Saturday evening we got to the hotel. Its a huge hotel on post at Yongsan. Right in the heart of Seoul. Its very nice and we're glad we chose to spend 10 days here. This is the view from our room.

That night we walked down the street to Burger King. We let J try some Sprite. Needless to say, he loved it.

And he made some pretty funny faces when we didn't immediately give him more.

My favorite:

Did I ever mention he finally got his first 2 teeth in about a month ago? Well, there they are, if you look closely.

Oh, and Morgan wanted her picture taken too. Of course.

Ever since arriving to Korea I've loved this road sign. It makes me laugh everytime I see it. It is on the freeway that runs along the Han River. I've always meant to get a picture, but never did until we were on our way to the hotel on Saturday night.

Lunch With Friends

On Saturday we finished cleaning our apartment and then checked out with the Landlord and Realator. Then, we went to lunch at a very authentic Korean barbeque restaraunt.

May, Ellie, Clint, the kids, and me.

Jackson loved this pickle. He's the only one in our little family who does.
May and Jackson

Moving: Day 2

Friday August 20th

The movers came to get our household goods.

Sammy finds the silliest places and positions to fall asleep.

The kids and cat staying out of the way.
"Look what my legs can do! They can hold me up!!!"

"And I'm down."

Moving: Korean Style

Wednesday, August 18th

Some movers came to pick up our military-issued furniture. Its kind of hard to see in the picture, but they are using a crane-type thing. One guy loaded furniture onto it from our house, then the guy in the truck operated the crane (I'm not using the right word) and unloaded the furniture into the truck.

This is how J kept himself entertained while the furniture was being moved. He liked to throw the ball and watch Sammy chase it, then soot over to it and throw it again.

Crazziness

Things have been crazy. As I've mentioned before, the movers came last Friday. They packed up our stuff and moved us out pretty fast. We spent the rest of the day cleaning furiously. That night we stayed with our friends, The Dance's. After a wonderful waffle breakfast we went back to cleaning on Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon we checked out with the Landlord, went to lunch with our realator, then packed up our stuff from the Dance's and moved into a hotel. On Sunday we went to the beach with some friends. We really wanted go before we left the country.

The rooms here are nice. They gave us 2 joining rooms so the kids are sleeping in one and we're in the other. There's a nice little kitchenette thing. The first night the kids had a rough time. They both woke up twice. The second night was much better. Morgan slept all night and J only woke up once. I think they're both having a rough time with the whole moving thing. But they're adjusting. Morgan is bored out of her mind with only a few toys to play with. She's acting out a lot more than usual, but thats to be expected. She keeps saying she wants to see Gwamma. She's asked to go home a few times too. There's an outdoor pool right across the street and a big playground right outside. Unfortunately its been raining since we got here, so we haven't been able to get out. Hopefully we'll see some sunlight tomorrow. Getting some energy out would help with the acting out and rough nights I think.

We'll be in Utah in one week. It feels good to have the hard stuff behind us (the packing and moving). We're excited to just relax this week and have a fun vacation once we get to Utah.

Sleeping Beauty

You know how sometimes your kids get really quiet and you just KNOW they're doing something naughty? Well, this time Morgan was actually NOT being naughty, she was sleeping. She stayed this way for over an hour.

August 2nd

I found these pictures on my cellphone. I had forgotten about them.

I took Morgan on a little bike ride to the park a few weeks ago.

She rarely gets to ride her tricycle outside due to the fact that there's no sidewalks here and people don't like to slow down through our neighborhood.

But she needed to get out of the house and so did I.

Everytime a car was coming I would tell her to move to the side and she would run full speed into the curb or wall.

Playing on the teeter-todder.

These little shelters are scattered throughout the country here. They have them at every park I have ever seen and at the zoo, amusement parks, and sometimes just throughout the neighborhoods. They are a great place to wait out a monsoon rain. Or, if you're Morgan, it makes a great stage for dancing.