Marley loved showing off her new tutus for her Mimi and Pops.
The kids had quite the captive audience this week. Mimi played board games with Jackson and playdough with Marley.
Here is Marley on her first bike. I cannot believe she is old enough to be learning how to ride a bicycle.
Mom got a real kick out of Dr. Fish (the place where you put your feet into the water and little fish are supposed to eat off the dead skin).
Just thought this was a cute picture of Marley and Mimi eating breakfast.
We had such a wonderful time with my parents and they were real troopers the whole time they were here. They were so exhausted from all of their sightseeing in Japan, but they made sure that we all got the love and attention that we had been craving. I am pretty sure that they had seen all of the temples they wanted to see and did all of the walking around that they could handle while in Japan, so we mostly spent our time hanging out. On the first night they arrived in Korea, we took them to eat at our favorite restaurant to have what the Americans call "beef n leaf." I was very proud of how open they were to trying all of the strange and wonderful dishes. The next day we pretty much stayed around the house and just went out to the park so that they could rest up a little. On Thursday we decided to take them to Seomun Market (the largest traditional Korean market). They got to see all of the crazy vendors selling all kinds of random things. Friday we ventured downtown and introduced them to "food on a stick" and yackimandu. They were not all that crazy about the food, but they were good sports about it. Next we walked over to Dr. Fish to let them see what we had been talking about. The minute we all put our feet in the fish seemed to swarm to Pops. As soon as we got Mimi to put her feet in the water she started to giggle. The little fish must really have been tickling her. Saturday was the day that Mimi and I had decided that we would head to Osan to do some purse shopping. We headed out for the 2 1/2 hour drive with my wonderful friend Jen at 8 am that morning excited about the adventure ahead. After we stuffed our faces at Chili's we were off to haggle for some purses. Mimi got such a kick out of having to crawl through tunnels and walk behind hidden walls to get to "the good stuff." I ended up leaving with 6 purses and two mink blankets. Jen was the good one and only walked away with 5 purses. Mimi, on the other hand, walked away with 10 purses (3 as gifts) and 1 mink blanket. We had such a nice day and it would have been perfect if the drive home had not taken us 4 1/2 hours. While Mimi and I were in Osan, Jason and Pops took the kids to the zoo here in Korea. They all seemed to have a good time, but we were all exhausted. The last few days we have spent our time playing, talking, and enjoying each other’s company. I have had such a wonderful time having them here that I really hate to see them leave tomorrow. I just want to say thank you so much Mom and Dad for coming completely across the world to see us. We love you more than words can ever say! Our time together over the last ten days has been such a wonderful gift that I will treasure forever. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
