I've Been Tagged

Here are some interesting facts about us.

1. My last year in college, I played in a Javanese Gamelan Ensemble. A gamelan is a set of instruments from Indonesia. It consists mainly of gongs and xylophone-like instruments. It was the most relaxing class I have ever taken.

2. Okay, maybe this is known, but I will tell you anyway. This December we are taking a trip to Tonga. Ongo was born in Tonga on the island of Vava'u. When we fly into Tonga, we fly to the main island, Tongatapu, and then we fly on to Vava'u. When we get ready to leave Tonga, we will take a BOAT from Vava'u back to Tongatapu. I hope I do not get seasick!

***Tonga is the last kingdom in the South Pacific is the first country in the world to see each new day!***

On the map, you can see how far away Vava'u is from Tongatapu. Ongo was born in the village of Neiafu--you can also see that on the map.

Aeriel view of the Vava'u group.

3. HMMMM--this is difficult! What else can I say? Okay, here we go. A few months after Ongo and I got married, I had a WONDERFUL dream that we had a little baby boy. The baby's name was Caleb, but I could not remember the middle name. The dream impressed me so much that I woke Ongo up in the middle of the night to tell him about it. I was frustrated, though that I could not remember the middle name. After a few months, I ended up pregnant and we never found out if we were having a boy or a girl. Funny thing, though, is that the only name we ever had picked out was the boy name--Caleb. (During the course of my pregnancy, I also remebered the middle name--Elias.) When we were in the hospital, the nurses said that we were lucky we had a boy because we only had the boy name chosen--I guess that even though we did not know, we really did know that we were having a boy!