Eight Years Old!

Joseph turned 8 recently.  Mommy can hardly believe that so much time has gone by.  The little guy is not so little anymore.  Joseph is super active.  He always wants to be doing something.  He loves to play soccer, basketball, and ping pong. Recently he has asked to start playing badminton too.  Joseph also loves to read and spends a lot of time at the school library.  His favorite computer game is Minecraft, and he likes to play it whenever he has the chance.  Joseph started playing the cello last term.  He is making good progress and seems to enjoy music quite a bit. Joseph is also very interested in photography.  He has been actively participating in a Project 365 with Mommy.  He asked for a digital camera for his birthday.  Mommy and Daddy bought him his own camera so that he can take lots of pictures!

Now that he is old enough to be baptized, Joseph decided that he wanted to wait to be baptized in the summer so that extended family could be there for the occasion. We are all looking forward to his baptism this summer.

On Joseph’s actual birthday, he went to his friend’s birthday party so his party was scheduled for today.  Joseph asked for a Lego theme party.  He loves Lego!  We had a great time playing games, racing Lego cars, playing soccer, and eating pizza and cake.  Joseph said he had a great time at his party.  Mommy is glad.

Audrey is 6!

Mommy can’t believe that Audrey is 6 years old!  It is amazing how quickly time flies.  Audrey is as silly and spunky as ever.  We love our little Audrey girl. 

 

Soccer Game

Joseph’s team played another Jakarta International School team this morning.  Sadly, the PEL Team lost the game.  The final score was 3-2.  The teams were fairly evenly matched in terms of skill.  Several of the kids on the other team were physically larger than all the kids on Joseph’s team.  Also, the other team seemed to play a bit “dirty.”  There were several instances where the other team should have been penalized but were not.  The Indonesian referees are not very assertive.  I think Joseph’s team could have won the game but a couple of their key players seemed like they were not having a good day.  The goalie especially was off his groove.  He is a really good player and an amazing goalie, but he was totally off his game today.  Overall, it was still a really exciting game to watch.  I also got to grab some fun pictures.

 

 

 

I asked Joseph about this incident where the kid was deliberately trying to trip him.  Joseph said everything was okay…he just “jumped” over his foot…lol.

 

 

 

Joseph was pretty tired toward the end of the third quarter.  Coach let him sit out for a few minutes and then he went back in and finished the game.

Chinese New Year

We had lots of opportunities to celebrate Chinese New Year.  Joseph had a class party last Friday.  That night we were invited to another party with some other Taiwanese families.  The kids made out like bandits with the hong bao (red envelopes).   On Sunday I hosted a Chinese New Year dinner with a couple of families in the ward.  Then on Monday, Audrey’s class had a little celebration as well.  Joseph’s little friend Annie said that for Chinese New Year “We eat, and then we eat again!”  That is a good description of what has been going on the last few days…lol.   Our apartment complex is all decorated for Chinese New Year and the staff even wore Chinese clothing.  The kids got to see a Lion dance at school and fed the Lion red envelopes.  Some day we may have to go some place where they really celebrate Chinese New Year.  I think that would be exciting to see.

 

Pictures of the kids counting their loot.  Poor Joseph wasn’t feeling well that night.

Sweet Nunu

Katelyn was in a good mood the other morning and was willing to pose for me.  I took a couple of fun pictures of her.  She is so pretty.  I can’t believe how much she has grown.  She doesn’t look like a baby anymore and that makes me a little sad.  Time sure flies!  I wish I could just keep them little for a long time yet.

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.