Christmas Tree Time

reuben and i spent some time decorating our very little christmas tree. with our 15 foot ceilings it looks pretty dinky this year. the spirit of christmas is definitely in our home here, we have been pumping the christmas tunes!!!


we are so thankful that we wont be sitting in front of it alone on christmas day this year. we will be celebrating the birth the Jesus with our families back in Canada. yeah!

if you look closely you can see that it was even snowing a little bit as we were decorating

A 'Turkey' Meal

We gathered for a little celebration on Sunday night - both Americans and Canadians had fellowship over turkey (actually chicken), mashed potatos (mashed with a fork), cranberries, stove top stuffing and gravy (compliments of a friend from the Amercian base), and to top it all off, pumkin and apple pie (bought from costco).
We have many things to be thankful for - as we all shared - one thing being our dear friends who help make home seem not so far away.

Busan

thanks to our American school that celebrates thanksgiving we had a 4 day weekend. we headed down south for a few days to busan, a city on the south tip of korea. busan is the largest city next to seoul.

they call this beach the wakiki beach of korea.



we spent a few hours at the famous fish market. there are hundreds of little stands where you can buy any kind of sea life, dead or alive.

Busan - some more of

Good Times with Good Friends

Songli Mountain

we went on a weekend trip with our favorite friends. we travelled about 3 hours south to a mountain in central korea. we hiked for the day, admired the beautiful leaves, and enjoyed a bicycle build for four.

fruit drying in the sun
look at the colour... wow
made it to the summit.. kim wearing boots and me in slip-ons. we weren't expecting the 12 km hike.

view for the top of the mountain... stunning



here is a shot of the one of the several claimed world's tallest standing buddha's... originally made in the silla dynasty and reconstructed for the 2002 world cup.

We'll Miss you Tiffany

tiffany finished her contract in korea ... and is back in the beautiful country of canada now.

Taco Fun with Korean Friends

80's Dress-Up Day at School

out of the whole school, the teachers were the only ones who actually knew what the 80's were. so.... we were the only ones that dressed the part. my students told me i looked normal. yikes!


we went to the river for the afternoon for fun and games.
yeah team yellow! my little Sieon... cute
naray and sung won... the little girls love the older girls
80's?

oh ya mr. zuidhof.... catch those candies