Knott's Berry Farm

Instead of renewing our Disneyland annual passes, this time we decided to have Knott's Berry Farm/Soak City's AP. My sister-in-law's family also bought the passes, so we can all go and have some fun together. (Believe it or not, Danny and I love taking "scary rides," but we haven't done it together since I was pregnant with Noah.) Oh, have I mentioned there's no blockout dates and the park is within 3 miles from our home?

我們買Knott's Berry Farm/Soak City主題樂園/水上樂園的年票. 我二嫂全家也買了同樣的票, 所以我們大夥可一起去玩. (你可能不知道我和凱旭很喜歡坐驚險刺激的雲霄飛車. 但自從懷了嘉信後我們都沒有在坐過了) 對了, 我有提到他們的年票包括週末天天都可以用且離家不到5公里嗎?

Click for the slideshow of FUN, FUN, FUN (pictures were taken couple weeks ago. Want to join us?
歡樂照片集(幾週前拍的). 要來加入我們嗎?

Fever & 40,000

Our baby girl got sick for the first time! The fever started on Tuesday evening and still goes up and down. I feel so sad to look at her suffering, even though doc ensures us she's okay. Please keep her in your prayers. Thanks!

妹妹第一次生病了! 她從星期二晚上開始發燒直到現在還是高高低低的. 雖然醫生確認沒有大礙, 但看小小的她不舒服的樣子真讓我心疼. 請為她代禱. 謝謝!

On a different note, yesterday Noah kept saying "forty thousand" while holding this card. I didn't know where he learned it from (certainly not from Sesame Street's Number of the Day) until my mother-in-law told me Noah watched "Wheel of Fortune" with her one day and the contestant won $40,000! So I asked him, "Do you have $40,000?" and he answered "No" without any hesitation. I guess he knew how much it was...

另外要提的是昨天嘉信拿著這張卡直說"forty thousand"(四萬). 我不知他從那學來的(應該不是從芝麻街學來的), 直到婆婆告訴我嘉信有和她一起看電視節目"Wheel of Fortune"(幸運轉輪), 而當天的冠軍得到四萬元的大獎! 我問他"你有沒有四萬塊?" 他毫不猶豫地回答"沒有". 我想他知道那是多少吧...

Family Retreat

Augest 29~31 our church had a family retreat in Running Springs, CA. Four of us had a wonderful time on the mountains (even though a little busy taking care of two kids). It's not easy to keeping Noah inside our cabin, and again we proofed Abigail loved going out--slept well and cried less!

8月29-31日我們教會在Running Springs有個家庭退修會. 我們一家四口在山上有個愉快的時光(雖然忙於照顧兩個小孩). 要把嘉信留在小木屋裡真不容易, 此外我們再次證實嘉恩喜歡出遊--睡得好哭得少.

Time to worship (the couple at left are Pastor Gabe & Cheri, our retreat speakers)

敬拜的時間到了(左方的夫婦Gabe牧師和Cheri是這次退修會的講員)

Lake Arrowhead Village (the sunlight made our kids looked serious)

Arrowhead湖村(太陽光使兩個小孩看起來蠻嚴肅的)

Enjoying the mountain views thru the car window.

欣賞車窗外的美麗風景

View next to the restaurant

餐廳外的風景

Cabin interior (Did you see Abigail?)

小木屋內部(有看到嘉恩嗎?)

Cabin exterior
小木屋外側

View from the cabin (unfortunately last October's massive wildfires last October burned down a lot of trees)

小木屋外的風景(很可惜去年十月此地區的森林大火燒掉了許多樹木)

Due to poo accident, this pretty dress never made it to the public at the retreat. (Glad I took this picture before changing it)

因大號意外, 嘉恩這套漂亮的洋裝在出小木屋前就被換調了. (幸好換之前有拍照)

Noah's favorite activity during the retreat: playing sands

退修會嘉信最喜歡的活動是玩沙子.

Enjoying the swing close to the meeting room

在聚會場地旁的鞦韆

With Noah's preschool class teacher Emily (Noah wants to make sure Monkey looks great in the picture)

和嘉信的小小班老師Emily合照(嘉信要確定猴猴有照得漂亮)

Self Portraits

I didn't like taking self portraits because of my big face, but I start liking it!

因我的大餅臉以往我不太愛自拍, 但我開始愛上它了!