Busy July!

WOW!!! July has come and almost gone and it's that time again, time to update the blog.  We might as well name this month random month.  We've done quite a few things and they really don't have a connecting thread (other than they happened while we were in Korea)  So this post might seem a little choppy, sorry.

This month it has been very hot and humid! I'm sure we are going to get a hefty bill for our AC come August.  It is supposed to be monsoon season, but so far the amount of rain we have gotten is nothing like what I've expected and reading the posts on Facebook it seems that the south has gotten more rain then we've had here.  Kinda sad, I was looking forward to a real rainy season. 

At the beginning of the month we celebrated the Fourth of July with everyone on our roof.  We had a mighty fine Bar-B-Que up there that would make Uncle Sam kinda proud (there is only so much you can do that's 'merican here in the land of the Orient)

Nick was able to find bottle rockets (which are ridiculously expensive out here) had a great time throwing them off the roof. He even taught the other guys how to light, count and throw them as they weren't lucky enough to grow up in the land of wetness where everything can withstand a lightning strike or two.

Lauren and the other girls were more or less content to watching the boys attempt to lessen their digital responsibilities (ten fingers is just too much responsibility for some people out there) and playing with sparklers!

Our Korean lessons have really been helping us to get around here, especially in our little town.  On a whim we decided one night that we did not want to do any cooking so we mosied on down to our local beef and leaf restaurant to try out some of the phrases we had learned  in class. Let me tell you it worked out very well.  The Korean's loved it when we try to use their language to communicate with them.  Nick walked in and said "두명이유" (Du myeong e yo) which essentially says  two people.  you should have seen the smiles light up their faces.  They showed us to a table and I asked in Korean "what is delicious?"  They showed us their signature dish (which we've had before, it's called bulgogi jongul).  We had excellent service and they were so happy when we left saying "it was delicious!"

Afterward we went to the basement of the same building to play screen golf. It was a lot of fun! You get this big room with a green huge screen.  In the back is a fay couch and they bring you drinks and candies and all that nice stuff.  Then you whack a real golf ball at the screen.  We didn't do too well but I beat Nick by three strokes, mostly because he kept hitting his ball into the hazards. in the picture he is attempting to chip his ball over a water hazard, he failed three times or more.. I didn't keep track.

I've talked a lot about all the frogs we have around here.  There are many cute little ones. This one is one of the larger, poisonous, frogs, but I still love him! During Monsoon season the frogs came out to play and move from pond to pond, but as soon as the rain stopped the frogs ran away and hid in a pool of water. :(

 Here is another nature picture. This is taken at the front steps of CEV. If you look close you will see a bunch of black dots flying in the sky, that's not crud on your screen, those are dragonflies. They are everywhere!  I love them because they come in many pretty colors and they eat mosquito and other nasty flying bugs.  Last night I coerced Nick into going on a walk with me among the fields.  We ran into a blob of those tiny annoying gnat bugs, what was cool about it is there was a big black and white dragon fly that came and started flying right in front of us, catching and eating the little gnats!  It was fascinating to watch him dart back and forth in the cloud of bugs.

 This month we have been eating a lot of stuff to empty the pantry. I have been dying to get into the can of Sloppy Joe's that was sent over by my brother Joe for Christmas. It was so delicious and a great taste of home.

I GOT MY HAIR CUT!!!  The lady that cut it did an amazing job.  She didn't even wet it down, though, before she cut it, which was kinda scary. It was the first time my hair had ever been cut dry; but it turned out really well and it only cost around $7!

This bug is new to us. I have tried looking it up on the internet and I have found conflicting answers as to what it is.  I've found answers ranging from White Cicada (which doesn't make any sense since there is no white on it) to Fulgorid Leafhopper.  Under it's top layer of wings it has red wings with black along the edges. Whatever kind of bug it is I'm sure the Korean's hate it. Watch and see here!

Because we now have access to a scooter, Nick and I have enjoyed the occasional joy ride.  These pictures are from a trip to Namji where we watched the sun set across the river. It was so beautiful I had to share these pictures with you.

We love you all and hope things are going great!