High School Open House

Tonight, I am going to quickly post pictures from last Friday when we hosted a high school open house. But, first of all, I wanted to let all my southern friends know that we had our first snow of the season on Monday night. We got 2 -3 inches which is quite a lot for November 19th. Then, on Tuesday night, we got another 2 inches. I can't believe it's Thanksgiving (80 degrees in Florida), and there is snow on the ground here. I will post some pictures (eventually) of our first snow.
Also, I passed my 6th and final CLEP test on Tuesday making me an official junior in college - yahoo! :) Anyway, the open house was a good time of fellowship. Even though it was freezing cold outside, we all went down to a nearby school to play ultimate frisbee in the dark. (We had bought an LED frisbee in the U.S.) Once my fingers were so numb I couldn't feel them anymore, it was fun teaching the Koreans how to play. I really miss doing athletic activities here - its just too cold! I tried sushi for the first time; it just tasted like chewy vinegar (I know, my taste buds are a little weird!)

I must have said something funny - but that's no surprise :)

Boys - need I say more?

I still need to ask someone why Koreans always make the peace sign when they take pictures.

Brotherly kindness

With extreme anticipation, my younger sisters awaited the arrival of a promised package from Judah. He had called them a couple weeks ago and asked them if they wanted anything, to which they unanimously replied, "My Little Pet Shops!" For those of you who are not up to date on the latest in little girls' toys, My Little Pet Shops are plastic bobble-head animals. Caroline, Evangeline, and Julianna were so excited when Judah told them over the phone he'd bought around 12 of them! (Jared told me they felt a little odd as they searched through Wal-Mart's toy section for the animals my sisters wanted. Judah and Jared spent quite some time hunting for the correct animals...they couldn't find everything they needed so Judah also took a couple trips to Limited Too. Judah felt a little awkward shopping alone in that particular store.)

Judah also decided to ship us a bunch of full sized candy bars along with some t-shirts he bought at the pro-wakeboard tour in Cancun, Mexico. Needless to say, we were all thrilled when the package arrived.

Packages are fairly consistent as far as delivery time so on the day she knew the package would come, Julianna faithfully did her school in front of the window so she would know exactly when the mailman arrived.

Waiting for the mailman to come up on the elevator

"The suspense is killing me!"

Getting ready to rip it open

Treasure

Oohing and aahing over each new animal

Divvying up their treasure (they've practically got a zoo now)

The sight of these candy bars inspired Gabriel to begin singing, "America the Beautiful." Notice - he had already started eating!

High school excursion

Bright and early Friday morning, all of the high school co-op loaded up on a bus and set off for a long field trip to the east coast. We visited an organic farm operated by a small church out in the country, went hiking on a mountain, and visited the ocean. We were on the bus for about 7 hours total so that gave us a lot of time to talk with the students. I used every game I've ever known to do in the car! Evangeline was sick so Mom stayed home with her; all the rest of us went.

Dad on an old farm tractor

Fermenting kimchi (Fermentation is what gives kimchi its, umm, unique taste!)

Exploring the greenhouses (Every week, we get a box of lettuce shipped to us from this farm.)

The water was freezing, and, of course, we got soaking wet!

The whole gang