Went to the Padres game with my lady
(Padres = Major League Baseball)
It was quite fun, we had great seats. Our team hit a homerun.
The Braves beat the Padres 10-1. At least we got to see lots of action!

Maile or Cherstin?

Is this Maile? Or Cherstin?

Wild beasts

Went to the arcade with the kids and won some prizes. Arden got some little capsules that dissolve in water and release a sponge animal and he was reading off the names.

Arden: "...there is a wild beast"

Dad: "It's pronounced wildebeast"

Arden: oh, there is a wildebeast"

Maile: "What's a wilde?"

Hee hee, I love these kids

Preparing for Travel

Today, we booked a trip to Sequoia National forest in September. We are going to stay at Dandy's Cabin. We are pretty excited. My folks are coming down to meet us there.

Tonight, I was reading Tom Sawyer to Maile and Arden and Maile said, "Dad, I've been writing our list to take with us to the cabin. It has Fire, and love, toys, bumpy things, and fruit".

That was good for a deep smile!

I love lego land!

Check out these awesome scenes created from lego land.
They have a whole new Star wars area that just came online a short while ago.

More holiness give me

Sometimes the battle for right and wrong heats up and it becomes blatantly obvious where to be. Other times it is so subtle that a mere distraction could derail you from your course. At times like this I love the words of the Hymn "More holiness give me"

More holiness give me,

More sweetness within,

More patience in suff'ring,

More sorrow for sin,

More faith in my Savior,

More sense of his care,

More joy in His service,

More freedom in prayer.

More gratitude give me,

More trust in the Lord,

More zeal for His glory,

More hope in His Word,

More tears for His sorrows,

more pain at His grief,

More meekness in trial,

More praise for relief.

More victory give me,

More strength to o'ercome,

More freedom from earth-stains,

More quest for the throne,

More fit for the kingdom,

More useful I'd be,

More blessed and holy,

More, Savior, like Thee.

Just a minor set of goals...

A great day

Last week we finally earned our Legoland tickets (the kids read 1,000 books). So, we got the tickets on Friday and have already been twice. It is nice to not worry about "getting our money worth" so we can go and hang out or go on rides, or not. Legoland really is a lego lover's dream come true. There are so many lego things to see! Yesterday Arden and I went on one roller coaster that had a fairly steep initial drop and at the other side of the drop Arden said "I don't think this was a very good idea!" The people behind us got a kick out of that. Afterwards, Arden was pretty excited about it. We had a great day yesterday, I replaced the brake pads and rotors on the van, we went to Legoland, went to the beach, and had brats and hot dogs and homemade french fries for dinner. Just a great day!