Everland, Kojeun and Dongdaemun Market

I know, I know...it's been 10 days since our last blog. We've been busy!!! Which is good for a blog posting! Last week Mom and I took the kid's to Korea's version of Disney World. It's called Everland. It was fun, but definitely NOT Disney World! They have the "It's a Small World" ride just like Disney, but it smells awful because they have to do so much to treat the water. They also have a haunted mansion ride, which is not at all haunted. You get a little gun and shoot at green dots all over the wall...that's it...I guess they just wanted to copy the name. However, the kid's had a blast and we got season passes because the kid's want to keep on going back!

The kid's and I with Everland's version of Minnie Mouse...I can't pronounce her name...notice all of the Christmas stuff. They have it all set up and it's really pretty and fun to see over here, since a lot of Koreans don't celebrate Christmas!

Mom and I with the kid's in front of the Everland stage.

Aiden going on a ride all by himself for the first time!!

We went to a really cool antique furniture store called Kojeun Antique. (We bought a new entertainment center or at least that's what we are going to turn it into. It's an antique and was definitely not designed for a flat screen tv) They put your kid's up on this Chinese Princess' bed with a bunch of toys. The kid's thought it was so neat and keep asking to go back! I still can't believe they let them play on it. It was like 250 years old! We also went to Dongdaemun marketplace and it's the arts and crafts market. It is truly a designers dream. They had stalls with millions of buttons, different beads, broaches, sequined patches, bow making things, ribbon, you name it and you could find it. It was really amazing! This picture is of one of the bead stalls. We had to sneak it. They did not want pictures taken of there stalls!

This is us in front of a doughnut stand outside of Dongdaemun. Imagine every one's surprise! Koreans are not typically big sweet eaters. Dad and the kid's tried them....they said they did not compare to a good Meche's (Lafayette place) or Krispy Kreme doughnut, but a fun treat!
This was the BEST surprise we've gotten in a while! We were coming out of the subway station and who do we see coming down the stairs??? The Balletie's...they were our best friends in Tucson. It was definitely a God moment...we randomly ran into each other in a subway station in a city of 20 million people?! We've stayed in touch through the years and are SO happy to be stationed close to them again. The last time we saw them I was 3 months pregnant with Aiden. That's why we love the Air Force...you never know who you're going to run into and where!
The whole gang at dinner that night at a restaurant they took us to called Olive & Vino....GREAT Italian food.