My little Boy has Turned 7

I still can't believe that my baby boy has turned 7 today. Time sure flies...
Per Jonas' request, we all went to chuck e cheese to celebrate his birthday.

The birthday boy got a big birthday hug from Chuck e.

He Scored a Nerf dart blasting gun.

Having fun test driving the new toy.

Jonas loves Lego's so much. So we got him some Lego's and he stayed up late that night trying to build this Legos racing car. He figured it out on his own by reading the manual, Good work Jonas!!


Let's take a trip down Memory lane.....

Jonas at 2,5 yr old. I love his smile...

He was always the happiest baby.....


Jonas always makes us laugh. He was too cute!!!

Born 7 years ago today. Jonas was always a good baby. He is the best brother anybody could have.

Get to know Jonas' favorites:

Color : Blue and black

Food : In n Out Burgers, Raising Canes chicken, Rendang, and all kind of Indonesian soto.

Hobby : building things from Lego's, assemble Bionicles and transformers pieces, and of course playing Wii and Nintendo.

TV shows : How it's made, Head Games, How they do it (Science Channel), Brain Surge (Nick), and Tom and Jerry (CN).

Sport: Badminton, Golf, Basket ball, and Bowling.

Jonas is very quiet and shy around new people, but as soon as he gets to know them, he is such a fun kid to play with.

Loves helping in the kitchen and around the house. From laundry, vacuuming, ironing, cooking, washing the dishes, and baking cookies.

Time Out at Cedar Breaks

The day after our ward trunk-or-treat, we decided to have a little getaway. We had a four day weekend and the weather was just perfect. We went up to Brian Head and stayed at a cabin where the area is very secluded and very quiet. We had so much fun playing in the snow and just enjoying our time away from the crowded Las vegas.

Our Kids loved being in the mountain and playing in the snow.

Kids exploring the snowy mountain

More exploring

Melati always had to have a snow ball in her hand wherever she goes.

They wanted to make snowmen so they started by making little snow balls.

Jonas needed more snow for his snowman, while Putri and Melati still exploring in the background.

Putri made a little snow ball

She rolled and rolled the snow

Untill it became a big ball of snow

While Melati is getting her snowman ready.

Putri's big snowball was too heavy to be carried alone. She asked Jonas to help her carry it to the park where they're going to build their snowmen.

I thought they were making snowmen, But Jonas ended up making "Snow fort tower" as he calls it.

While Melati and Putri ended up with a snow fort and lots of snow balls that they use for snow ball fights later on.

The Fight was ON, It was Parents Vs The kids. Of course Hendra and I won the fights. It was so much fun attacking the kids with snow balls that they created. All in all, We had a blast at Cedar Breaks enjoying our getaway time with my lovely family.

This one last picture is just a proof that I was there with them at Cedar Breaks. I guess this is the only picture I have with me in it. Notice the red shirt? yep...thats's me!!

Too Precious

Melati and Jonas loves dancing like this ever since they were younger. They can do this all day long....

I think this is one of those moments that I love to cherish forever, when siblings are getting along just just fine.

Halloween school Parade and Ward Trunk 'r Treat

For some reasons, Halloween is just not one of my favorites celebrations. So when my kids decided that they wanted to wear their last year's costumes this Halloween, I was so very happy. And of course, I just love them even more for making my wallet happy as well.




We were invited to come to the annual halloween school parade and party at our kids' school. It was kind of hard getting a picture of 3 kids who are in 3 different classes and grades. Most of these pictures were from Melati's class because I was her teacher's parent volunteer that day.



Putri had invited her friends from school, Abreeah and Shai, to come to our ward trunk or treat. They had a really good time in our ward. Abreaah is taking lessons with the missionaries and is ready to be baptized this month.

We all had a good time trunk-or-treating with family and good friends. Notice everyone was wearing their coats and jackets because it was very cold that evening. I guess wearing last year's costume was not a bad idea after all.

This was the only pictures of Jonas that I got from the school Parade. I found Jonas in the playground after the parade and I managed to take this pictures.

Kodak Moments

Here are some of the recent shots I got of our kids. Time sure flies so quickly. Our kids look so grown up now.

Swing it Like a Pro

Hendra is a big fan of golf and he coaches golf for kids. So every now and then, I'd tag along with him coaching the kids. I love watching the kids practice in the driving range while enjoying the beautiful weather.

Hendra Swings it like a pro.

Melati started to show interest in playing golf.

So Hendra gave Melati a little lesson on how to swing the club and hit the ball.

But most of the time, Melati would just hanging out with me watching everyone sharpening their golf skills.




Jonas and Putri are getting really good at golfing. I think one of these days, these kids are going to beat Tiger Wood at the course.watch out Tiger!!!

