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It's like Christmas!!

Well, kind of. I received my package from my lovely mother today and what do you know...there was more in there for the kids than me! Just kidding, but seriously lady! The kids were SO excited about the dinosaur and Emma's pony. Mason got loads of winter clothes and Emma got a few too, Honey knows her bday is coming up so she is getting more later. I want to thank everyone for my birthday gifts, it means so much to me! I had to enclose a few pics of the kids with their goodies, I can only imagine what Christmas is going to look like around here!!!

Weekend with Daddy...and Mommy too!

Recently, Dave has been working A LOT! Well for Labor Day weekend, he actually got all 4 days off, so we decided to take the kids to Seoul for a fun weekend. Especially since the monsoon season is almost over and he will be working even more until Thanksgiving. We had planned on going to Everland, a popular amusement park, but decided at last minute to save it for another trip. We got to stay at the Ritz-Carlton Seoul, but weren't really impressed. It was nice, but not as nice as we expected. By pure luck, we stumbled upon something wonderful....ON THE BORDER Mexican restaurant!!! It was heaven! We explored a section of the COEX mall that we had never seen, Daddy bought Emma chocolate ice cream and Mommy had to buy Emma a new shirt afterwards! Oh well, she had fun with Daddy chowing down on some ice cream! Dave wanted to go the Electronics Market, which was really neat! They have all kinds of things for reasonable prices, we really liked the camera section! Then I wanted to go the IPark Mall, which is supposed to be the largest mall in Asia. Their malls are set up much different than ours, so I think we only saw a corner of it! I took Dave to the fondue place that I had gone to the weekend before and much to his surprise he loved it. So did Emma, give her a pointy thing to stab food with and she is having fun! Scary. We decided to venture to Seoul Tower to be able to see the city at night. I don't think my body will ever let me forget this trip! We knew there were cable cars to take you to the tower but said "he didn't remember the hike being that bad..." Bad is not the word to describe it. More like, I thought I was going to die on the mountain...comes to mind. Seoul Tower is located on Namsan Mt. It took me forever to get up that thing, with Mason on my back! Dave carried Emma on his shoulders and made it look easy! Once up there, it was worth it, the city is beautiful at night. The hike down was much easier. Our next day in Seoul was just hitting up the large PX and commissary like usual. Then it was back home to a messy house, so I must leave you with pictures and go clean!!! Love and miss everyone!!!

Beef on a Leaf

That is what we call the Korean restaurants here. Mainly because you cook your meat on this grill at your table and then wrap it up in lettuce. You can add other things to your Korean "burrito" but I haven't got that brave yet. One thing at a time for me. This particular outing was to say goodbye to one of my BFF's(LOL!) Courtney and her family. They are going back to the state for a couple months and will be missed! Her cameras, not so much! This restaurant was so much cooler than all the others we had been to, it had an indoor and outdoor play area, a bounce house, and if you wanted...a pack n play at your table for your little one! America should really catch onto this family friendly craze!!! It makes it so much easier to eat out with the kiddos, not to mention, a Korean lady will usually hold your baby for you while you eat. Much fun and food was had by all, as always!!