The Fashion Show

Do you see the rainbow?

TRACK AND FIELD DAY

Wyatt getting ready to run the 400m
The running long jump

The standing long jump
Emma ready to run the 50m

Emma and Lydia
Sophie waiting her turn

Emma's Birthday Party- The Ball

She was so excited about this dog
They were beautiful dancers
Yummy!
Emma invited both of her teachers

She is growing up toooooooooooooo fast!
Does she look eight?

Sophie being "extra" safe on the way to the pool
"Whatcha doing, Daddy?"

The Pasar

These clouds were so straight on the bottom

Cale loves Kitty

Emma getting air

This is one of my favorites

Emma baby

April 14, 2008

Mom! It's a girl!
And now she's gone...

We had a ball!

Our internet has not been working lately so we haven't been able to write to you. Right now I am up at the computer lab hoping that the internet here is working well enough to send this out. We had a wonderful day yesterday. It was Emma's birthday. She is so special and we wanted to do fun things for her all day long. She had a special breakfast and got to go to the pool and then in the evening we had all of her girlfriends over for a party. The girls were to come in their party dresses because they were told there might be a ball. When they arrived they were treated to a makeover by some of the local 8th grade girls. After that they were invited into the ball. Garth and I tranformed our ping pong room with Christmas lights and plants and tulle etc. and the girls had a "royal" meal, Garth and Wyatt did a fun game about a letter from the King being hidden in the room and the girls had to find it, and then 2 of our Seniors taught them a dance. It was so much fun. Once our internet starts working I will load some pictures.Overall, we are doing pretty well here. Our days are full, just like yours-the biggest challenge is keeping up with 14 kids, but I am slowly getting the hang of it all. Right now we have one kid in Bali, one sick, 5 Seniors trying to keep focused even though they are so close to the end of school,one dating, and all the rest of us trying our best to enjoy every day. Six more weeks till we will be home. YEAH!!!
I need to go. Cale has been sitting on the floor by me doing his quiet time while I type and I think he is about done.
Love you all,Rachel

Emma and Sophie were good cheerleaders at the basketball tournament

April 14, 2008

I had quite the excitement today. I was on my way to Wyatt’s class to bring him a lunch when I noticed a big snake slithering in front of me on the walkway by the Kindergarten room. I called one of our Indonesian helpers and he grabbed a broom. He was jumping around, hootin’ trying to smack it with the broom. He was smacking at it so hard the broom came off of the handle. The snake was not cooperating, and slithered behind some bushes. The Indonesian then jumped up on the half wall and started to jab it with the broom handle. Finally he was successful in killing it. The timing couldn’t have been better, because seconds after he killed it, the kids were all dismissed for lunch and came flying out of their rooms. When I came home I looked up some info on snakes, and look what advice I found:

If you get bitten by a non-venomous snake, it may hold on for quite a while as it doesn't know what to do. To get the snake off you, either use a metal spoon to pry open its mouth (I don't approve of this as you'll hurt the snake badly by breaking its teeth) or put the part of you that's being bitten into a bucket/bath of water -- the snake won't be able to breath and will let go. Alternatively, just sit down on the ground, relax and wait for it to let go. If you make sudden movements and run around, it will hold on tighter. (As snakes can't hear it's quite ok to scream a lot as the bite will hurt.)

How many of you would be able to sit down, relax, and wait for it to let go?
NOT ME! I can tell you that much. How funny. Relax. Ya, right? It says it is o.k. to scream-I can guarantee that is what I would be doing.
Love-Rachel

April 11, 2008

Cale and I on a walk
This is one of the penjagas (security guys)

at our gate

We visited a school at the bottom of our hill

A little girl playing outside a store

This is what we wake up to every morning
Wyatt thinks his bike is a dirt bike
Garth saying "Hi" to Emma during recess.

This is our backyard.

Basketball tournament

MELONS!

Cale is watching a baby chechuk on our window
Tickle time

The Pasar- April 10, 2008

Cale with one of our cooks

Tuna
Chicken anyone?