Jonas' First Loose tooth

Jonas had his first tooth fell out last week. ( he actually had 2 teeth fell out that day). He was so so happy about it because he knew that he would get some money from tooth fairy.

He kept on checking his teeth to see if there were more teeth falling out hoping to get more money from tooth fairy.

Sure enough, he found two $1 bills under his pillow the next morning.

Jonas thought that two $1 bills for 2 fell out teeth is awesome.

Soaking up the sun

Summer wasn't over for us yet, So last week we went to California and enjoyed our stay by going to the beach everyday. Yes, we did four beaches in four days. These are some of the photos between Huntington beach, Laguna beach, Newport beach, and Venice beach. It was our last hurrah before it gets cold and before the kids go back to school next week. Fun and Enjoy!!

Shopping bag Kite

Who would have thought that Shopping bags could be so much fun to play with. I used to play this shopping bag kite as a child. History repeats itself, now my kids enjoy playing shopping bags kite as much as I did when I was a kid. They had so much fun flying the shopping bags.

True Love

Just the other day Jonas told me that I was his True Love. He said that he will love me forever and ever and ever and ever..........awww so sweeettt!!

Jonas picked a flower and he was trying to put it on my ear

Jonas is my sweetest little boy. He always tells me how much he loves me every single day. Instead of saying 'Thank You' for things I do for him, he says 'I love you Mommy'. I love you, too Jonas. You are indeed my true love....

Melati

It seems like just yesterday the kids were back to school. Now we are on track break.....already?? Yep, School is out for 3 weeks for us. Our kids were in school for 3 weeks and now we're on track break. I guess with the new track that we're in, we're gonna be off school every 3 weeks.'
Eventhough the kids are on track break, we always try to keep them busy. And I've been enjoying watching them grow, especially watching Melati learning new things is amazing. Melati makes learning process sooo much fun.


Melati has memorized almost half of the articles of faith since last year. Not bad for a 4 yr old.



Melati has been enjoying taking Ukulele lesson from Hendra.




And yes, she now knows how to read and write three letter words. She has mastered her alphabets and their sounds. She loves reading so much and I am so Proud of her.

Back to School

No More Bribes

Melati has never liked any hair clip or any hair accesories on her head ever since she was a baby. She always likes to wear her hair down. Every time I wanted to do her hair, I always have to bribe her. And if I get lucky, she will let the hair clips stay on her hair for 5 minutes. She usually will take any thing off of her hair as soon as she gets the bribe, what a kid!!!
But lately Melati has come to her senses that as a girl she has to look beautiful by getting different kind of hairdos. Check her out wearing some of hair accesories. She looks simply adorable.

Melati is wearing a head band, she looks absolutely beautiful.


She even let me braid her hair.

aww....she looks so cute with her pony tails.

She also has come to love braids and beads....Yay for me because I don't have to fight her anymore when I wanna do her hair. Doesn't she look beautiful??!!

Downtown Disney

Everytime we go to Disney land, we never really had a chance to visit Downtown Disney. So last week we spare some time to go to Downtown Disney and we got a chance to check out some fun stuff they have going on.

Trying on some disney character hats was a lot of fun.

Melati loves posing for cameras, but this time she is posing as a serious looking child..lols!!

We also got to watch the Disneyland fireworks up close. It was so priceless to see our kids' faces amazed at the fireworks. After the fireworks ended, Jonas said "this is the best day ever!!" over and over again followed by his sisters. On the way home all three kids kept saying "this is the best day ever" at the same time as if they were singing a choir.

After all the walking at Disney downtown, we took the tramp to the parking lot. Love Love this tramp so much.....It saved me so much energy and spared me so much pain of walking back to the parking lot. But over all, we had a blast in California, as always. We are looking forward to another fun vacation in California.

Huntington beach

When we got to Huntington beach, The kids were just watching the waves.

They watch and watch the waves some more. They weren't so sure if they wanted to get wet or not.

But as soon as they touched the water, they couldn't resist not to play with the waves.

And before I know it, they got really really wet and drowned in the fun of catching and running from the waves.

How fun!!!
Super Fun!!!

Everytime we go to a beach, Melati always loves to be buried in the sand. She always wants to be buried as a "mermaid".

We stayed at the beach untill the sun was setting. It was such a beutiful scenery.

I am just so happy that I got to share this beautiful moment with my family.

Flying kite right under the sunset is such a breathtaking scenery.

We were so glad to be away from the heat of Las Vegas and got to enjoy the beautiful beaches of california. Watching the sun setting was indeed the best part of the day.

Fresh from the Ocean

Over the weekend, we went out fishing with Susilo at Newport beach, CA. We went out early in the morning so we could catch some fish.

