almost three hours later. He did however get a consolation prize... A pink key chain. You can't live in Korea and be male without owning something pink. Everywhere we go there are men sporting pink and purple bikes and purses to boot. She just wanted Brandon to fit in.

Daegu is starting to look just as beautiful here. My running course down by the river is gorgeous! Hopefully I'll be able to use it while it's blooming. My life is going to be staring to get crazy next week and with spring break happening this week not much is getting done. Well let's face it nothing is getting done. Yikes!

I looked out the window and what did I see?...





Traditional teeter-tooter game played in the folk villages here. They are only quite a bit bigger and longer. They are made for adults to throw each other into the air quite high and then continue the process for some time.


The picture that I wanted with one extra boy in there!



The picture I got!!!!!!!! OUCH!!! Look at some of the faces of the spectators. That says it all! She raised the paddle above her head and slapped the paddle down.