Party, Party, Party

Hello everyone!  I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas.  I know you have probably been wondering what is taking me so long in posting.  We have been pretty busy, as you will see, and I just did not have the energy to post.  Thank you for being so patient with me.  So without further ado, here is week 42.

Not only was I feeling under the weather, but we also had a Girl Scout Christmas party and not one, but TWO sleepovers to host.  For the Girl Scout party on Thursday, each girl had to pick a recipe and make something to bring for refreshments to help them earn their cooking badge.  Darci went through a big pile of my recipes and decided for her first ON HER OWN cooking experience she wanted to make angel food cupcakes (not the easiest of choices).  She did an AMAZING job!  

The party was really fun for the girls.  They all invited some of their friends to come and experience Girl Scouts.  Darci was thrilled because two of her BFFs, Abby and Ava, got to come.  After eating a ton of food, that the girls had prepared, they made snow globes.  

our little chef

had A LOT of girls today ☺

telling the girls about her recipe

Darci and her BFFs

love how happy they all are

getting some instructions

time to eat

craft time 

meanwhile....not surprised are you!

everyone loved the snow globe craft

On Friday AND Saturday, we hosted a Christmas party/sleepover for the kids.  Darci had some of her friends over on Friday night and then Mitchell had his friends on Saturday.  What a way to get in the mood for Christmas.  It was so much fun, but EXTREMELY exhausting.  I made a couple of smileboxes with all of the pics and video from the parties, so I have just included them here for you to see.

Create a digital scrapbook

Ecard personalized with Smilebox

And that my friends, finishes out week 42 in Korea.  Before I leave you, I do want to include a couple of ODD Korea pics for your enjoyment.

there really are no words!

seriously LOST in translation!

funny

I will get to work on the Christmas week post soon and I will see you all in the New Year (which is just 2 days away ☺).  I hope you all have a very Happy New Year.  Until next time.....

Annyeonghi geyseyo!

From Holidaze to Herbs

Merry Christmas from Korea!

I hope each and everyone of you are enjoying your family and having a wonderful holiday season.  I know that the weekly update is once again a little late.  I have had a rough week and it has been a little hard finding motivation.  I have not written as much as I usually would, but I hope you enjoy it none the less.

Although we are not home for Christmas, we have been enjoying this one and the opportunities Korea is offering us for the holidays.  On Friday, the kids and I got to go to a performance by Cirque Dreams called Holidaze.  They came to Camp Casey to perform for the soldiers and families of the area.  It was an opportunity I would not have had in the states and am grateful for it.  It was a wonderful show.  I took a lot of pics and video and have tried to include the best shots.

Darci and I were interviewed by AFN about the show

she got a LITTLE nervous ☺

On Saturday, Darci and I attended another paper folding class at Humanville.  We got to make paper Christmas trees.

we were the only Americans

its a good thing I can learn by watching

so glad she came with me

the major part is done

my goofy girl

One of our family's favorite Christmas traditions is look at Christmas lights.  And although people don't decorate here like in the states, we found the next best thing right up the road.  We went to Herb Island on Sunday night to see their lights.  It was so much fun and they even had some Santa statues ☺.  

love the frozen waterfall behind the trees

the only thing that disappointed me

seeing Santa's sack filled with trash

inside the greenhouse 

I loved it there

beautiful poinsettias

playing on the ice covered sidewalks

the MOM in me was cringing the whole time... praying for no broken bones

she was not happy about this having just busted her butt on the ice

these ladies were performing

not a very happy Santa

LOVE this tree!

there is a fascination with Greece 

I love how the ice formed around the statue on bottom

at the bakery

first time I've seen Santa hanging from a tree

my handsome guys!

so cool!

and the weird thing about this picture... SANTA is wearing blue

And finally, here a couple of other pics of our Korean Christmas experience so far.

that familiar bell rings here too! 

love this cake....so cute

Merry Christmas from Dunkin Donuts

Thank you for reading.  You are all appreciated and I hope you have a WONDERFUL week ahead.  Until next time....

Annyeonghi geyseyo and MERRY CHRISTMAS.