Cooking

I have discovered a love for cooking while living in Korea. I have made wonderful foods, and I love experimenting with various recipes until I have them perfect. I make fabulous banana pudding, macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole, chili, and BBQ . . . just to name a few.

Well, with a lack of ingredients available in Korea, we have to make everything from scratch, and so, this post is dedicated to our latest creation . . . green bean casserole. I had Chris help me fry the onions, because I hate being popped by oil. So you will see below some Chicken cordon bleu and our casserole. It was delicious!

COEX Aquarium

On one of our free weekends we went over to the COEX aquarium. It was my first time there, and I guessed that it would be small. Yet, when we went in I was shocked because it was huge!! We spent the day there with our friend Ben, and then we went to get pizza at Uno Pizzeria. It was so much fun!

Ben at Uno Pizzeria

Chris and Ben destroying aliens

In front of the aquarium

Attack of the octopus!

Get me out!

Don't flush the fish!

Winter Camp

Two times a year, in the winter and the summer, public schools have English camps. Since I am the main English teacher I was in charge of planning the camp. So instead of spending most of our resources on books, I created my entire camp instead. I made a workbook, theme, arts and crafts, and even wrote a play.

Our camp theme was "Blast Off to English," and the kids actually built rocket ships. It was a lot of fun! Below are some pictures from the week.

China!

In December and January, Chris and I took a trip to China. During our trip we hit a ton of major sites in Beijing, and then we went down to Xian, China. Xian is where the terricata soldiers are. It was definitely an experience, and realized exactly why we decided to live in Korea and not in China. Below are tons of pictures from our trip.

KICS Christmas Concert

Chris' school has a Christmas concert every year. This year even the teachers had to help sing in it. Here are some pictures from the concert.

Christmas Party

We had a really fun Christmas party at our house to celebrate the holidays. We had lots of friends come over. We played games and had a gift exchange. Here are a few pictures from the party.

New Apartment

In December we were able to move to a new apartment. Here are some pictures of the move, and of our apartment.

Bathroom

Laundry Room

Porch

Movers . . . we live on the 12th floor, so they use a ladder truck

Kitchen . . . you have to buy all of your appliances here, even the fridge and stove!

Entrance to the house

Our apartment!

The moving truck, with the ladder coming up to our floor