Dad's day in 2008

The kids and i decided to keep our tradition of celebrating Father's day here in indonesia...even though there is NO day for Father's here...instead they have two days for the mom...hmmmm????

but we decided he deserved a pretty good day since he is one of the best dad's around! the kids made their homemade cards the day before and kept it a secret...and we just wanted to bless him for the blessing he is to us...God honors a good father...so we thought we would help!

so to start the day...i had paul wake me up very quietly at his normal 5:30-6 am wake up and this day we all went out and made choc. chip pancakes, scrambled eggs, coffee and juice...the kids did most all the work (and they are too bad at it either!)...and we only broke one dish! since the commotion was a little on the loud side...and our house isn't sound proof...dad woke up and tried to 'get up' but we wanted to give him breakfast in bed...so we sent hazel in to distract him and keep him in bed...she did a fine job! they played guessing games and she wouldn't tell him 'outloud' what was going on but in so many whispers...she let everything out of the bag!

so finally after an hour...we served him breakfast in bed and told him that the day would include going to a water park in a bigger city 45 min. away! we were very excited to go! (on a side note here...just the other morning i woke up and paul asked me "is today mom's day?" no...i said. "well...then...is it father's day?" no...i said...so then he said with a huge smile "then it's kids day!" cuz we told him after they asked "when is kid's day?" that every day other than birthdays or father's/mother's day is KIDS day...so anyway...paul wanted to go back to his bed and have me bring him breakfast in bed!)

on our way to Solo (the city with the water park), our driver, Pak Agung, told us that a water park had JUST OPENED here in SALATIGA! unbelievable! so we decided to stay here in town and try this one! little did we know that we would be the first foreigners to enter the park! lucky us! we got a sticker for the back of our car!!!! so the next pictures are of the brand new water/amusement park in Salatiga! enjoy