mud

with it being rainy season...it's just so tempting to want to do this everyday...but we don't...

Gavin's perspective on dating

I was talking to Greg about a new "couple" in the H.S. and Gavin perked up and said, "Yeah, I saw them walking 'in a ball' to the soccer field...and all the 4th graders saw them and said, "oooooooo---oooooohhhhh" and it was just really weird."

Ibu Febri and her baby

friends of ours had a baby 2 months early. but here he is all healthy and home after not even 24 hours! they took off all his clothes and wrap so we could get a good shot...and mom is beautiful as always!

ian and hazel love babies...and this just shows the difference of size...such a small little man

Kopi Plantation Tour

we went on a kopi (coffee for all the 'non-indonesian readers') plantation tour. we have been on one before but this one is far better. it feels very high class while vintage at the same time. gavin was able to grind his own coffee...well...paul and hazel too...and then they even got to bag it and bring it home! (and yes...that is a coffee leaf gavin has there)

so after he ground his own coffee...he drank his own kopi for the first time! and he LIKED it...but he has never asked for more since...we'll see if he is a good Dane or not (wink wink) and of course we have brother paul not wanting to be left out with his banana tasting...

proudly standing with their kopi grounds...it's a rare picture anymore that all are in the same shot! "why?" you may ask..."because i can only control them so far" is my response :D

greg having a serious discussion with our tour guide...

ian hammin' it up for the camera...such a cheeze ball...as soon as i whipped out the camera he held this big smile until i took the picture! ha! obviously the 4th and baby of the family!

walking on the kopi tour...in the rain

hazel took this shot of our umbrellas...we had a complete tour in the rain and we still liked it!

and i realize that i didn't take any shots of coffee trees (except for the shot of a very large leaf over paul's head and that is in his birthday blog)...instead i took bamboo shots :D

many different kinds on this tour

we're walking...we're walking...

and GIANT bamboo...with our friend Rob peering out with the kiddos

Kopi Plantation House

hazel and paul pretending to sleep on the carved out bed of the king's house.
the kids enjoyed the house because the king of solo used to live in it AND his 3 wives. so when we were going through the house we heard paul running through and asking gavin, "which wife do you like gavin?" meaning 'which part of the house do you like' because they were all sectioned off but yet pretty close together...wonder how that worked out for them?

another HUGE bed in the king's house

the artwork and detail in the floors and wood is amazing...

a heart shaped flower...

tropical flower picture #89

Martabak

if you ever want to coat your arteries, heart and intestines in oil...this is a good way to do it! i don't think my picture does justice to the pool of oil this food is cooked in but it sure tastes good :D. it's like an omelet in the middle and then the outside is like an egg roll. yummy! we like this for supper once in awhile

this is their little stand that only comes out about 4:30 pm...it's a night food i guess. they also serve dessert...great for some more lard on the arteries...it's a cake batter with chocolate sprinkles in the middle...you put two together and it's a yummy dessert

a wet downtown salatiga picture just about 5pm on a saturday nite

waiting for the goodness of martabak

ian after his bath...being modest and all :D