Around the world and back again!

The downside to being an inconsistent blogger is that when you finally get around to doing an update, it is really long because you have so much to write/post pictures about.  So, to try to avoid writing a novel, I will mostly just put pictures and include snippets of what's been happening.

But first, here is a quick outline of our journey back to the states:
*September 2-4:  Flew from Jakarta to Japan to San Fransisco to Boise
*September 5:  Doctor appointment to confirm and schedule surgery, another MRI
*Sep. 9:  Tyler's knee surgery to repair ruptured patellar tendon (thankful he didn't have a torn ACL or miniscus, but they had to drill holes through his knee to reattach the tendon)
Since then, recovery and beginning physical therapy.
Dec/Jan:  Return to Indonesia

Also, since we didn't have much time in Salatiga, we don't have a ton of pictures, but on our last day I was able to capture some pictures of where we go to language school and some other places around town.  We look forward to having much more to share once we return (in a couple months).

 Mountainview International School's playground:

Even though our kids aren't attending the international school,

it is basically the only "park", so we visited here a couple of times

 Caleb enjoying our last visit to the playground the day before 

we left Salatiga

The soccer field and dirt track at the international school,

the field you're looking at is where Tyler's knee was 

injured while playing ultimate frisbee

 BioMart is a newer little grocery store that caters to the expats (foreigners)

in town. You can even find poptarts and goldfish, for a price!!  We didn't shop 

here too often, as it can be quite pricey.  But, they sell GREAT sub sandwiches!

 The road by BioMart

 Tyler lovin' on the kids as much as he can with an injured

knee!  Building an airport, control tower, and planes

 Jocelyn's favorite thing to do is to "membantu" or help!

She is always sweeping or wiping things with kleenex or towels

 Crafts the boys made while attending preschool at Illumination.

They do really fun activities and have a great jungle gym too!

 Visiting friends at IMLAC, where we all go to language school.

This is the day we left Salatiga to begin the journey back.

 The hallway where all the classrooms are

 Where we have chapel once a week, and also serves

as a classroom

 From the other end of the hallway...the chapel is to the left

 The inside of a classroom.  Usually there are anywhere from

1 to 6 students in a class at a time.  There are 9 units total, each 

unit is about 4 weeks.  Including breaks, language school takes almost a year.

 Looking down from the walkway around the classrooms.