Apartment time

Here are some pictures of our apartment. We are 97% unpacked and everything put in its place. I have a few odds and end items that need to find a home, but other than that we are loving our new place. Our apartment starts with an entryway followed by another entryway where most Korean families will leave there shoes in this area. Then we have a hallway which leads to the boys bedrooms and Brandon's office in one direction and the living room our bedroom and the kitchen in the other. The kitchen is unique in its own way. Our oven has duel functions. It is a microwave 800watts and an oven. I placed one of my cookie sheets underneath a cookie sheet that comes with the oven and my cookie sheet will not fit in the oven. That my give you an idea of how big it is. The dishwasher is just about the same. There isn't a rack for silverware, it is a tray like area for chopsticks. I have a larger laundry room than I had in NC. Our bedroom is good sized space. All of my furniture fits and we are slightly too small in the closet area. Our bathrooms here are a little different. Each bathroom has a big drain on the floor which allows for runoff due to the fact that there isn't a shower curtain in the master bath. The boys bathroom is a glass shower stall with the drain in the shower where all water is pushed inside the shower. The boys also helped me find things to take pictures of outside to show what our place look like. they have two separate playgrounds a small basketball hoop area with quite a bit of biking room. There is a small pond that they fill in the summer and a water fountain that they also will let kids play in. There are also a number of children who attend the same school as the boys here and they have a great time playing with them.

Our Church

I have had these pictures for a while and just got lazy or busy and so I thought that I'd post them while I was in the posting mood today. This is a picture of our church building. It looks more like just a building than a church. But we have such a small branch and we are feeling more comfortable there now. The sign isn't on the building itself. It is a long the road and you almost miss it if you're not looking for it.

An-Dong Mask Dance Festival

I was able to take the boys this weekend on a tour given here to a mask festival. First we went to a muesum and looked at masks from around the world and then ate as much of the Korean meal as we could. Then we were taken to a mask dance and was a little shocked at what some of the performers were doing. Here in Korea it is alright. Was sitting seperate from the boys and so I am hoping that they were missing a few things thast happened in a few of the dances. It was in Korean so I am sure we all missed quite a lot of what was happening. Very glad went went for a new curtural experience.


Traditional Korean meal. We brought sandwiches because w eknew what we were getting.

The music was loud but very fun.


I'll let you guess what is happening here with the cow.



Isaiah and some carvings.

The boys and I outside a traditional Korean hotel.

One of the performers who looks like a movie star from the Korean TV shows here.

First Day of School!

BRaxon started school last Monday and told me that he didn't want to be known as a Momma's boy and wanted to be cool on the first day of school, so he needed to go alone. Well, I was nervous the entire day due to the fact that I haven't met his teacher and that my little boy was going to be riding the bus to school. Today mark the the day that Isaiah is starting school. He was so nervous. He wanted to be next to Braxton and started to cry when I wouldn't let him. So he isn't as happy in his picture as I would have hoped for. But, it was a great start to the first of the year!

Labor Day and Woobang Land

We decide to take the boys for a fun outing to Daegu's version of a Six Flags. It is called Woobang Land. Well, it was fun. Not as big as I would have expected but the boys had a good time. And it was fun to get out and do something different. We pretty much had the park to ourselves because Labor Day is a US holiday and the Korean kids are in school. So we were able to get on each ride without having to wait most of the time. There was only one rollercoaster that Braxton couldn't ride, but overall it was fun. I am not sure if you can get amusement park hangover, but I am still having the nausia today after a halfway decent sleep. We were surprised to see a few of Disneys things there: An Aladin fun house, the seven dwarfs were found among the plants. Does Disney mind? All in all we had a great time.

New friends and IAAF World Championships

We recently met some friends at a park here, who quickly became our frinds. Jin and her son Yong Ho invited our family to dinner and to the IAAF World Championships here in Daegu. We were excited but a little nervous to try the subway and new foods. Our friend Jin was a cook by profession and cooked us some traditional Korean food. We can't remember the names of what she made, but Brandon's favorite was a clear noodle that we found out is made out of sweet potatoes (his mom would be proud). She also made a dish that Braxton likes made with anchovies. Brandon tried it and did his best to overlook the fish eyes and heads. Over all we tried new foods and kind of liked the experience. We walked to the stadium from thier house and had a blast. When we got there there was an area for kids to try some of the events that they were going to be seeing, and because we are still living in a hotel, our boys needed this experience. What a great experience to see the world's top atheletes competing in men's javelin, women's high jump, women's 4X400m relay, men's 200m, we also saw some wheel chair races. Wow! We were on the edge of our seats the entire time. We are so grateful to have met Jin and Yong Ho. They are truly what we have come to know the Korean people to be like since we have been here. They are so willing to go out of their way to help anyone. We are so blessed to be here in Daegu and are looking forward to what new experinces we will be having in the future.