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.