Holiday

ThanksGiving and B-Day

This year the Thanksgiving day is the same day of Peter's Birthday, so.....

Dear Peter,

Happy 12Th Birthday!!!!! We proud of you and Love very much.

-Mom & Dad-

To Family and friends,

Happy Thanksgiving, Hope You have a wonderful "Turkey" day

This is a Thanksgiving story by Peter :

Thanksgiving Dinner

Oh No! Every time this year Farmer Brown takes one of us turkeys and they never come back. I think it might be me, Chicken Wing the turkey. he has been giving me alot of extra food like all the other turkeys that disappeared. I've been planning all year to escape Farmer Brown. My plan is called "Prison Break". I will try to hop the fence, but if he still will chase me, I will try to led him somewhere else.

"Chicken Wing! Chicken Wing! Where are you?" Farmer Brown called. The plan is starting, I thought to myself. I crept out of the coop, innocently.

Then I yelled, "ATTACK!!!!". At that every single turkey charged out of coop. The Farmer had a very shcoled expression. After one second, the Farmer was covered in turkeys. Then I used this pile to escape. I ran as the Farmer fought off turkeys. After a few minutes of running, I looked back. I saw Farmer Brown right behind me. Oh snap, I thought as I turn around and ran. I ran into the town stopping by a "Chick-Fill-A" to see if I could throw off the Farmer. That didn't work so I tried Walmart "Nope", my final attempt was "Public Grocier Store". I ran through as Farmer Brown chased me. People doged out of our way as we ran through. Then I came to a stop, I saw something very sickening. There were bodies of turkeys, but then I had an idea. The farmer came at me, but the he stopped. He saw me pointing at the turkey bodies. The he said "Hm mm 20% off, that's a good price.

So then he grabed me and a turkey body and went home. Then he freed every single on of turkeys! It was amazing. He placed me on the ground with my family and they said "Chicken Wing, You save Thanksgiving!".

The end

Cinta

Cinta wears sweater
Cinta just back from groom

Ready for Halloween :)

Happy Halloween everybody!!!!!!!!

Have Fun!!!!!!

KIDS

Mike in band Camp in July
Mike in Marching Band High School....every Friday night

Mike in Orcestra band concert ...very awesome for high school student

Pete in flag football game....in hot!!!! Florida

Pete in flag football game...every Sunday

Ngak ada yg aneh selama ini...semua kegiatan seputar anak2 ;) dan kita bersyukur kita semua sehat dan semoga selalu demikian.......soalnya kita ngak mau disuntik flu heheehhe...:)

Football, Football and more Football

Where is my weekend go????? Well since now is football season, so we are all doing in football related. First Michael in school marching band and almost every Friday he play band in the high school football game. Peter decided to joint flag football and he practices Friday 5pm-6:30pm and saturday4pm-5:30pm. Peter's flag football game is Sunday and of course we watch all kind football game on tv.

So....no more weekend....and no more Sunday party, which most Indonesia gathering is Sunday.

Waduh kudu kumaha atuh.....padahal akhir minggu ini ada undangan piknik , ada yg ngajak main anklung and suruh nari, tapi yah...gimana kewajiban ngurus anak2 dulu apalagi siakang kerja luar kota terus. Sepertinya aku bisa mabok football nih hehhehhe.....soalnya musim football sampe Febuari ;-)

Happy Weekend everybody :)

Ied

Tuk Keluargaku, Teman2 dan Bloggers

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri

Mohon Maaf Lahir Bathin

Selama ini

Waduh...ingin sekali update blog tapi kok ngak sempet aja yah, padahal selama ini kegiatan biasa2 aja, mungkin terlalu banyak nongkrong depan facebook nih :). Yah sebenarnya ada kerja tambahan seh hampir setiap jum'at malam. Sekarangkan di amrik lagi musim football jadi kita ikutan ribut heheheh....SiMike kan udah di High School dan jadi member marching band, jadi setiap football team high schoolnya maen, marching band juga ikutan maen. Kalau mereka maen dikandang, kita (aku ama Peter) suka ikutan nonton, yah paling telat pulang jam 11 malem...nah kalau mereka mainnya ditempat lawan kita jarang nonton soalnya males kalo nyetir malem banget dan rada2 jauh....jadi yah cuma jemput Mike dari sekolah sekitar jam 12 malem. Selain itu siakang sekarang kerja di North Carolina, dia pulang tiap wiken, kalo pulangnya nyetir (pergi dari sana jumat sore abis kerja) sampe rumah suka jam 2 subuh, sekitar 9 jam perjalanan nyetir. Kalau pake pesawat yah lumayan ngak gitu kemaleman.

