oh, you know....

some photos of some things.....

me surfing on probably the smallest day ever in hawaii. :)

all the rain made some beautiful rainbows!!

luke on another VERY small day, tearin' it up as usual. he DID go to the north shore and surf, i just haven't loaded those pics into this computer yet.... soon to follow.

luke and katie being silly...
we dog sit her often for a friend of ours and we just LOVE her so much!

some serious snow dumped here in seoul! it was awesome, even though we still had to go to school. snowball fights all over and it was a blast!!

luke going big on a jump a few weekends ago.

cool night view from our house.

this giant wall of ice is on this hill outside the resort we went to today. people rock climb on it and it is just really cool.

our pretty christmas tree!

rockin' out to guitar hero.

thanksgiving!

just a few pictures of the fleming thanksgiving! we had fun making pies (and eating them!) and making the turkey, setting the table, and having a great time together.
















we had a wonderful thanksgiving and we hope all of our friends and family had a wonderful time back home!
:)

family, fa-mi-ly

so, luke and i just waved goodbye to uncle bill and margo after a fantastic 5 days with them visiting here in korea.
when they got here thursday, luke took them to the nearby park and botanical gardens where they all took a walk and saw some pretty stuff.

then, i took the day off friday and we took them to the korean war memorial, which has the history of how korea came to be, ranging from several hundred years ago to more recent times.




on saturday, we took a tour to the DMZ, where we actually stepped inside north korea and learned a lot about the history of the conflict and where the two koreas stand now. during this tour, we got to visit an observation deck where you can overlook the area of the DMZ, we got to go into one of the tunnels that the north dug to try to infiltrate the south even after the war ended, and we also got to visit the actual border where they have held talks and discussions, and see into and step into a small area of north korea. the DMZ itself is about 4 km wide, and in this area there is a lot of vegetation and wildlife that is almost extinct in the rest of the world, but is thriving there because it reamins untouched in this area. very cool.

this is the north korea "propaganda city" that used to broadcast messages over the border. very few people live here, but the north upkeeps it to show how "great" it is there.

this is a building in north korea. we stepped over the border inside the blue building to the left where many peace agreement talks have been held. the guys at the bottom of the picture are south korean soldiers, and the north korean soldier is on the top steps and inside the building.

i am actually IN north korea taking this picture. see the mics and the flag on the table? that represents the border. the soldier is a south korean soldier who stands at attention like that the whole time someone is in the room. cool!!!!!

this is a sculpture that represents the 2 koreas and the dream for them coming together again in peace someday.
on sunday, we took them to dongdaemun stadium where there are several little shops and a HUGE indoor flea market.

then we took the VERY crowded subway...

and met my friend darlene for a traditional korean dinner. SO MUCH FOOD!!!

uncle bill bought me a handmade flute from this guy and he taught me a little song right there on the street. :)

then, today before they left, we took them to gyongbokgung palace.

there are SO many more photos, but i just can't put them all here. all in all, it was a wonderful weekend and we had such a great time. it was really fun having visitors and being able to share this fun city with them.... who's next???

what?!?!

okay, here i am again! it's been a while.... yet not nearly as long as liane and CERTAINLY not as long as papa. :)
things here are great, we've been really busy snowboarding with the school club the past 3 weekends. the trips were great, as usual, and we had a blast teaching the kids and taking fun pictures of them and stuff. the weather has been pretty nice, still cold, but there was a warm spell for 3 days earlier this week that was VERY nice! then it got cold again, but it's okay cuz we want more snow to keep boarding as much as possible.


this pic is very fun and had to share. liane's wedding was awesome and SO fun and SO rad! seriously, i want a photo booth at every party i ever go to from now on!!
good times. :)


this is me 2 weekends ago with the club. this place was pretty fun and had a good park to hit fun jumps in. of course, there were bigger jumps to hit too, but luke took care of those. :)
we're going to this same place again tomorrow, yay! more pics to come, hopefully.


see, here he is, and this isn't even one of the big ones. he has no fear... i wish.
anyways, life is good... i applied for the transfer round, so hopefully that brings good news for us!
that's all for now... peace out!

halloween and surfing

This picture is from a few weeks back when Luke and I went to the east coast. The waves were big and just crazy, so no surf for me, but Luke had fun!!


After a big rainstorm last week, this was the view out our back window when i woke up in the morning. I thought it was just gorgeous and had to take a picture.


Last weekend we went surfing and the waves were good sized for me, so I ventured out. But, it was a little chilly that day, so luke let me use his hood and gloves. I felt like a kid in a giant snowsuit... very "Christmas Story" and "i can't put down my arms!!!" hahaha
do you like the ninja turtle gloves??? :)


halloween! i'm a witch, tracie is a pirate, romy is an eggplant ( i loved it!!!), elise is a flapper, and craig is just a teacher, i guess. he wasn't very creative. :)


me the sparkly witch and luke the "vato" mexican thug. heehee

things are good here... it's getting cold, very cold! we even had a snow flurry 2 nights ago for about 10 minutes, it was cool. we're looking forward to our hawaii trip and the trip to vegass. i can't wait to see the fam and friends!!! yay!
love to everyone! :)

forever ago...

so here are a bunch of pics from when we got to korea until today. i know, some are from forever ago, but better late than never, right! :)

chusok day, the korean thanksgiving.

















this is part of the park and palace we went to, so beautiful!















these are the "kimchi" pots that they literally rot the cabbage in. they leave them outside, buried in the ground to ferment and get (apparently) oh so good. blech!






me and my friend tracie partying it up and dancing like rock stars! heehee




the wonderful cupcakes luke made for my birthday. he had them scrambled when i got home and i had to unscramble them and put them in the right order and right place before eating one. isn't he the cutest!!




luke standing at this really pretty beach he surfed at a few weekends ago







a different beach, around the corner... this beach had the coolest starfish all over the place. i really liked this one because it had 6 arms. aren't the colors amazing?!




we found these fun waves at the starfish beach. and there were also like 6 korean surfers out there that we made friends with. it was a cool, fun day