We have been very lucky to have an exchange teacher from Seoul, the capital city in Korea, staying with us. Her name is Hak, and she has been staying with us since Jan. 3rd and leaves on Feb. 18. We have had so much fun getting to know her and learning more about the Korean culture. She spends her days at the school here in Burlington working with the teachers in the elementary. She spent four months in Cody before she came to Burlington. When she arrived in Burlington one of her first questions was, "Where is down town?" I laughed and told her she was in the heart of it. She is so much fun, and Hunter loves playing with her when she gets home from school. He loves to play-"You can't catch me!" She's a good sport and chases him around the house trying to catch him. We will surely miss her when she leaves.
She gave us fans one night and taught Mike and I how to paint on the fans. We dipped a stick in ink to draw the picture, and then we used water colors to paint the picture. The paper is very delicate so we had to be very careful. This is a tradition in her country. They give them as gifts and write messages on the fans. When we were done with our pictures, she wrote our names and a messege in Korean. It was so nice and it reminded me of how much I enjoy doing art. I haven't really done much art since I was in high school. I think I might have to take up art again!