Jadi kerja tambahanku begadang :)

Terkadang repot juga ngak ada siakang dirumah, aku mesti bisa bagi2 waktu rata buat kegiatan anak2, walaupun mereka dah gede2 tapi tetep aja suka sirik2kan.

Tapi walaupun siakang disana, kita disini ...yah kita tetap bersyukur selama ini kita sehat sehat dan ada dalam lindungan Tuhan.

Cinta yg ikutan kangen2an sama siakang

Tumbang ..abis begadang

Acara keluarga, pertandingan Wii

Hasil Test

Akhirnya berita yg ditungu datang juga. Kemaren siang dokter keluarga kita telpon, katanya hasil test darah Peter dah ada, dia bilang Peter ngak punya alergi ama coklat, Peter alergi ama semut merah (fire ants) dan sensitif sama serangga2.

Pas Peter pulang sekolah aku bilangan tentang hasil test dari dokter...dia girang banget dan langsung buka kulkas, ngambil bengbeng dan bilang " Thank God ..coz I love this bengbeng.."

Dipikir2 bisa puyeung juga kalo punya alergi ama coklat, soalnya hampir semua desert dan kue2 yg berkadar coklat paling enak....duh maaf nih ama coklat buatan Indo, kita udah nyangka yg ngak bener dan beruntung sangkaan kita salah....soalnya coklat buatan Indo enak2...ngak terlalu manis kayak coklat2 disini :)

Update

1st. TO ALL FAMILY, FRIENDS AND BLOGGERS

HAPPY RAMADHAN

WISH YOU HAPPINESS AND JOY

FROM FASTING TO FEASTING

2nd. Akhirnya ada waktu juga login ke blog. Dari sepulangnya dari indo selalu ada yg mesti diurusin. Dari urusan sekolah sampe urusan dokter. Sekarang anak2 dah kembali menjalani rutinitas dan akupun dah mulai pergi ke gym lagi, yah selama diindo perut jadi endut soalnya segala dimakan dan untungnya aku sehat2 aja.

Selama diindo kita jalan seputar Bandung, Lembang dan Garut. Oleh2 yg paling mengejutkan dari indo adalah Peter punya alergi coklat!!! Minggu permata dibdg kaki Peter digigit semut sampe bengkak...trus aku bawa ke dokter dirumah sakit/bersalin Limijati , ehhh yg ternyata dokter anak disitu masih dokter Dadang, dokternya Michael waktu bayi (Michael lahir di Limijati)..so anyway,akhirnya Peter dikasih antibiotik dan salep, sembuh dalam seminggu dan bisa lagi pake sepatu. Terus kata dr.Dadang, Peter punya alergi coklat!! kasian sekali jadi selama diBdg dia ngak sentuh coklat. Nah hari Sabtu yg lalu Peter main di halaman belakang, digigit semut dan bengkak lagi dikaki yg sama.....akhirnya ke dokter lagi dan langsung disuntik antibiotik biar ngak sampe infeksi. Aku jelasin tentang kejadian diBdg dan aku pengen tau apa bener Peter punya alergi coklat. Akhirnya dr kasih order buat test darah....Nah sekarang kita lagi nunggu hasil. Peter bilang...".maybe I just have alergi to Indonesian Chocolate...coz this happened after I ate BengBeng " Hemmm apa beda nya yah coklat buatan indo sama coklat buatan amrik????

Dago, Bandung

Iseng2 waktu lagi di BDG...kerjaan siakang ama si Mike :)

One Sunday

Setelah diabaikan beberapa bulan...akhirnya ada waktu untuk ngotak ngatik....

We're Back....

Yes!!! we're back to US....Glad to be home :). Our trip went very well, I am very happy to see my big family, my hometown and my friends. The boys loved too, they're getting along with all their cousins very well. We stayed in Bandung, Indonesia for 35 days...seem very long day but felt so short, there are people/family and places that we didn't have time to see.

More picture in http://www.flickr.com/photos/37289952@N05/sets/72157621643745059/

Mike, Peter and Bayu

Mike

Peter


Dago Resort Street

Our rent house

Bersambung........ masih jetlag nih..... :)

HIATUS

Well after almost ten years I didn't see my home Indonesia. Finally this year we decided to go to visit Indonesia.......yyyeeaaahhhhh!!!!!!..very excited!!!! I'll be back blogging next month with the news about our trip.

