Arema Fans

So the other night, Kaylor, Donny and I were watching an Arema soccer game on TV. The refs took back 3 goals. After the second one, one of the fans head-butted the ref., who had to be carried out on a gurney. They brought in a new ref. And almost called back a 4th goal! The fans went crazy, head-butting a second ref and burning the field and goals.

And so now, Arema fans are banned from games - for 3 years!!!

The last twenty minutes of that game will pick up sometime later this month...

But I'm mobile again! A bit sore still, but I got sleep!

Charis

Merry Christmas!

So Kaylor and Donny filled up my first stocking ever with an Arema (Malang's soccer team) shirt!  We ate chocolate chip pancakes and opened gifts at my house!  It was so fun to get letters and pictures from home!!!! Then we headed over to Faythe and Paul's house where, in a 5-hour power outage, we enjoyed candle light, games of Battleship and Phase 10, and an absolutely delicious brunch of quiche, turkey sandwiches, egg/potato salad, baked apples, and a gift exchange of something old, something new, something handmade and something sweet!  

Christmas Eve

Meet Donny and Kaylor! I've been hanging out with them almost every
day since living in the new house. We share helpers, so they come
over to pick up lunch and dinner. Usually, we eat together while we
watch Indovision cable!

They just celebrated their one year, wedding anniversary a couple
weeks ago and are expecting their baby girl in mid-February. They
love soccer, are plenty sarcastic and take great care of me, too!

This afternoon, about 5:30, Kaylor and I walked around the corner to
Tandon, the neighborhood store. I really thought it was summer!
Then, I remembered it was Christmas EVE?!?! That was the weirdest
feeling.

After the Christmas Eve gathering, they came over to watch Santa
Clause 3, but it's still messed up...

Here they are in front of the Menado (another island of Indonesia)
Christmas tree they put in my house! And you can't see it, but there
are manila envelope packages below the tree! 1 hour til Christmas Day!