Thursday, December 31, 2009

Home!!

Happy holidays, everyone!! We hope you're all doing well! Daniel and I are sorry that we have been remiss in blogging the last couple of months! I finally have some time to write and add pictures and will therefore attempt to summarize some of the highlights from our lives recently. Since December 19th, we have been home in the United States! We spent the first week and a half with my family--it was wonderful to be home with them--and yesterday, we arrived at Daniel's house and had a lovely second Christmas Eve (including my first lefse-making) with his family. We plan to spend the next week and a half visiting with family and friends and, unfortunately, finishing some grading once we get back to Seoul on the 8th. Here are some pictures with brief explanations from the last month...


This is the resort on Korea's east coast where we spent Thanksgiving (thanks to a discount from the school) with a few friends. It was beautiful!


The ocean!


Daniel on top of Seorak Mountain (near the resort).


A statue of the Buddha at Seorak Mountain National Park.


Shopping with Clara in Insadong (a nice but touristy part of Seoul).


Home!!! Daniel with Diana.


Our gingerbread party!


My gingerbread house.


Our finished products! A fun day with Alison, Claire, Ruhan, Robby, and Danny!


With Diana in front of our tree.


Our tree.


Lefse-making at Daniel's house!!!


I'm about to flip the lefse, while Sarah is rolling out a new one.


Daniel and Sarah setting up the nativity.


Happy New Year!!

Love,
Leslie