See you later alligator

in a while crocodile

Sebenarnya kita ngak ada rencana dan lagian ngak punya duit....tapi kalo nunggu punya duit ngak bakal jadi2.....selalu aja ada kebutuhan, pengen ganti mobil lah...upgrade sana sini...yah nama juga hidup. Tapi kali ini kita nekad aja....aku berangkat duluan sama anak2, siakang nyusul. Tujuan utama kita ke Bandung...kan aku asli orang Bandung. Semoga lancar dijalan dan sampe dengan selamat ditujuan...(Amin)

School is over....SummerBreak start

Mike...he's really didn't want me to take his pic :-)
Mike got award

Peter and his friends..after award ceremony :)

Peter got awards

Hari Kamis kemaren terakhir anak2 sekolah untuk tahun ajaran ini.....ooiii tamat juga setahun dan ngak ada gangguan...maklum kalo sering pindah2 suka was2 ..kalo2 kerjaan siakang tiba2 pindah. :). Tahun ajaran yg akan dateng Michael masuk High School (kelas 9-Freshman)...duh ngeri juga anak dah gede, dan dia dah mikirin kalo tahun depan bakal dapet ijin nyetir...tambah deg2an aja nih hati emak. Peter bakal kelas 6..masih tahap Elementary, dia masih mau dipeluk dan dicium...jd bisa penenang hati emak :)

Kita bersyukur anak2 naik kelas dengan prestasi yg bagus, keduanya dapet Honor Roll. Ngak sia2 untuk kecerewetanku selama ini, apalagi buat Michael yang hasil GPA nya mulai dihitung buat ntar masuk kuliah...lumayan kalo GPA dia 4.0 terus dari middle school sampe high school bisa dapet beasiswa penuh untuk ke semua perguruan tinggi di Florida.

Kita rayain prestasi anak2 sama ngajak dinner...mereka pilih Ruby Tuesday , soalnya mereka liat menu online dulu sebelom pergi dan mereka suka semua yg ada dimenu terutama desertnya.....dasar yg mereka pikirin selalu yg manis2...hemmm bikin emaknya makin endut aja, suka pengen juga seh yg manis2 itu...hehheehe. Kita pergi ke Ruby Tuesday sepulang siakang kerja. We had a nice dinner and everybody are happy :)

Happy Summer!!!!!

Memorial Day

When we lived in Connecticut every Memorial Day the boys joined the parade from their scout troop and Michael played the trumpet with the school band in beginning of the ceremony... I miss that ;-(
This year...We went to see movie "The Night at the Museum 2", It's a good and funny family movie. After movie we went shopping little bit. The boys and Frank when to a book store and I went to a clothing store ( off course!!!). We all found good bargains :).
We when home after all..... a quiet and relaxing day.

Happy Memorial Day

Mei

Bulan Mei ini bulan terakhir anak2 sekolah, seperti biasa kalau akhir tahun ajaran kalender penuh dengan kegiatan2 anak2, dan bulan ini hampir setiap minggu selalu ada acara sekolah, dari perfomance, dinner fundraising dan lain2nya.

Hari Selasa kemaren Peter dan Michael ada spring concert dalam waktu yg sama , cuma tempat aja yg beda, sehari sebelomnya aku tanya anak2 mo pilih siapa Mom or Dad, yah mau mereka kedua ortu nyaksiin concert tapi gimana kita ngak bisa dibelah2. Akhirnya Michael pilih siakang dan Peter pergi sama aku. Sambil nonton konser aku sama siakang pada sms-an saling tanya gimana anak2.......yah tentu menurut kita Michael dan Peter are great!!!

Karena banyak kegiatan ngak terasa anak2 cuma tinggal 11 hari lagi hari sekolah!!!! Waduh... Summer is really here!!!!

On Mother's Day

Di hari ibu, kita ngak ada rencana apa2. Siakang seh ngajak breakfast ato dinner tapi akunya males soalnya kudu ngantri dan kalaupun kita punya rsvp buat dinner...kayaknya ngak santai ...terasa keburu2. Akhirnya kita ke pantai ........menikmati indahnya cuaca and totally relaxing!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all wonderful and amazing moms !!!!!!!

Cinta

Cinta and her monkey :)

Peter

On Wednesday Peter brought home a letter for parents from his art teacher. The letter said that Peter's art work has been selected to be in the Brevard County Science and Art Fair and it was displayed in the Space coast Academy on Friday.

On Friday afternoon, at about 2 pm, I got phone from Peter's school. The secretary of the school told me that Peter get some kind award for his art work and we need to be at the awards ceremony. We went to Space coast Academy at about 5 pm (about a 30 munite drive), we made it to the ceremony and Peter got Second Place for his art work!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS PETER!!!!

