Making our house a little more homey each day

The quilt rack the family sent for Christmas and the pillows (made by Anne) Go perfectly with our Quilt! (made by mom) Thank you guys so much!!

Wax Museum

On new Years day one of Lance's friends from college called him up to let him know he had just been station in Seoul so we spent the day catching up and exploring Seoul. We ended up going to Building 63 which is a building thats full of small shopping areas, an aquarium, and a wax museum so we thought we'd check it out.

\This is the wax used to make the sculptures. 

The different types of eyes and teeth used.

 

Lance wanted to take a picture with Beetoven

There was a really pretty Nativity scene

 

There was also a display of the last supper which was really cool

This one was my personal favorite :)

We weren't sure why there was a giant teddy bear dressed up as Harry Potter 

There were some really cool statue/figurines for sale too. 

 

After the museum we decided to take Lance's friend (Jamie) for some gelato.

The gelato was REALLY good. I had Lemon blueberry, Lance had Pineapple, and Jamie had Cherry chocolate cheesecake. 

New Year's Eve

While everyone was out all night going to parties Lance and I had our own little NYE party. We watched movies, played video games, and ate junk until the clock struck 12. We both agreed we felt like little kids again. It was perfect! 

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.