Spending time in legoland

Legoland is the highlight of our road trip down to CA and then hit to Phoenix and visit Brian's mom and sister. 

1st day at Legoland 6/16/14

The day passed by so fast. We started our day early. Waking up the kids and eat some breakfast. We drove from Riveira oaks resorts in Ramona. We got here at legoland around 905 and did our check in at the hotel. We got our VIP bracelet which gives us an early pass to the park.

Awesome! Our friend Hiroyo and her kids Kaito and Ria joined us. They are our friends in Japan and so glad to see them again. The kids were reluctant at first to talk to each other but then all change 

2nd Day of the trip

We are dragging ourselves in waking up. Blame this to myself :(

Our day started pretty much not early though but it is ok

Does anyone need a bathroom? No! Lol

We are now heading to Oregon states Capitol as our first stop on this long leg of driving :)

This is cool

Our first mystery road trip

Being a parent is so hard, always trying to think what is best for the kids and I feel frustrated of giving directions/instructions of what are things that we can and or can not do during the Sabbath day. 

My children loves to play video games, watching YouTube video in episodes and or I will just say doing or engaging some worldly things. They are always looking forward to do those stuff on their free time.

As a parent, I am accountable to this to God and to their relationship to God. I really need help and of what to do and what are things that needed to do. 

This moment, I am imagining myself of how the kids react on this especially that we are going to keep the Sabbath from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset. I just started to cut out of what they used to do and I feel frustrated and a bit angry to myself. Why I did not do this when they are little and not know how to give reason and or even fight back. I guess I am not too late to engage this and being their thoughts, mind and heart to God. 

The view in our driving is not changing- still rainy and the side of the road has plenty of trees .

 I feel that on the day of the Sabbath we are going to praise God and exalt His Name. 

I am praying go 

Pastor Doug Bing

He have a story about the birds trying to eat the snakes

In the beginning, the snakes has wings but because of the sin got introduce into this world. The sin clipped the wings. 

Moses wings were clipped and what he can do is to climb the mountain and see the promise land. He knew it is there but because he sinned and he could not come to this promised land.

Wealth: is there something wrong about wealth? Is this can interfere between the relation between you and God. 

Struggles because of so many things- addiction

We are like snakes sometimes and the devil will poop and poop by clipping our wings 

Our brethren here at church

The sin clipped our wings

Gen 3:15 

The devil should be destroyed because the devil wanted to detroy us by sin. 

Isaiah 40: 28-31 our scripture reading. 

We just want to have wings like an eagles and the only thing that We can get when We are walking with God. God can restore our wings through Jesus. 

Story about the disciples that their wings got cut but Jesus restored it 

Jesus giving us a window of Christianity. 

Isaiah 53:12

We have an ability to be back with God. He came to restore peace and 

What is our church look like ? 

- church is a place where people can have their wings back. 

Acts 2:1-2- the day of Pentecost 

-many people can get their wings back...The Churh is using their gifts - pastor Doug story is about his life living abroad. 

Is a daily walking with God, a daily food it is like a food that we take every day.

We need to be there to give the wings back to the person that needed it. The sinned clipped our wings. We have the wings when we walk with Jesus. 

It is time to evaluate our lives where we at. God wants our wings back and flu freely like a little child- that does not care 

Stung by WASP!

I just had  an interesting and painful day today. I went outside this morning and take care of my few vegetables standing in my yard. While I am grabbing the cubes next to the fence. I just noticed a pain in my toes and it was a wasp stinging me. I wiped it off and it stung me near to my eyes. I was screaming and running inside the house.

I was nervous though and I called Brian  asking help of what I am going to do for home treatment. But while I am talking to him. I am also googling and look some info. Oh I am so thankful to God that I am not allergic and or else I will end up of going to the hospital. I scraped using a card to where the wasp stung just to make it sure that there is nothing left. Applied vinegar, baking soda and ice compress.

Helpful information I found in the internet found it here.http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/insect-stings

This photo

I just saw this photo to one of the facebook page and it is pretty funny though:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=640267696001727&set=a.640267712668392.1073741826.314203031941530&type=1&theater

Flourless Brownies

I was so intrigued to a blogger that she baked brownies without flour. How could this be? I am also interested in making my almond butter and even almond milk. I am trying to eat healthy and I am hoping that my husband and the kids will join in me. The woman who made this flourless brownies, she has diabetes and since diabetes runs in my blood then I will try myself to prevent this disease. First I made my own almond butter but I think I dont like the idea of putting coconut in it. I don't like the texture and since my kids are very particular with texture so maybe I will try to make just only almonds. I remembered when I was a kid that we made our own peanut butter and we put an oil in it.

