Last week the kids & I went on a little hike with the Relief Society here.  They had lots of fun going up and down hills, playing on the playground, and looking for crawfish.   : D  Now the ladies didn't tell me that it was a hike to this playground so I came totally unprepared-- worst thing is that I didn't have water.  --let's just say I sweat my fair share--  

The fun playground we hiked to

Joey pushing on of the ladies 

Tiny crawfish!  You have to pick up the rocks in the stream and you'll find them.

Throwing rocks in the stream of course ;)

We also enjoyed some time on Ilsan beach, a 5 minute drive from our home.  The water was absolutely beautiful but FREEZING cold.  We put our feet in and that was about it!  We built sandcastles, had a picnic lunch and just enjoyed some nice family time.  

Joey

Jackson with one of the shells he found

FREEZING!

Daddy was helping them build and "aquarium"--we brought some toy sea creatures

Catch of the day!

Our sand castle decorated with shell fragments and rocks

We are really enjoying our time here in Korea.  It's different being a country where you can't read most anything and can't speak the language but we are certainly thriving here.  Now don't get me wrong, there are many things that I miss about America--but Korea is definitely better than I imagined it would.  If any of you have any questions about life here or anything else--just comment :) I'd be happy to answer them.

Busan Aquarium

This weekend we decided to visit the Busan aquarium.  The kids had a great time looking at all of the sea creatures, especially the sharks!

AHHH SHARK!

Looking at the first exhibit

Penguins!

Touching the starfish

Check out my those teeth!

Jack was actually scared of the fish..

CUDDLE FISH!!!!

Pretty cool sea horse display

Hey look Lindsey, it's your boyfriend!

Jack & Joey loved the sharks!!

Finless porpoise (missing the top fin) 

Not in much of a writing mood so I'll just add some more pictures :)

panoramic picture of the beach--andy tried to move out of it--didn't quite work ;)

Busan streets

Chewing on their toys

Jack is such a such a stinker

Jack

Joey - I should have cleaned his mouth first haha- he just had chocolate ice cream

Weekend fun

This weekend was full of fun!  Friday night - I think? we went out to dinner with one of Andy's work friends and his wife and son.  It was nice to meet someone else from my neck of the woods and the food--mainly duck-- was yummy!  We cooked it all in front of us.  If you look closely you'll notice that the mickey mouse chicken nuggets cooking too.  We knew Jack and Joey wouldn't touch the food there so we came prepared.  They wouldn't eat them until we cooked them like we were cooking our food haha. Kids!

Saturday we went to the Spring Festival.  It's an annual Hyundai event filled with races, food, fun, ect. You are split into teams depending on shirt color --I'm guessing the shirt colors are various shipyards?   We had a great time enjoying the festivities :)

That was the best photo I could get out of Joey, the sun was a bit bright for him.  While we were at the festival we met some of the missionaries in the Ulsan area.  There were 2 Americans, one from California and the other from Utah.

To celebrate Mother's Day we all went out to see "Iron Man 3" at our local cinema.

  It's a small, only 2 theaters with assigned seats.  It costs about 7,000KRW per ticket (about $7) and the large drinks are 2,000KRW ($2).  What's really neat about the drinks is that they have a place for 2 straws, great for sharing!

They also offer both salty and sweet popcorn. YUM!  Jackson really liked the movie, it was so much fun to watch his reaction to the differrent parts in the movie.  We had to cover his eyes a few times haha.  Joey, who actually likes Iron Man more than Jack, wanted to go home about half way through.

One of the cool things about Korea is that almost everyone delivers in here.  McDonalds delivers 24/7.  As long as you order at least 7,000KRW they will bring it right to your door. (Even if it does take an 1 1/2 hours on a Saturday afternoon haha).  Anyone who knows me well knows that if I'm eating McDonalds, I need my BBQ sauce.  Needless to say they didn't have it here, it was a tad disappointing.    Imagine my surprise when I saw it on the online menu!! WOOOHOO!

                                           The mcdonalds delivery scooter outside our apt

                                                 BBQ Sauce - tastes exactly the same as home