Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Pottery Festival....the kiln

The koreans use pine because it burns hot and fast. A small wood burning kiln. Behind us is broken pottery. If there is one flaw in the piece of pottery, it is smashed.
The pottery in the kiln. Placing the bricks, one by one, and sealing it up. The sealed door The brick that is left uncoverd is pulled out every 1.5 hours and the temp is checked.
From there they determine if more pine is added to the fire.
The pottery will stay in the kiln for 2 weeks.

Traditional Korean dining

There is always plenty of food. We are sitting at a very low table, which is a lot of fun but hard on your rear.

The family!

Stomping clay...

Experiencing traditional Korean school.

Koreans are very superstitious. believe that evil spirits do not have knees so they have things built higher than level ground so the spirits can't cross the barriers. Traditional school attire. Desks and silk pillows to sit on. Bowing... Dalton all dressed up. Isn't he adorable.

Potter's Wheel

This was such a neat experience! Dalton and I got to put our hands in the clay and create art. How wonderful!

Pottery Painting

At the pottery festival, we picked and painted our own piece of pottery. Dalton and Trenton picked horses.
Dave and I picked mugs.

Korean fan Dancers with musicians

Monday, May 12, 2008

Pillow fight with dad

A pillow fight is a great stress reliever! DAD WINS!!!

Boys in our yard

Here are the boys in our front yard.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Honey Bees and Tulips

During our adventure, we came across these flowers that had bees all around. Dalton was so excited because we have seen the Bee Movie and he actually got to see the pollen jocks at work. There were thousands of tulips in every shade imaginable blooming. It was such a site.

Everland!

Dave had a day off so we headed to Everland with all intentions to spend the day with the animals. What we didn't realize is just how close we would actually be. We took a Safari Ride on a bus and it had long glass windows. Literally, the zoom is not on and the only thing between us and these animals is the glass. It was something you can't do in the states. The boys liked seeing the bears do tricks for treats. I can't believe how big the bears are up close. The lions were just amazingly large too. We had a lot of fun!

A little game of soccer...

The weather has been very nice so the boys had a little game of soccer.
It was so nice to see the boys have some quality time with daddy.