Ella's World: August Update

So another month has past and so it is time again to do an update on our family.

At the very end of July I was asked to be the Lighting Director for our main campus of our church, which added to my business at church. We just got some new recruits so there is a lot of training going on and some new changes to make to our services, especially now that video of our services are online. Hopefully things will slow down a bit before preparations for Christmas start.

At the beginning of August we had the Worship Department picnic. It was alot of fun, but not in the traditional way. Luckily we were in a very big pavilion because we had monsoon like weather sweep in and we all got drenched sheltering food and children with our bodies. The men grilling were holding umbrellas to keep the charcoal from going out from the rain and wind. The craziness of it all made it very exciting. The kids loved it because there were giant puddles to jump in as the storm died down. Just as we were all about to call off the rest of the picnic because of the weather, the rain stopped and the most beautiful rainbow came out. Then we spent the rest of the time playing baseball and other games.


Ella is in the yellow

Later in the month we went the Dragon Boat Festival in Denver. We didn't get to see much because of an accident that we past on the way up to Denver slowed us down. So we were only there for a few hours. One of the best parts about our outing was getting Ella's name done. It's a new tradition in our family that all started when my dad was in South Korea and brought back mine and my sister's names painted in a very a beautiful way, using animals and objects for the letters. Since then all of the kids, between me and my sister, have had their names done too. While at the festival we were hoping to run into my sisters family, but we only saw them when we returned to the car. The cousins got to see each other for a bit and play while us adults talked. It was good to see my sister's husband that day too. We hardly get to see him because of his job. Here are some pictures of our time at the Dragon Boat Festival. Hopefully next year we can see and do more.