It's About Time....

by Amy

Well, if you're still a faithful Morello Madness blog-checker, I'm impressed - and shocked! My parents were in town for about a month, so we were super busy. And, having an extra person battling for the computer didn't make it any easier to find time to blog. But, I will say that between our camera and my dad's we did a capture quite a few fun moments that I'll gladly share with you -- over several posts....

First week and a half highlights and pics:

Having my parents here was a lot of fun, for us all. I was pleased at how quickly they adjusted to the 14 hr difference time zone. Their second night here we celebrated Mom's birthday. She actually spent her birthday in an airplane. I'm not sure exactly how it worked out, but this year her birthday was only about 7 hours long. They got on a plane in LA just after midnight on her birthday, chased the sun, crossed the International Date Line and arrived in South Korea at 13 hours later. But, it was already the day after her birthday. Bummer.... We were all happy to get to be together to celebrate the 60 years of life my sweet mom has had.

About three days after they arrived we headed to the BIG city just north of us. Again we stayed in a three bedroom serviced apartment for the week. It was great. We were able to do several fun things on top of eating at all the great Western restaurants we always hit. My dad and I had fun shopping the markets and bargaining for all the knock-off goods available. The kids had fun playing at a HUGE indoor play area a couple of times.

We also discovered a really fun park not too far from the hotel. It had a lake, and lots of fun carnival rides/games. We went on a beautiful, sunny day, but it was a little chilly.



Our favorite thing we did there was watch a 4-D movie about fish. Do you know what 4-D means? I didn't....It's basically a 3-D movie on steroids! Not only do you wear the lovely glasses that make it seem like the shark is going to bite your head off, but the seats you sit in move, water sprays in your face, and air blows on you -- all corresponding to the events in the movie. It was great!!! My kids weren't too sad when it was over, but I was. It was really fun!



We also had fun visiting a really big wall just outside of the city we were in. We had been to this city about 5 times, but never seen the wall. We were happy to use my parents as an excuse to get out there! It's one big wall!! The day we were there was also a beautiful day. And, since it's winter, it wasn't too crowded.

Here my kids are posing for one of about 50,000 pictures they had taken of them that day. They had great attitudes about it though! I was thankful!

One afternoon while the kids were sleeping, I took my parents out to see a really famous square that was down town. To be honest, it wasn't much more than some old looking buildings and a huge picture of a dead leader, but now we can all say we've been there.....It was interesting to be standing where so many college students were killed 20+years ago during a political demonstration.

On our last night there, my parents took me and Savannah to an acrobatics show. It was amazing. Savannah loved it! Here are a few of her comments as she watched the show: "I'm not allowed to do that!" "That would hurt!" "Wow! How do they bend like that!" "That's amazing!" It was so fun sitting next to her, getting to listen her as she enjoyed the show so much.

We returned to my house exhausted from a great trip! We rested a day or two, then the fun kept on coming. But, I'll have to save that for another post!