Susilo gave Putri some lessons about fishing. Putri enjoys fishing so much, especially when Hendra and Susilo let her reel in the pole when they caught a fish, Fun!!

A lot of surfers trying to catch the waves early in the morning. We love watching them surf the ocean, it was a beautiful day to catch some waves.

Hendra thought I was bringing some 'bad luck' because everytime I was around, they never caught any fish. But as soon as I went away, they caught some fish. They thought that I scared the fish away...

anyway, so this was pretty much what I did at the pier. watching the ocean, the waves, the birds,the whales, the surfers, and some other activities that people do early in the morning at the beach. I enjoyed it so much though, I love the sounds of the waves hitting the shore. Such a peaceful and happy feeling.

While Hendra and Susilo were busy fishing, we went for a walk and did some whale watching.

This picture is too precious. Jonas offered to carry Melati up the pier so that she won't get tired....How adorable!!

Being a big brother that he is, Jonas taught Melati how to look in the telescope so she could spot some whales.

Putri loves whale watching too. It was an absolute fun to see the surfers and the whales racing each other to catch the waves...super fun!!!

This is one of the whales that my camera caught. It was one of the most beautiful animals I have ever seen.

When I went back to the pier, Hendra and Susilo were already done fishing, sure enough they caught lots of fish and they were cleaning them up so we could cook them at home and have them for lunch. Hendra is showing us his catch of the day. He just can't wait to eat them.

We struck a pose before we left the pier and headed home to eat our lunch.

Deep fried fish for the kids, they love it!!

and Deep fried fish with some spicy sauce for us, ehhmmm...yum..yum!!!

Fresh from the Ocean.....This was the best lunch ever!!! Big Thanks to Susilo for his great company and showing us a great time while we were in California. Can't wait till we go back there again for more fun.

A visit to St. George, UT.

We had the oportunity to go to St. George during our short summer vacation. We had so much fun learning about St. George and its history. The experience was very spiritually educating as well as entertaining. We've learned to appreciate our pioneers who have sacrifice their lives to build this city.

First stop, of course visiting the Beautiful St.George Temple. This temple was built in 1871 and was dedicated in 1877. Such a georgeous temple.

Melati loves the Christus statue inside the visitor center. She kept asking us to take her back there because she wanted to "listen to Jesus speaking".

We love going to the visitor center to listen and to watch some church programs. Our most favorite program is the Plan of Happiness where they took us to a diorama room where everything on the programs were displayed in the room. Our kids thought that the diorama was pretty cool.

such a beautiful day in a beautiful temple ground. So I thought we should take a family picture in front of the temple. Oopps..the timer went off before I got there...oh well!!

But I do love this photo of Hendra and I in front of the Temple, it looks short of Vintage.


Next stop, was to visit Brigham Young Winter Home.

Kids are peeking inside Brigham Young home before the tour guide came to take us inside.

Sister Peterson was our guide for the day. She gave us a very brief tour around the property. This photo was taken when she was showing us the original sewing machine that they used to sew back then. Next to the sewing machine is some kind of manual machine that they used to reel in the cotton to make yarns of wools before they turned it into a fabric/material. I think they call it "Spinner".

She took us around and explained everything and answered every questions we had.

She also explained to us about the history and the importance of growing cottons in St. George and how they got the name "DIXIE".

We toured around inside Brigham Young Home and saw up close all the original furniture and appliances he had during his time living in this beautiful home. This is a picture of an oven/stove/iron inside Brigham Young's kitchen.



This is an original photograph of Brigham Young hanging on the wall of his home.

His dinner table complete with its dinner set.

His bedroom, where he spent most of his time before he passed away in 1877.

at the end of the tour, Sis Peterson took this family photo of us in front of the home. We thank the Lord for this opportunity to learn about the pioneers and the sacrifice they have made for us and we're very grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the history of the church in St. George.

Jonas' Kindergarten Promotion ceremony

Still can't believe that my little boy is graduating from Kindergarten today. It seems like yesterday I was crying for sending him off to school. Now he is graduating??? where have the time gone? time sure flies so quickly. Before I know it, Jonas is going to be in 1st grade in the next two weeks. I sure am excited but at the same time I feel sad because my baby boy is growing up too fast.

Jonas and Mr. Rekrut, the principal, posing after he handed out his diploma with Mrs. Almanza behind the podium as she called out each student to receive their Kindergarten diplomas.

Sitting in the center, Jonas is showing off his diploma. We're so proud of you Jonas!!!

melati and Hendra are enjoying the refreshment after the ceremony...yum..yum!!

Posing with our little graduate at the graduation party.