Weight loss tips

It is also better to vary the type of exercise you do if you want to keep losing weight. Doing a lot of aerobic exercise in particular, allows your body to adapt to the activity and become more efficient at burning calories whilst doing it; this means that you will keep having to increase the amount of time you spend on the same exercise if you want to continue seeing results.

Wow! Real snowing in Yokosuka base

Been snowing before but not this long. It's been all morning falling the snow

Kai our Pom Doggie

Making my own vegemeat

Wow, it took lots of water in washing this vegemeat. I can't figure it out on how to conserve water. After making the first time, I now know on how to do it by saving water.

WOW! look they are sticking together hahahaha. I did it.

Few washes and water became crystal clear :P :P

Now it is on the pot, cooking with the vegetable broth and I added onion, garlic, basil and soy sauce, I will see how it taste.

I got the recipe from this site Epinion recipe

kids is at G.Y.M. Class

Mr Reid is the one holding this an hour class. A class is consist of learning about the Bible and incorporated with some exercise. The kids look that he had so much fun.

The class held at Purdy gym Yokosuka Japan. If anyone wanted to join this class then try to send email to me or contact me in Facebook and can guide in getting in this class.

Our Homeschooler Karate group sayonara to russels

Dinner at Italian Gardens

It's been awhile Brian and I have a dinner together with no Kids interruption. We were enjoying our dinner by talking anything. The food was very good. We tried to catch the garlic night here but here we go, we got it. The kids are at Ryan and Michelle Taylor's house. They have slept over.

We started with Sting Rose as a starter. oh yeah we ate the entire cloves of garlic. They roasted it and baste it with olive oil and sprinkles with parsley. Yum!

Main Entree: Rib eye steak cook in medium rare, Brian's meal
They did a good job in grilling the broccoli it was perfect.

Salmon grilled with Alfredo sauce and it was really good and the price is good as well. I tried to be a vegetarian but I still eat fish, egg and cheese. I cant drink cows milk because I am lactose intolerant. I go to the bathroom right away.

We finish up a dessert tiramisu. I was craving for tiramisu and dont know why LOL. When we went to O-club, there was none and even in CPO last Feb 14, our valentines dinner.... finally I got it here at Italian Gardens.. The last two slice available in the kitchen LOL.

We are at YEC

Title of the Sermon: Jesus plus nothing
By a medical missionary from Canada Dr. John Hsuen

He spoke about his experience from where he was a born from an Adventist home and went to SDA school molding him to become a missionary.

Galatians 2:16 scripture reading

God did not disowned us because we did something. We can't even disowned our kids because we love them.

John 10: 27-28;
My sheep hear my voice... Eternal life...

Jesus telling us: the challenge that we are saving by grace but not by the law. We are heirs of Jesus Christ. We won't be worry.

Ephesians 2:8-9
Bible talk about good works

We are saved by the gospel

James 2:17
The relationship between gospel and works. The good works is the evidence of your faith. If you have faith then you ate showing works. The fruit of the holy spirit. Then we all bear fruits: joy, perseverance in 1 Corithians 13

Saved to do good works
The root is my faith to Jesus

So, it is finished. Jesus offered himself a sacrifice to save all our sins. There is no more sacrifice to be done. It is finished! This will from yesterday, today and tomorrow.

When our children go astray and comes back. Us, parents we open our arms wide and welcome our kids into our fold. This is the same thing Jesus will do to us.

Thank God for the grace past, present and future. Jesus plus nothing.

Homeschooling

I had been questioning myself if I can do this Homeschooling for my kids. My five year old doing her math

Scouting: den meeting

Ben has the meeting and have a chance to make igloo as one of Indian dwelling home back then. It was fun

Happy valentines

Valentines is practiced by pagans and I am not celebrating with this event.

This is also invented by merchants to sell stuff.

My husband's company slogan

Contribution by Saul Martin

Just the other night my family and I were all sitting around the dinner table discussing our day when my eight year old brought up that she was learning about slogans. My first reaction was to wonder why an eight year old is learning about slogans and not things like, I don’t know, how to write in cursive or the presidents.

After further discussing I found out that they were talking about businesses in their town and then started talking about slogans for each business. They learned about how each company takes a very long time to come up with a slogan and then they carefully research it to make sure it will be something catchy that people will like. They also learned that slogans are something that helps people remember their businesses.

My daughter decided she wanted to know all the slogans for every company her father and I have ever worked for. My husband told her his company’s slogan is Just Energy has power. She stared at him blankly and said, “daddy, that’s it?” I guess she was expecting something more flashy.