Happy Holidays!

 On Christmas Eve Eve it snowed!

Christmas Eve, we had a potluck in a bar, but I neglected to take any pictures. 

The next day was spent lounging real hard. 

Cheeseballs!

And Pizza School!

Aunt Mindy in Korea!

Aunt Mindy came to visit, so I went down to Osan for a mini-family reunion!

Mindy and Val.

My kids are being pen pals with Mindy's kids so we wrote them letters!

Here is Sophie:

Evan:

Sunny:

Max:

 Sally:

 Denis:

Jeniffer:

Samuel:

And the whole Gold Class gang:

Mindy stopped by to meet Gold Class!

And White Class, the other group of 2nd year students who is writing pen pal letters.

I showed them my apartment.

Val and Aliza.

Aunt Mindy and I.

We went out for galbi. Val hadn't tried it yet, so it was fun to get to show them!

So, last Thursday was not only Thanksgiving but also my friend Jon's birthday. So our friend Becky rented a private party room and organized a J-pop themed party. It was a lot of fun.

He was surprised!

Really!

Jamila and Dave both came. They had a lot of fun, too.

Everyone was glad to meet them after having heard me talk about them so much. (This is the birthday boy!)

John thought Bots was a riot.

Karaoke/Noraebang fun was had by all. Devon and I sang 99 Red Balloons.

Jamila and I serenaded everyone with Party in the USA.

Everyone loves Prince.

Hannah was glad Jamila didn't want to go to Ho Bar IV either.

A lovely way to spend a Thursday night.

Giving Thanks for Seoul's Foreign Food Mart

I made quinoa and mock duck vegetable stuffing and some vegan gravy.

My coworker, Sarah, contributed her fabulous pasta salad even though she couldn't come.

 Jon made deviled eggs.

Kelly Katharine made puppy chow!!!! OMG.

I helped Nick make a curried tofu and cranberry spinach salad with cranberry vinaigrette.

Tadhg slaved for hours over this fried chicken. And mashed potatoes were out in force.

The night ended with us too stuffed to remove ourselves from the couch. A sure sign of Thanksgiving success!

Halloween at School

Gathered in the auditorium prefestivities.

Gold Class

Samuel

Sophie

Sunny

Denis

Evan

Jeniffer

Max

Sally