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU

WHAT A GOOD SUPRISE!!!!

"The Study Bird" sculpture by Peter

made from clay

B-Day

My Dear Michael

Happy 14th Birthday

I Love You Very Much

and

Wish You All The Best!!!!!

-Mom-

Seputar Spring Break

Seminggu yg lalu anak2 libur sekolah aka Spring Break. Kita ngak ada rencana jalan2, soalnya siakang ngak libur malah lagi banyak kerjaan, kadang sampe 11-12 jam kerja.

Hari senin, rencana mo ngajak anak2 ke pantai...ehhh ternyata udara dingin dateng dengan angin lumayan bikin tong sampah amburadul. Akhirnya senin hari beres2, anak2 bersihin tas sama binder masing2.

Hari Selasa, kita belanja dan pulangnya kita main Wii , anak2 ngadain turnament tenis, boxing, baseball, bowling, golf dan rock band...sampe malemnya tangan kerasa pegel.

Hari Rabu, pagi jam 9 pagi nganter Peter ke dokter gigi buat cek up dan cleaning, sengaja bikin janjian pas libur, biar ngak bentrok sama sekolah. Bersyukur gigi peter sehat ngak ada keropok. Pulang dari dokter kita ke perpustakaan, walaupun libur anak2 tetep kudu baca, biar ngak mentok sama game mulu.

Hari Kamis, jam 11 30 pagi kita nonton Monster vs Allien yg 3D dibioskop sama rombongan tetangga, ooiii biasanya karcis $6.50 ehhh jadi $9.00, kali buat kacamata 3D yg gede banget...pas liat jadi inget jaman kacamata copet dulu hihihihihi ;).Filmnya lumayan bagus dan anak2 juga suka. Sorenya giliran nganter Michael ke dokter gigi, bersyukur lagi gigi Michael sehat.

Mike and Peter wear 3D glasses

Hari jum'at cuaca mulai panas dan matahari muncul, siang2 kita pada berenang bareng2 tetangga dikolam komuniti....lumayan ngak jauh dari rumah. Sebenernya air kolamnya masih dingin, tapi anak2 seh seneng2 aja...ibu2nya yg pada males, malah pada ngerumpi di bawah payung :)

Hari Sabtu siakang beresin pajak yg menyebalkan, soalnya kudu bayar. Biasanya kita suka rajin bulan febuary dah selesai..tapi kali ini karena kita tau kudu bayar jadi dinanti2 hehehhe :). Selesai itu kita jalan ke Car Show, biasa hobbynya siakang dan lagi itung2 refresing dan anak2 juga suka liat2 mobil2 yg extreme. pulangnya belanja ke asia market, ternyata lagi musim Nangka/jackfruit, aku beli dikit, pas dirumah anak2 pengen nyoba, kata mereka kayak permen karet dan ngak mau ditelen, takut katanya ..hehehehhe :)

Hari Minggu kita jalan bawa Cinta ke taman dari situ ke ke pantai, ingin tau gimana reaksi si Cinta dibawa ke tempat yg basah. Pertamanya sicinta agak takut..lama2 malah suka...dia lari2 kalo ombak dateng..trus jilatin air pantai..udah itu bersin2..kali karena rasanya asin. Lucunya ngeliat tingkahnya, udah keliatan cinta cape, kita pulang, mandiin cinta karena penuh sama pasir. Sorenya santai kita nonton dvd film Bed Time Stories, lucu dan bagus jg filmnya, baru kali ini film Adam Sandler yg ngak ada kata2 serapah...bersih, dijamin aman buat anak2 :)

Liburan selesai, kembali kerutinitas lagi. Walaupun liburan cuma sekitar rumah tapi kita enjoy the time off. Waktu berjalan cepat kalau kita bahagia dan dikelilingin dengan orang2 yg dikita cintai :)

ps. poto2 yg lain disini : http://www.flickr.com/photos/37289952@N05/sets/

Alligator

Yap!!! We saw a Gator in the lake ......at our back yard where the boys like to fish!!!!

Odyssey Of Mind

Last Saturday was the state competition day of Odyssey Of Mind at University of Central Florida, Orlando. We're there from 9 Am till 9 PM. Yes Peter's group got 5Th place...this such experienced...What a day :-)

Now....enjoy the Spring Break!!!!!

Pemilu dsb...

