Merry Christmas!

So christmas is over. I am really enjoying having all the family home. we are pretty much just lying around. It is great. Harold got me Momma Mia, Into the woods and The five pennies(you know with Danny Kaye). All of them are great movies. I just have to fight for the t.v. My kids think they are all super lame movies.
I think all in all the kids are happy with what they got. Logan is my new favorite child because he asked Santa for tomatoes. He totally got them. I love it when they make my job easy.

The Christmas Toy shop!

The cast.
After the play.
Miranda and 3 other girls from the branch.
During the play.
Hold that pose.


Miranda is in a community play right now. I went last night. Here are some pictures of her. Someday I really want to be in a play. It looks like fun. In my younger years I always wanted to be in 7 brides for 7 brothers. Not now, I would just be one of the fat moms in it and not even get a cute dress. Not fun. So I guess I will have to find a new play.

Besides the gas masks in the closet, life here is pretty much the same.

I have been thinking that life doesn't change much no matter where I live. Even here in South Korea it is business as usual. We have been here a year and I feel like we are finally back on track again. So this is my life in a nutshell, no matter where i live.
My kids keep me busy.
My church callings keep me stressed and fulfilled .
My house is always a mess.
My Husband is always gone( I am being dramatic). Harold, I hope you are enjoying the weather there. It snowed here today!
and..
the best part, I always find friends to party with.
Y.M.C.A.

Lets Party!

Tiffany, Darsha, And Jody way past bed time. Jody you look pretty awake. (I think she is a vampire and therefore needs no sleep.)

Aint she sweet

When my family was here I went out with my sisters and mom. I left the kids with my dad and Harold. Which is to say I left them pretty much on their own. When I came home Emma greeted me with"Come she what I did." .
I swear she did this all by herself.(I am pretty sure she learned it all from her big sister, at least the video part the rest, Hummm, I am not sure who taught her that.) Anyway Ana, here it is.

Family comes to visit.

these are silk worm larva.
Yes, You eat them.(Never again!) Juliana eating silk worm Larva
Shopping And seeing the sights.
Anna and Gwenna with the palace guards.
Mom And Dad great a pre-school class. (We don't even get that dressed up for church)
At a Korean Folk Village.
Grandma with Logan And Emma.

So Two of my sisters(Juliana & Gwenna) and my parents came to Korea for a visit. It was a surprise to me when my parents decided to come. When I left the U.S. my mom told me to go see Korea for her because she didn't think they(mom &Dad) would ever make it over. They came! My Dad 75 and my mom 71 got on a plane and came to Korea. It was a great experience for all of us. Here are some of the highlights.

Sew Much Fun!

How they get the material in the building
Need some thread?


Maybe like a million zippers
It just goes on and on and on.......................

I am ten minutes away from the fabric market here. There is a 5 story building there full of everything you need for sewing plus more. And the prices are great! I get so distracted every time I go I really am not sure what all is there. I find something new every time. My heart is racing just thinking about it.
Here is the down side. I can't understand a word they say. I wish I had the gift of tongues(for purely selfish reasons). So when I go,there is a lot of hand gestures and them holding up calculators with the prices typed out for me.(I feel like such a "stupid american") I am too scared to go alone so I drag Amber along. My awesome, smart, fun, adventurous, beautiful(I hope she reads this) friend who can communicate pretty well with the locals. She even pretends to be happy even though she doesn't sew and it is probably wasted time for her. What a great friend. I need to pay her more.

Happy Halloween!

We made it through another Halloween. Randa was a hippy, Caleb a Mummy, Logan a Jedi knight( note the hair he was very proud.), and Emma was an Egyptian Princess.