keen bliss: Grandma, Grandpa, & Uncle Trent visit

I know it's been a while since I posted anything here, but with a couple months left in Korea, and lots of family visiting, we've been going, going! We had a really good time with my family in town, even though the stomach flu reared it's ugly head!

To start out their trip, Dad, L, and Uncle T got stuck in SFO for a night, so we missed out on an entire day, which was huge bummer, but we tried to make up for it. We did a lot of the standard Korean things. L and I visited the purse shops and walked out with some fabulous bags... I can't believe we didn't get a picture of them! T got a blanket and we all enjoyed some wonderful Korean food. Dad checked out E-Mart. (I can't believe I forgot my camera, again... Dad loves grocery stores and was amazed by the packaging of the Korean products. I'll make sure to get some E-Mart photos before we go...) We also figured out that the Piz.za Hut here serves his product. It's a small world after all!

We did manage to remember our camera on our trip to Everland, and got one of the best shots of all of us, and the Everland creature. You might say she's like Minnie, but not quite right!

We had a great time in the ball pit...

... and on the roller coasters.

Yes, I'm a bit of a chicken, so I mostly rode the kiddie coasters. For the record, I did go on a big one at the end of the day. Funny story, the Everland employees kept asking if my dad's heart was OK before they would let him on the big coasters, and one girl even called over her supervisor to talk to him before he could ride. Picture that with the pointy talky. "Heart, OK?" Apparently Koreans over 50 do not ride roller coasters! We didn't give him a hard time about that at all! Hee, hee.

e did get to practice his driving a bit while we were there too. How did Uncle T even get into that tiny car!?

And N got some ice cream with Daddy (he still hasn't quite figured out how to eat an ice cream cone yet...)

The next day we headed to Seoul to spend two days sightseeing up there. Our first stop was the flower market. This is a wonderful place full of flowers being sold at wholesale prices. Anyone can go, look around, and buy. It is glorious!

In the morning, we headed to one of my favorite spots in Seoul, Namdeamun market. It is an amazing display of anything and everything for sale. It's just all packed in there, and a little bit of something for everyone. In true fashion, we ate our way through.

Then it was back on the subway for our last stop of the day, one of the palaces.

We didn't know when this picture was taken, but e was not feeling so well. Here we are in the palace right before the flu hit.

All of a sudden, e's diaper just exploded. I mean, the worst I've seen to date, and that's saying something. It took three adults to clean him up. (Yes, still in the Korean palace...) and he got back on the subway wearing N's sweatshirt and my fleece around his legs. One stop away from ours, he threw up. On the subway. It was lovely. So we all rushed off the train and cleaned him up again. He rode that last stop wearing only my fleece around him, and by this point I was carrying a rather nasty pile of dirty clothes. I kept picturing that AFN ad where they tell you to blend in to your surroundings. Let me tell you, we did not blend. Not with a baby with the stomach flu on the subway! Needless to say we got back in the car and headed for home. Here is Grandpa rocking the little guy... except for Grandpa fell asleep first!