Landslide...

I took this picture today of a landslide that happened back in the spring time. It must have slid again, or they are finally working on fixing it. I was standing on a bridge when I took this picture. I didn't realize how far down it was until I saw how small the men looked!

Dinner??

So, I came upon this this cute little bugger the other day walking home from the store... Wish I would have seen it before the store... I would have had dinner... for FREE! I don't know what it is with me and rats??? ;)

1st Day of School, 2011

Well the kids started the 2011 school year. They were all ready and excited to go. Everyone was up by 4:30 am. Not sure if that was excitement or jet lag! :). One day down, 183 to go! :D

Summer 2011

Well our time in the States has ended... :(  We head back to Indonesia tomorrow.  I thought I would get in one update from the Summer of 2011 while I had "good" Internet.  So here is a "brief" summary of SOME of the things we did, not ALL.... :)

Started off with fishing...

Attended cousin Ashley's wedding...



Said good bye to Mr. Riely...

Went Camping...

Road the go-karts...

Tried to beat the boys in mini put put...

Went swimming in the river...



Shore fishing with Grandpa....

Ate lots and lots of watermelon...

Watched a parade...

Went on some CRAZY carnival rides...

Watched fireworks...

Took a trip to "Schlomerville"... 

Read a few hundred books... 

Learned some bad habits... 

Played dress-up and had a tea party...

Watched the crops grow... 

Disobeyed the signs... 

Went shore fishing again in the "Magic Bus"... 

Caught one heck of a "Cat"... 

And some snakes.... YUCK!!! 

And fished one more time... 

There were so many more things that we did.  But I either didn't have my camera along, or for what ever reason, the pictures that I took, I can't get to download correctly from my camera.  I must have put it on a setting I don't know how to use!  I guess I have 10 more months to figure out how to use the camera before we come back for some more fun!

It was great to see everyone.... and for those who we did not catch up with, sorry!  Hopefully we can the next time around.

God's blessings to all of you! 

Love,

Robin

PS  Have a great rest of the summer of ...

R.I.P Riely

Today our family dog of almost 14 years died.  We were very lucky and blessed to have such a great dog in our family! 

These pictures were just taken last week.  I am so glad we could be home and see him one more time. :)

We will miss you Riely!
Robin

My Drum Collection

One of the types of  "Art" I like to collect here, are Drums.  These drums are made by the different Papuan Tribes on this island.  Recently people from the Komoro tribe were visiting Tembagapura and showing off their carving skills.  They also put on a "dancing" show.  While dancing, they use these drums to keep the rhythm.  After they are done with the show, they sell the drums.
Teddy came along with me to get the drum, after their last performance.  Pictured with Teddy is Kal Muller (sp?), the anthropologist who lives with the tribe, and the Komoro tribesman who carved the drum.

I think I am now up to 8 or 9 of the drums.  (Actually there are 10 there!) :)

The tallest of these drums, is about 4 ft.  There is a wonderful collection of them at the Rimba Hotel in the Lowlands.  I would love to get my hands on a few of those!  When I am down there next I will take a picture of the collection, and post it. 
Marching to the beat of MY drums...
Robin

Yummy's New Hair

I was tired of all the crying while brushing her hair. So I got the problem fixed! Cheers!