Children's Grand Park



We headed out for a fun field trip last Friday to the Children's Grand Park up in Seoul. We try to get out of the house a few times a month and explore this crazy country called South Korea. They have lots of animals and some interesting man-made "sculptures" and a botanical garden. Enjoy the photo walk through...

 

 

Davis Family Camping - Round 1

We have joined the camping world!

Our first family camping adventure was at a place called Mongsanpo Beach here in South Korea on the Yellow Sea. We went with a family that we love, Joe, Michelle, Hannah and Reagan (and their doggie Roxy).

We had to make a few purchases before we went including a new tent, cooler and chairs.

That's our new tent and our new cooler underneath the watermelon.

We had so much fun and learned a lot. We have even bought some new gear already for our next trip in a little over a week. This could turn into an expensive habit!

The kids LOVED the beach! They were drawn to the water and I was drawn to the gorgeous landscape.

2011 Trip to the US

We spent a whole year and a half in Korea before we got the chance to take a nice vacation, but it was well worth it! We flew out of Incheon International Airport for our first flight and landed in Tokyo, Japan where we had quite the layover! We were flying Delta and aparently they had computer issues which prevented us from boarding our next plane for an extra hour or more. We did find some AWESOME chocolates at the Toyko Airport. Once we got on our second flight we we ready for naps! Brad had some issues on this flight with the guy that he was seated next to. Apparently he was quite stinky! We landed in Atlanta next and ran as fast as we could through customs and to our next gate, but it was just in time to watch our plane pull away from the gate and head to the run way. We were supposed to be on a flight to Asheville, but Delta had to redirect us to Charlotte first and then into Asheville. What a day! 24 hours straight in airports/airplanes. My parents picked us up at nearly midnight in Asheville. My best friend Danielle was there too to meet us. We spent the night at my parents house then headed to Andrews the next day to spend 2 weeks with Brad's family.

Spending time with Brad's Family.

This is us at Newfound Gap, on our way to Pigeon Forge with Brad's family.

They kids in Pigeon Forge at the park.

After we left Pigeon Forge, we spend our second week just visiting with everyone in Brad's family. It was a lot of fun! After that we were off to Brevard to spend time with my parents.

Fun In The Snow!

We got the kids out in the snow in their awesome snowsuits from my mom. It was already dark, but we had a blast anyway:

3 Years - Our Anniversary Trip to Seoul Tower

January 5th 2008 I married the love of my life, Brad. Three years later, we find ourselves in another country, with 1 more kid, a pet, and on a fun adventure. We have never been an a trip for anniversary before. We have pretty much always been travelling home from visiting family since our anniversary is right after the holiday season. This year we decided that we were definitely going on a trip together. We dropped Riley off at school, Elijah off at daycare and headed to the subway. When we finally got off at the stop that is closest to the Seoul Tower, I started taking pictures.

We had to take a cable car at one point... or I guess we could have walked up the stairs that go up the mountain... but it was 15 degrees outside and well... I'm not much for walking all the way up the side of a mountain =) Here are the views on the way up:

We did have to walk a little ways after we got off the cable car, but I got some really great pics of the scenery:

We bought a lock to attach on the fence at the base of the tower. It something that pretty much everyone does when they visit here, so we found our spot and put our little piece of metal on the huge canvas of locks:

Our Lock!

Another part of the fencing that was COVERED in locks

We travelled up into the tower and visited some of the other places that were around like souvenir shops and a little restaurant.

Our Chicken Salad that we had with our meal - YUMMY!

It was a great day to spend together. When we left we got lost in underground Seoul, yikes! That's not something I'm up for again, but we made our way to the Army post in Seoul and shopped at their PX then headed home on one of the buses. What an exhausting but awesome day!