New Photos!

Well, where do I start? As you can see, my first photo is of a bathroom. Our bathroom to be exact. I thought I would take a photo so that people could see what we are talking about when we try to explain what our shower is like...as you can see, there is a shower-head on the right hand side of the photo. That is our shower. In the very back of the bathroom is our washing machine. No dryer-everything dries on a drying rack. But there isn't much to the shower. Our bathroom is very interesting. There are a few more photos to follow this one and you can see what the rest of the room looks like.

I would like to say, that Shane and I spent quite a bit of time cleaning the bathroom today, and it does look quite a bit better than it did when this photo was taken. The tiles on the walls are cleaner, the floor is cleaner, and that hose that runs through the shower to the washer is much, much cleaner. Those floor "mats" are what we went out and bought just so that it wasn't one big slippery floor every time someone took a shower. Fun eh?

Last weekend after church, one of the church elders, Shawn, took us out to see a dam in the area. The photo above is inside the interpretive center. We are with our new friend Edgar. He is teaching over at a satellite school across town. He is also a new teacher. He spends Sabbaths with all of us.
This is up on a lookout overlooking the dam.
Another lookout spot. This area was really beautiful and out of the city. When they built the dam, there was a village that had been in the valley for ages that had to move and it is now covered with water. There were lots and lots of people at the center, and they really like their dams because they believe that hydropower is a great thing! We agree...
This is a photo looking down the valley from the dam.
This is the front side of the dam.

Before we left Seoul, we went out to a place called Chongdong Theater. There we saw a cultural performance. It was really interesting, and the performers were amazing, but the content was definitely questionable. This photo was taken before the performance. They let all of us dress in the traditional clothing and have our photos taken. Here are Peyton and Grace getting special attention from the workers.
These are two of the performers who couldn't wait to get their hands on Gracie. Grace had no complaints.
Peyton wasn't complaining either!

Here is our family in traditional garb.

Peyton wasn't really fond of his pink pants, but we had to remind him that pink is a popular color for men here in Korea.

This was right in downtown Seoul. I don't know if it is original or not, but it was really neat.
These decorations are left over from the Seoul Olympics. It was a really pretty part of town.
This is the entrance to the palace. I was told that this really was original.
Another photo of Grace getting the special treatment~
And another. This is pretty typical here. They like her light-colored hair and her bright blue eyes. They also like to squeeze her cheeks and pat her on the bottom. I guess she is just so different from the little Korean girls that they want to feel her. Then when they do, most of them like to give her a little squeeze like we to. She is awfully huggable.

Anyway, I guess that is it for now.