Werewolves, Birthday Dinner, and Thanksgiving Dinner

So this past weekend was stellar. It started out at school on Friday. We took our kids to rice cake factory and we learned how to make rice cake from scratch. My kids were so good and they loved it. They got a little messy, but we had a blast and their cakes looked so awesome after they decorated them. There was also a camera crew there and they ended up interviewing some of us. That's right, Korea tv star coming up!! :)

Liz and I had a lot of fun on the bus... Liz is a newer teacher and it was very apparent on this bus ride as she was continually turning around making sure all the kids were sitting back in their seats and yelling at them if they weren't. She will learn quickly that it's much easier to have a lil nap on the bus and let the kids be kids. She is an awesome girl and this weekend I was able to spend some more time with her as we went to 'a movie' (I'll get to that later) and went and hung out at Starbucks for a while before Hayli's birthday dinner on Saturday night.

Now for the movie... ahhhh... we went to New Moon.. Amanda, Liz and I... first of all.. I am in love with Jacob. All I want for Christmas is Jacob :) Ok but for real.. this movie was unreal!! I will definately be seeing it a few more times while I'm here. It was soooo much better than the first one and I LOVED the first one. We acted like teenagers and loved being all giddy about it. I even had goosebumps. If you haven't seen it, you should. Dad, I dunno if you would enjoy it quite as much as me... but I LOVE LOVE LOVED it!! Ok moving on...

After the movie, Liz and I headed to Itaewon and went to a bookstore and then to Starbucks to waste some time. It was fun getting to know Liz on a different level. She's a Canadian chick, but an east coaster... I made it clear to her and hopefully convinced her that the west coast is where it's at and that she should be looking to moving that way after her contract :) She's a lot of fun and I'm sure we will be spending more time together before I leave.

We headed to meet up with the rest of the crew for Hayli's birthday dinner at a bbq restaurant in Hyewa. It was quite the group of girls. We had a lot of laughs and some of the girls were flirting with our lil waiter guy. I still don't understand the attraction to the skinny, short Korean boys who wear tighter jeans than most girls... BUT I guess that's what some girls like... I dunno. :)

Here's me, Heidi (from our China trip), Hayli and Jackie (from SLP)

And here's... I dunno the one on the left, Jetoni (SLP), Jill (slp), Blisse (slp), Liz, and in the back is Mallory (slp)

So it's very apparent here that they could care a less about Canadian holidays. They mark us all as Americans. This weekend we had a Thanksgiving dinner over at Mitch's house with all the singles. I made it VERY clear to everyone that I had already celebrated my Thanksgiving and that they all missed it and should be very sorry and I think a few of them really did feel bad :) We had turkey and potatoes and dressing and buns and so other goodies. I must say it was no Lynn Hill Thanksgiving dinner, but it still tasted pretty darn good.

Here's me mocking Shaun's napkin bib. He needed it though as he is a messy eater. He's from Australia and is a super fun guy.

And here's John Johnson and I. He was baptized back in September and is from Utah. His family is FLDS... intense. He's a pretty cool dude and leaves for Germany to serve in the army for 2 years.

Anahita and I were trying to make a 'full' face. I just started laughing and was trying to hold it in.... so cute I know :) Anahita is also Canadian and got baptized about few months ago and is engaged to a guy back home. They're planning on getting married when she goes back. She has the coolest eyes and is sooo sweet!

And here's Mitch and I. Mitch has kind of taken the 'father' role of our singles family as he is a little bit older. He is divorced and has a young teenage boy back home. He is dating Angela Hur, who is a girl in ysa that was here when Lynz was over here and they seem to be getting pretty serious, so we'll see what happens there. He has opened his house to the ysa every Monday for FHE and Sundays we have meals over there. It has been a great blessing to have someone so willing to open their house to the singles and in such a great location.

All in all it was a super duper weekend!! And next weekend should be just as fun. We have district ysa conference, so we'll have all the singles from the district come out for Saturday and Sunday. Should be fun and hopefully we'll see some new faces from branches that are a little farther out.

Life is sooo great! I feel so blessed and happy right now!! 3 more months to go and my time in Korea is quickly slipping away. I am going to continue to make the most of it and have a blast while I'm here!!! I'm getting very excited about Australia. I leave the night of the 25th and come back the 3rd of January. WHOO HOO!!!! It's gonna be stellar!!!