Labor Day Weekend

This weekend, AWANA had a camping activity in a far away place, and it would take 3 and a half hours to drive there. We were not so fond of long distance driving, but Ha and Hee wanted to go camping, so we invited few families to have a camping at our backyard. Camping with friends always had more fun than camping alone. We set up the tents on Friday night, and our lawn was good for 3 tents; two 8 people tent and one smaller one. Kids were so excited, and of course, we roasted marshmallows after dinner because it's Ha's special request.

Saturday morning, after breakfast, we drove to Capitola, which was about 45 minutes away from our house, and it's close to Santa Cruz. This long weekend, it had a Begonia Festival and had sand sculpture contest. We brought our sand tools (toys) and a big shovel and went there. We got off from Hwy 1, Bay Road exit and parked on the free street parking and took their shuttle to the beach. Many people had already started their sculpture (it started at 8, but we arrived at 11pm), and many of them looked professional. We registered for the contest, but we knew that there's no way that we would win the prize, so we mainly just tried to have fun.

Sunday morning, we went on a short hike with my brother & sister-in-law; Sunday afternoon, after Sunday Service, we went to visit the new building that our church just bought. It was huge, and I pray that God helped us to make the best use of this building.

On Monday, we did the two activities that we do every weekend: biking and swimming. This week, Hee was able to ride a short distance by himself when Stephen was not holding, and I am pretty sure that next week, he should be able to do it all alone. I will remember to bring the camera next week.

I had a short video clip for the sand castle contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tArOAJb3gds