May

It's hard to believe that it's already the last week in May, except we've skipped right through spring weather and the ah-pah-tuh is a sauna unless I turn on the AC a little.  We've had a couple of good weekends together without work commitments, which has been nice, but we've been staying busy.  

Mike was busy planning his Battalion ball for several weeks.  The event came together beautifully--with a great deal of help from Kyoungmin Unnie, who found the venue, bargained their price down, then came and ran the cash bar.  

                                              

Speaking of Kyoungmin Unnie, she was recently selected for a manager's position in the General's Mess--a testament to her skill and efforts at work--so she and Komo have moved down to Uijeongbu to be close to Unnie's new work location.  They found a great apartment with a view of both the mountains and the cityscape, not too far from base.  We came over for one of Komo's amazing dinners and got to check out the area.  Mike's sad he won't be able to stop by (and eat Komo's cooking) as often now that they've left Dongducheon, but I'm sure we'll still be frequent guests.  They're such a blessing to us!

We had the chance to see more family at Uncle Paul's wedding, where my handsome husband got to try out his new custom-made suit for the first time.  Uncle Paul's bride seems as sweet as she is beautiful--we're really happy for them, and happy that we were able to celebrate with them.

We went to the Namdaemun flower market twice in May--do I have the best husband ever, or what?--I bought the roses below for about $1.85.

...one time so I could get some flowers for a baby shower I was helping with.

 

Last weekend we had a house-full of guests--two of Mike's coworkers came down with their wives, children, and dogs to go to the Lantern Festival in Seoul.  We ended up with more company than we expected when a hotel reservation fell through, but it ended up being fine.  The parade itself was fun!

There were a bunch of kids in our group, and they had a blast watching the show.

The Koreans had a lot of fun watching (and taking pictures of) the kids!

By the end of the night we'd amassed quite a pile of lanterns people gave the kids as they walked by.

I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend!