DB, Jeni, EB, and Lorelai

Beautiful beach/mountains view – the three of us on a motorcycle touring around – walking out the front door to the pool day after day – house help cleaning, cooking, washing dishes – fresh seafood – EB starting to communicate with words – surfing lessons – hiking – walking on the beach – reading – the front porch – many, many $4 massages – unwinding – talking talking talking with my wonderful husband/best friend – enjoying the sound of the waves – watching EB be fearless in the water – no distractions – watching EB play like a little girl instead of a baby – watching all four seasons of The Unit – EB, the Indonesian rock star-everywhere we went people took pictures of the beautiful white faced baby doll – jakarta – shopping – western food – aquarium – amusement park – the manager of the guesthouse where we stayed (Australian, American, Israeli, Jewish, Catholic, Bahai, says she is 38 but looks 55, wears white all the time because her astrologer told her to) – great shopping (fun knocks offs – like China town in New York but better)! – meeting a new South African friend at the beach and then hanging out with him in Jakarta – $.45 new release movies – DB had some Kopi Luwak coffee (world famous coffee made from some animal poop only produced in indonesia) – mastering the squatty potty (okay, maybe not mastering exactly, but giving it a really good effort because I had to quite a few time) – basically enjoying time with my precious family laughing, playing, relaxing, and exploring.

This was the vacation of a lifetime, and we are so thankful we had this time together as a family.  We plan to be back apart of the world over the next week, so be thinking of as we spend the next week traveling home.  I would love to hear from you guys – please email or facebook message me so I can know what you have been up to the past month!

Yesterday we drove form our city to the capital of the country.  We left our city at 3:30 AM and arrived in the capital after a hair-raising ride!  I want type out full details so as not to alarm anyone, but I will say: Camel caravan and stubborn donkeys slowed things down a bit!  After arriving in the capital, we had a delicious lunch of homemade pizza, then a nap (sort of – EB doesn’t nap well in the same room with us) and then off to see some great old friends that we haven’t seen in years!  

Now we are chilling at a guest house (sort of hotel type place) until Saturday when we leave for Dubai!!  In Dubai we will have doctor’s appointments, do some shopping, eat at some great restaurants (Chilli’s!!!)  and hang out with some teammates.  On August 9th we fly out to Indonesia for much MUCH needed rest and relaxation!  

I wrote the previous post almost a week ago and never posted – we have been in Dubai for six days and it has been wonderful!  I did get a pretty horrible haircut, but it will grow out eventually.  We leave Sunday for Indonesia, which is also DB’s birthday!  Pictures soon…