Parties in Korea

Sadly, this is Shannon's blog entry....I know how disappointed our readers get when they don't get the Matt Gourdin humor.

Matt and I at our friends' (Marcus and Tom...you will see pics of them below) Mardi Gras Birthday Party...recognize that shirt, dad? 

Tom on the far left and Marcus with the huge bead necklace.

 
Jude and Max attempting Star Wars origami

 The other Shannon Leigh and Jessica (teacher friends of mine)  At Lanna for Shannon's birthday

 Kim and Marcus (more teacher friends)

 Nui's husband at Lanna...Matt snuck into the kitchen to get pics.

 Our second home:  Lanna Thai restaurant

 Sawateekaa

 ...and more teacher friends:  Amira and her husband Saif

 The loving Gourdin couple

 The loving Webster couple

 Not a whole lot else going on here.  Just looking forward to Spring and furloughs. 

Two weeks ago there was a lot going on.  Max and Is progressed to a new belt in Gumdo AND Isabella won her Student Council election!  Go girl!

 

 It was time for another trip to Seoul and we (Finally!!) went to the Korean War Museum which was less about the Korean War and more about the histroy of war in Korea.  Max was ALL about getting on everything and looking inside.  Isabella was not, but we finally did go inside.

There are all manner of planes, tanks, etc.  Here's a B-52.

Here is Memorial Hall.

 

 The picture in the background is an island off the East Sea (aka Sea of Japan) called Dokdo.  It is basically a frikkin rock, but also a point of contention between RoK and Japan.  You can buy shirts and see signs saying "Dokdo is Korean Territory!!!!".  It's a patriotic issues which, like most patriotic issues, boils down to something unimportant.  In this case, it's fishing rights.

 Please note, the number of participants per country.

The Museum is actually VERY good and free.  It was a fun day which ended with us going to another show called Marionnette.  It wasn't the best show we've seen, but it was entertaining nonetheless.

 

Sunday, we went to the Seoul Museum of Art to see an exhibition of Tim Burton's art and movie memorabilia.  If you didn't know, he used to work for Disney animation studios.

You weren't supposed to take pictures, but I was getting irritated so I took a bunch with my phone.

It was packed and this was about as close as I got to most of the art.

Models from the Nightmare Before Christmas.

Edward's Scissorshands.

My kids are really growing up fast!

This week, there is NOT so much going on.