Soccer season starts

Joseph had his first soccer game in the Coca Cola competitive soccer league.  He started off the game by scoring a goal!!!  Needless to say, he did great throughout the game and his team won their first game 2-0.  Go Dragons!

Sweet Sisters

Audrey and Katelyn are 19 months apart. When they are not fighting, they are the best of friends. Mommy took this cute picture of them this morning.

Meditation

Mommy heard humming coming from the back seat. She asked the kids what they were doing, and they said they were meditating. That does seem like a good way to deal with Jakarta traffic...lol.

New Year Resolution

Mommy has decided to do her own Project 365.  That is where you take a picture a day for an entire year.  Mommy has heard that it is difficult to keep up the momentum for an entire year, and that many people bail after about 6 weeks or so.  Joseph has taken an interest in photography lately and says that he would like to do his own Project 365.  Mommy will post 1 picture a day from herself and 1 from Joseph on her personal blog: Crazy J's Blog.  It can be accessed on the right side under My Other Blogs.   We will see if we can make it an entire year!

New Year's Eve

Today is New Year's Eve.  The kids got up extra early...before 6am.  After Daddy went to work, the kids helped Mommy organize the apartment a little.  We sorted through some papers and toys and put things in their proper places.  Later, we headed to the grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner tomorrow.  Mommy and Daddy invited Bro. and Sis. Beaman over for dinner on New Year's Day.  They are a missionary couple in our ward, and they are leaving for home on Thursday.  Mommy and Daddy are sad to see them go.  They are a great couple, and we have so enjoyed knowing them. We wish them all the best as they return to life after a mission.

Daddy only had to work a half day today so he met us at the grocery store.  Mommy bought a couple of containers to help organize the rest of the toys.  Mommy also bought a large container which will henceforth be labeled the "Saturday" box.  The kids have been warned that whatever toys and things Mommy comes across that have not been put away will end up in the "Saturday" box.  The things will be returned the following Saturday.  Mommy has been struggling with getting the kids to put their things away before getting out something else.  Mommy read that taking the toys away from the kids and putting them in a see through container that is off limits is enough incentive for the kids to learn to put their things away.  Time will tell if this idea will work.

While at the store, the kids wanted to get flip-flops.  Audrey was needing a new pair because she wore out her old ones.  The other two decided they wanted to try wearing flip-flops.  The kids are going "native" as most Indonesians wear flip-flops as their footwear of choice.

 

 

Later in the afternoon, Mommy and Daddy took the kids to see the movie Life of Pi.  Daddy heard that it was really good.  Audrey and Katelyn got a little scared during the storm scenes and both said that they did not like the movie.  The rest of us liked it quite a bit.  We ate dinner at the food court at the mall.  The kids wanted McDonald's for dinner.  Mommy and Daddy had wontons and noodles from a really yummy Korean style stall. 

 

 

 

 

This evening we had FHE and then hung out and played on the Wii and with toys.  It was a fun day.  The kids are fast asleep. When we get up tomorrow, it will be 2013!  Mommy and Daddy wonder what the new year will bring.  2012 went by so quickly, but it was a great year!

 

 

 



 



End of the Year

It is almost the end of 2012! It is so crazy how fast this year went. The kids have grown so much. Mommy can look at their faces and see the changes. They seem like they have matured so much.

Today Mommy and Daddy took the kids fishing. It has been awhile. The weather was great, and Mommy had a chance to snap a few pictures.

Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve, Daddy took the family to go see Rise of the Guardians. Then we had dinner at a Singaporean restaurant that served Hawker food. The kids just could not get enough roti and curry! At home, they each got to open one gift before bedtime.

We also had a nice Christmas. The kids got up early but were nice enough not to wake Mommy and Daddy up. Around 7:30 am, everyone was up and about. After 1 quick family photo, it was time to open presents. The girls got My Little Pony, Polly Pockets, Barbies, and Littlest Pet Shop toys. Joseph got Legos, bey blades, and an alarm clock. Daddy got a new rifle scope which he won't be able to see or use until next summer. Mommy got a 50 mm lens for her camera which she just loves!

In the afternoon, we headed to a friend's house for Christmas dinner. We had roast beef and lamb along with lots of yummy sides and desserts. It was a fun dinner. Christmas Day itself was quite rainy. The kids kept begging to go swimming. Finally around 7 pm or so the rain lightened up and there was no more thunder and lightning so the kids went swimming for about an hour or so. There was not much traffic even with the rain so it did not take forever to get home. Three sleepy kids were out for the night after a fun and busy day.



Not the best picture, but no one is screaming for once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mommy tried out her new lens on Audrey...so fun!