Monday, December 24, 2012

Gifts from family

Most importantly Gizmo & Gadget loved their gifts from Indy!






Purple, Giraffes, and Chocolate! What could possibly be better?


Lance would argue that games, great books, and amazing hats might win that challenge.


Do ya get it? :)







Our first Christmas in Korea

300 blazing lights of glory


The Disney Christmas decorations that Danielle made. 






The first thing I see when I come home from work every day. Pretty sweet.


The pretty ornaments are the ones we made.


Our collection of ginger bread people. Not ginger bread men, that's sexist.




Some people might look at our ginger bread people and say that we have problems. They would probably be right.



Merry Christmas everyone!

DMZ Tour

A very fancy tour booklet. Ooh. Ahh.


A ROK soldier standing guard over the conference room at the DMZ. This is where generals and national leaders of North and South Korea meet.


The line made from the microphone, through the flag, to the soldier, is on the demarcation line between South Korea and North Korea. South Korea is on the left. That means this picture was taken from inside the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 


Whew, we are back on the correct side of the line. This is the closest that we were allowed to get to the guard. Luckily for Danielle, it is a South Korean guard.


We are back on the other side of the line. Those shiny white tiles? North Korean. Those cute little shoes? Not in South Korea anymore, Toto.


That concrete slab running between the buildings is the line itself. Once again, this picture was taken from the wrong side of the line. 0_0


Whew! Safe again. Those are South Korean soldiers that stand perfectly still while watching the line. The two soldiers to either side stand only half-way exposed to protect them from snipers. The guy in the middle, I guess he is just out of luck.


The North Korean version of a welcoming party. If you squint, you can see him in the middle bottom of the picture, wearing a tan uniform.


The last stop on our tour was the Bridge of No Return. That's because if you go over it, you never return. Not a pun or a joke.



Our new home in Korea








We have had a lot of requests for a blog to show what we are up to on the other side of the world. Without any to-do whatsoever, we will start with our new home in Korea.

Living room (from dining room)




The living room is supposed to be VERY wide... Too wide. So we decided to make a hallway with all of our shelves to take up a little space.


I have always wanted to be like my dad. I figure having a chair like his is a good start. Of course, I never get to actually sit in it, due to one or the other of our cats enjoying it.


Our traditional Korean entryway



Complete with shoe closet, as it is considered very rude to wear your shoes into the house.


Gizmo and Gadget's room. The closet is also our pantry, since there isn't one in the kitchen. (?!?)


Our 'classy' area, stocked with books and Martinellis.


We got a bit of an early start on the presents.


Guest bathroom with the most incredible shower head known to mankind.


Our office / game room. 


Yes, I AM that much of a nerd.


Logan's dragon painting and our new hobby- aged maps. Perfect combination.


The landry and boiler room. (Where all of the wonderful heat for the floor comes from)



The only true hallway in the house, leading from the master bedroom to the master closet. Complete with a vanity, which we have dubbed 'the woman area.'


The rest of the house doesn't have much storage space, but our closet - room makes up for it.It is only slightly smaller than Gizmo and Gadgets room. 


The kitchen, complete with our home-made island / counter. 


Our deck, incomplete without the BBQ pit we will be adding next spring.