1).Beberapa hari yg lalu dapet surat dari KJRI Houston, ternyata isinya surat pemilihan umum, waduh.....partainya udah banyak, satu partai calonnya banyak juga..... dan lagi ngak tau para calon ini, akhirnya aku nyari info tentang partai satu persatu....thanks to internet :)Sebelomnya aku nyari nama Rano Karno dan Dede Yusuf..lah kok ngak ada yah hehehheeh :)

Anyway...setiap partai niatnya baik semua....aku yg blo'on aja ngertilah..tapi pelaksanaannya ngak tahu tuh....yah aku disini engkau disana...ngak liat dan merasakannya...hemmm :)Pokoknya : Happy VOTE!!!! Indonesia

2).Rabu kemaren Peter pergi kemping dari sekolah, khusus buat anak2 kelas 5. Sebenernya ngak jauh seh tempatnya..kira2 2 jam 30 menit dari rumah, tapi yg mananya emak...khawatir mulu dan baru ditinggal sehari udah kangen. Peter pulang kemping hari jum'at sore....Cannot wait :)

Peter mancing didanau belakang rumah setelah ngepak buat kemping,selasa sore..ikannya cilik2

DownTown Disney

Lego Store, one of store in downtown Disney

Star Wars figure made out of legos....that's alot of legos......

Buku

Lama juga nih ngak update blog, sebenernya banyak yg ingin diceritain tapi akhir ini yg punya blog lagi asyik baca . Author yg aku suka adalah Nicholas Spark, yg beberapa karyanya udah dijadiin film. Novel dan Film favoriteku judulnya adalah The Notebook, ngak pernah bosen nontonnya dan walaupun dah tau ceritanya tetepnya akhirnya airmata becucuran.

Novel yg aku udah baca : The Notebook, Walk to Remember, Message in the bottle dan Night at Rodanthe.Semua novel yg aku baca udah dijadiin film dan aku jg dah nonton semuanya. Antara novel dan film hampir ngak ada perbedaan, yah difilm disingkat dikit, tapi ceritanya ngak jauh beda. Nah sekarang aku lagi mulai baca True Believer. Biasanya kalo novel yg asyik bacanya juga cepet soalnya ngak mau ditunda2, semoga aja novel yg ini sama seperti novel2 yg pernah aku baca, biar blog ini tak terbengkalai hihihiihihh :)

Happy Reading!!!!

Nambihan : -)

http://www.nicholassparks.com/NicholasSparks.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3G3fILPQAU

Poto saja

Me and My "Scary" Bodyguard...:), ngak bisa serius kalo anak teenager mo dipoto :)

Cinta abis dari salon, dia dicukur 6 minggu sekali, tiap kesalon suka dipakein pita, nempelnya ngak lama...gatel kali...sampe rumah 15 menit langsung digaruk2. Lepaslah itu pita...

This and That

Almost every weekend in past two weeks, there's something to do...and feel like no weekend :)

Feb 14....Odyssey Of Mind competition day at BCC Campus (Brevard Community College). Odyssey Of Mind is some kind play, which all created by student. They create the play, strategy and customs. A group only allow one adult couch, and a couch just supervise and help put all the student ideas. After a lot of practices and hard work, they performance!!! it's so cute and funny. It worthies of stayed all day to wait for their turn to play. We back home about 2pm, get rested and about 6 pm we back to BCC for award ceremony, and Peter Group got second place ...(Bravo guys!!! )They made to State competition, which will happen on April 7Th at University Central Florida in Orlando.

Feb 15...we went to India Festival just for fun, Peter and frank didn't want to try the food. Michael and I tried....because I was so hungry :). It was interesting!!!

Feb 20....Blue and Gold dinner Cub scout pack 738, simple dinner to celebrate scouting birthday. We enjoy the dinner and met alot of new people.

Feb 21...Elementary Music Festival at King Center. Peter was in Choir. We took Peter King Center for last time rehearsal at 2:30pm , while Michael went to leadership training from scout troop since 7:30am.

We went to see the show from 7 pm-9pm. The Choir and string band are from all elementary school in our county (Brevard County), it's very good....and we're so proud to saw Peter on stage.

Feb 22....I wanted just stay home, but there's Eagle Scout ceremony in Michael Boyscout troop, and I was one of volunteer moms. We went there about 1pm, the ceremony was very nice and quick, the Mayor of our town came.....Hemm now i know the Mayor look like :). Finish about 4pm, went home....relax...wachted little bit Oscar...and by 9pm we ready for bed!!!!!

As far as I know, this week is quite....and thanks GOD!!! we are healthy :)