Well, as I'm sure you can imagine we were all VERY sad to see MeMe go. We had such a good time with her here and, of course, she was a HUGE help! Poor Reese tried to get in the car with her when she left...kind of hurt our feelings, but we're moving on :) I think Patrick said it best when he said "It feels like a member of our family left ." Enough about us being sad though...we'll see her again in 11 months...who's counting?! We did lots with MeMe during her last week...
This is the 4/9 market. It's in our town and it's on everyday that has a 4 or a 9 in it. It was fun to see...mostly food from the local farmers here, but there was also clothing and purses, etc. 
This was a booth filled with all kind of kimchi's...NOT our taste, but interesting! 
This is a bad pic because I had to sneak it when the guy went around the corner....it's a rug store...oriental rugs and Persian rugs. My Mom got four...a couple from Afghanistan and I can't remember the other 2. It was really neat to see and listen to him explain it. They are a pretty good deal, too...way better than US prices! 
Here we are at the Flower Market. It was AMAZING! It was 3 huge warehouses just filled with flowers and they were a GREAT deal! I got 2 dozen roses and 6 sunflowers for less than $8!! We'll be going back there a lot!
Here's Mom and Laina in front of the poinsettia's...I can't wait to decorate for Christmas!
Laina and I in front of some orchids...we are now the proud owners of 1...we'll see how green my thumb is!
She really liked these blue roses! 
I just thought this was a pretty picture!
This is how they sell the flowers...it's really neat!
More flower stalls.
It was a good day at the flower market! 
Mom and I went and got pedicures at "Dr. Fish". It's very popular in Asia and everyone told us we had to do it. You stick your feet in this pool full of fish and they feed on the skin on your feet. I did not enjoy it that much. I thought it tickled and was kind of gross in general. Mom was a much better sport than me. You're supposed to leave your feet in for 15 min. I lasted 3-4 and Mom about 7.
Mom was laughing at me because I kept making these faces. 
We decided to take the kid's the next day. Aiden got into it. Laina...not so much!
Here's Aiden with the fishies munching on his feet!
MeMe finally got E to dip her toe in the water. When she was done she said "So, the fish are doctors?" Out of the mouths of babes, huh?!
I keep saying things just get lost in translation! This was on the main road in Itaewon...the shopping center right outside of Yongsan, the Army post in Seoul.
Us in front of the Itaewon arches.
We met up with the Balettie's again and this is all our babies hanging out! 
Mom and I in front of Seoul Tower in Itaewon.
We had an early birthday party for Aiden, so he could open presents with MeMe...he chose a football cake...pretty cool, huh?!
MeMe with her sweet grand babies!
With his cool Star Wars toys from MeMe!
Elaina ate lunch leaning on MeMe like this...it was really sweet! 
The last supper...we went to an AWESOME Brazilian Steakhouse called Fogo.
This is the kitchen...if you look in the last pic you'll see our table was right next to it. He just stands there grilling...he was dripping sweat...we felt sorry for him.
They make dessert in the middle of the restaurant...it's the Korean version of Banana's Foster. They call it Banana Cream and it was DELICIOUS! The Smiley's have a new Friday night tradition!
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