This year has been an amazing year for Jonas. He has grown so much academically and socially. He is not the shy boy anymore. Jonas is very wise in choosing his friends and loves playing all kind of sport especially basket ball and badminton. Jonas also loves reading Fun books with fun pictures in them.

Future Missionaries/Primary MTC

A couple of weeks ago our Primary Children in our Ward were invited to come to our Primary Missionary Training Center as part of their activity. Hendra was invited to speak to the Children about the place where he served his Mission, Indonesia. We were all very excited about the activity. Everyone dressed up neatly as if they were missionaries.

As soon as we got to church, everyone got a Missionary Name Tag. Elder Missionary for boys and Sister Missionary for girls.

Jonathan and and Jonas checking out the Missionary Handbook that the Elders passing around for them to see.
We put the kids in groups and all the groups taking turn to go to different countries to get their training. This group was getting their training and some delicious fried banana treats from Bro. Yeates who served his mission in Ecuador.

Getting stickers and some french bread from French Mission....yum!!

The Primary children were listening attentively to Bro. Miranda's story about his missionary experience in Argentina.


Hendra was promoting Indonesia where he served his mission. He tries to open the children's eyes that Indonesia is in need of strong missionaries like them.


Bro. Bennet is showing this group where Portugal, the place where he served his mission, is in the globe.

Future Missionaries struck a pose with Elder Wijaya in beetween training.

Bro. Bennet is showing Putri the place where he served his mission in Portugal...What a beautiful country!!.

Future Missionaries checking out some souvenirs from Indian Reservations where Bro. Bates served his mission.

Brett, who served his mission in England, is sharing his missionary experiences and showing them how beautiful England is.

These future missionaries are hooked with England table. Brett, who served his mission in England, brought all kind english goodies such as yummi gummi bear, cookies, biscuits, chips, and candies. He also brought the yummiest chocolate ever.By the end of the day, the kids know where they want to serve their mission in. Yes, they all want to go to England.....Fun!!

Abby, Jonathan, and Jonas showing off their passports after they got their trainings in different countries in the world.

We managed to pose with our future missionaries before the activity ended. We are so proud of these children who have so much faith in Lord and their willingness to serve the Lord in Mission field. We had so much fun getting to know different countries in the world to prepare them for their mission. And having all the cousins together in this Primary activity was more than fun, We had a blast!!!

Summer Fun with Arizona Cousins

These past two weeks we had the honor of watching our nephew and nieces from Arizona while their parents went to the Caribbeans to celebrate their 10th Wedding anniversary. Yes, it's second honeymoon for them.

Our kids have been waiting for this moment forever. The time finally come for all the cousins to get together and have a ball. First thing we did was to take them all to the swimming pool. It was so hot out that everything we did together have involved water activities and eating lots and lots of Popsicles.

Putri and Keala love swimming and they really good at it.



Jonathan took some swimming lesson during his Summer break and he is such a good swimmer. But this time he likes to have floaties on just for fun.

Abby is having a blast in the water. She was flapping her feet and loving the feeling that she could float on the water.

Thank goodness we have enough seat belts for everyone in the car. Jonathan is hiding seating in the backseat.

Of course we had to go to Town Square. They love Town Square BIG TIME and lucky for me, I don't pay a penny to have these kids enjoy the fun of Town Square.

They just have to get wet,

really really wet.

Take 22. Trying to get a nice picture of everyone was not easy. there's two other kids came out of nowhere.....oh wellll....

Everyone had a blast at Town Square, as always.


Meet The Gang

Let's meet the gang and get to know them a little better. Started from the oldest to the youngest

KEALA, only one month older than Putri. Keala is very mature and graceful. Loves playing piano and really good at it.

PUTRI, easy going, caring and nurturing. Putri plays hard and works hard. Loves playing Badminton and Tennis.

Jonathan, Sensitive but yet very funny. Jonathan is very obedience. He always tries to do the right thing and always makes sure that everyone is doing the same thing. Loves playing games. All kind of games as long as it is rated G...such a good boy!!! His loose tooth finally fell out the first few days he stayed with us. He was ecstatic when he found a $5 bill from tooth fairy under his pillow the next morning. He must've been a really good boy.

Jonas, Smart, sensitive, and very shy around new people. Jonas and Jonathan could play games all day long. His favorites are Mario Kart and Super Mario bros.

Nene, the youngest boy of all the cousins. He is smart and plays hard. He also loves playing games with the boys.

Melati, the drama queen, loves fashion and all kind of princess stuff. Obviously, she wants to be a princess when she grows up.

Abby, The youngest of all the cousins. The cutest and the nicest one. Abby always smiles and her smiles is so contagious. She is a full spirited girl, loves playing and is ready to go to preschool this year.