here it is...

finally the okinawa pics!!!!

the "floberts" family back together...


there are tombs all over okinawa, they are family plots for the ashes, pretty cool and creepy and there are many ghost stories about the island. this one is right below boe and tracie's house and is really cool looking with all of the greenery and trees.


this is the HUGE "shisha dog"... look how little we are in front of it


mmm.... free beer at the orion brewery tour!!!


me and tracie (and boe in the background) outside the okinawa aquarium


in the shark mouth..... scary!!!! :)


the huge glass wall with the whale sharks, stingrays, etc. it was amazing!!


these vending machines were awesome... like 20 different types of tea and other delicious drinks. and they are ALL OVER THE PLACE! seriously cool!


of course, lukey surfing!!!


the awesome surfing dog! :)


we always had some good snacks after long days of adventuring! this was one spread... mmm, yummy!


the amazing night view from boe and tracie's house. it was outstanding any time of day... the sunsets were beautiful and the view was awesome!


we would sit out on the deck, drink some beers, and scare ourselves with the ghost stories and the nearby tombs, so we took this "ghostly" picture! haha


fun fireworks on our last night! :)


it was a fantastic vacation with good times and great friends!

i know

i need to blog our okinawa trip stuff..... i'll get on it soon, i promise. i'm just a little burnt out and maybe in the mood to rip some heads off right now, and i want to be in the correct mindset for our awesome spring break trip!!!
:)
be back soon........

did i break my butt?

no, really!
when i fell snowboarding, i must have pinched some nerve or bruised my tailbone, or possibly both. my butt REALLY hurts!
i can't sit for long and then it even hurts when i stand sometimes. man, the pain sucks!

but yeah, we're still going snowboarding tomorrow... perhaps the last day of the season for us.
sadness...... but we'll have fun!

later!

there's no crying in baseball...

so we went snowboarding on monday, which was awesome for 2 main reasons:
1. it was an american holiday and not a korean one, so it was relatively uncrowded and there weren't about 5 million people on the hill
2. the weather was beautiful!!! i'm done with this bone chilling cold crap.

luke and i had a great time and we were hitting some fun jumps and taking awesome pics....


luke in the halfpipe

fun little jumps

luke going big, as usual

then, near the end of the day, i decided i was about through ( i really had to pee) and was going to take my last jump....

i got a little wonky in the air....

and right after this, i tumbled A LOT!!! thank goodness for my helmet! seriously! luke ran over to check and make sure i was okay and not crying or anything ( which i wasn't), i was just covered in snow. pretty funny.
and then i was just pissed. i can't have some lame-ass fall like that for my last one of the day. so i had to hold the pee a little more and fix the situation!!!

and i hit the jump perfect and caught good air and was happy for the end of the day.

and then luke got more rad halfpipe hits, including this last one....



good photog skills, good weather, good day, good times.....

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???