God's Love

We went to the Louisville Temple yesterday. I drove us down there safe and sound which was the first time by the way. Baba didn't like to lose control of the wheel. He let me drive this time to give me experience of driving long distance and overcoming my fear of driving in the rain. I almost had an accident once when I slipped on the wet road and I was scared of driving in the rain since.

It was so wonderful to go back to the Lord's house to feel His love and be reminded the purpose of our life on earth. It's a sacred place of peace, love, wisdom and it's timeless. I'm so grateful to have a temple to go back often to remind me of all the beautiful covenants I made with God.

As we were about to leave the temple, I could not get the car to go. Yes, Baba let me drive again. ^_^ He had to switch to take the wheel and finally got the car to go after a few tries. Our hearts were racing because the car seemed it would stall in any minute. We were an hour and half away from home. It didn't look good at all. Our gas was low so we had to stop for gas, which made things worse. The car struggled when it stopped. We said a prayer and didn't stop praying all the way home. We did make it home and knew God stretched out His hands to us. We tried to start the car again and it just went dead. It surely was a miracle that we made it home yesterday. We feel Heavenly Father's love and are very grateful for His help.

Heuston Woods

Heuston Woods has a little lake beach that is quite attractive for Cincinnatians who are so far away from the ocean. It's about an hour drive north of Cincinnati. We like this beautiful place. It's a perfect day for a picnic at the beach! It calmed me down listening to the waves, feeling the wind, smelling the beach air.....

Zoo Trip

Carousel is his favorite thing in the zoo. He had to ride on this wolf which he always called it a coyote.

He loved to pet animals and showed no fear toward reptiles obviously.

A hero had to conquer the spider web, right?

Don't worry this tiger was harmless!

His "wingspan" is far narrower than the Steller's sea eagle(blue shade)! Wow, what a big bird!

Dinosaurs all around us!

Baba had the opportunity to do summer hours this year. I work extended hours Monday through Thursday and then on Friday I get to leave at noon. Last week, we decided to go to the Dinosaurs Unearthed Exhibit as a family. My son loves dinosaurs, so we thought this would be a lot of fun for him. Turns out he likes to see them from a distance.

Baba-I really enjoyed having the time to spend with my family. Some of the dinosaurs move on their own, but most are controlled by little buttons, which he liked to push. After taking in the full exhibit, despite how interesting they were, I think we all walked away grateful that we don't share the earth with this extremely large predators. Being faster than the next guy, might not have been fast enough.

Our First Family Campout

We went camping with some church families yesterday and it was such a fun experience. Traveling brought me such a healing power to my cabin fever. :) I could feel my sensory mind changing as soon as we were approaching the country area. My son and I both fell in love with the campfire. His favorite thing was throwing sticks and marshmallows in the fire. He loved the glowing sticks and playing with his little friends. We were blessed with nice weather so everyone enjoyed the starry sky and bright, clear moon. Baba is not a fan of camping but he made it through the night. He's fortunate enough to have his buddy help with the tent and spending some time playing Xbox with him. Yes, his friend brought all the equipment to the camp site. They really enjoyed their game time and I was just glad that he seemed to be in good spirit most of the time. He even took care of our son in the middle of the night when he had night terror. Oh, his scream was fierce in the dark, silent night. I felt bad that we might have awaken a couple of poor souls but our sweet friends were very understanding.

Breakfast was so delicious with pancakes, sausages, bacons, eggs and fruit. I could stay in the woods forever, bathing in the sweet smell of the phytoncides from the trees. We will definitely do it again and again....

Happy Reading

Mama-I have been teaching our son to read using this book "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" and he finished lesson 20 the other day. I asked him how we should celebrate and he decided a chocolate cake would be a great idea. He helped me make the cake and decorated it all by himself mostly. You might be able to see the number 20 on the cake, which was done with my help. He put some candles on the cake, which he really enjoyed putting on every cake I made. We sang the song "Happy Reading Day to You" and then he blew the candles vigorously. He has been loving the simple stories he can read by himself. He loved to discuss about the stories he read and we had great time together.

Happy Birthday, Son!

He turned 4 two weeks ago. He was so excited and telling everyone about it. He started the day with a huge yummy pancake made by Baba.

He had the superhero party at church with his dear friends. They made blue kryptonite to restore their powers and went through the superhero training course. They also played a game aiming the green arrow target with flying balloons to sharpen their super power skills. He really enjoyed playing with his friends and was so happy to receive all the toys from them.

He's really into Transformer so he got four new ones from his grandparents and aunt and one from his friend. He also got more action figures from his uncle. Now Mama has homework to do to figure out how to transform all these cool Autobots and find more space for the new toys. Two parties were quite overwhelmed for him and Mama. He was so overtired at the end of the day but we were grateful for the wonderful day we had and for all the people who celebrated with us.