This week I need to include that Hannah and McKay went on the Stake Pioneer trek. All of their belongings fit into a 5-gallon bucket and a dry bag. It rained a bit the first day, but cleared up and was sunny the next. Although I think they had some fun, they also claim they… Continue reading A week of Cheap Summer Fun
This week’s summer adventure included restocking the two fish tanks that take up space at my house. Sometimes I wonder at my own thinking. Seriously! Do you know how many fishies have swum through our house? But I cave… and children are happy. This time, however, I was determined to make the experience of owning… Continue reading Restocking Nemo
On of our summer adventures of last week was to visit Grandma and Grandpa Mabee in Bend. We have such a complicated schedule these days. All the kids are coming and going with so many activities that it's hard to get everyone in the car so that we can go "over the river and through… Continue reading Jack is a Very Good Dog
This week our summer adventure included bubbles. I've been putting it off because the weather has been unseasonably cool... and even rainy. We decided to use a few dry moments and make bubbles. AH! The wonder! Lillian loved making the BIG bubbles. Case just wanted more and more bubbles. I think they played for hours… Continue reading A Little Bubbly!!!!
So I was studying 1 Samuel 17 this morning and it dawned on me... David has to face something big and scary. Goliath is so scary that no one will face him. David stands up in the middle of his brethren and declares that he is going to beat this scary opponent. He then prepares… Continue reading Defeating Goliath
Lately I have struggled with parenting. I have such a varied role these days. I have one daughter who is married and still needs advice from mom. In fact, she wants more advice now than she did just over a year ago. I have a teen who has ended high school and will be looking… Continue reading Cleanliness Next to …..
It took me a few days to gather all the pictures we could find of our family enjoying the 4th of July celebrations. We loved the parade with friends. The Cruz, Jessop and Wight families joined us on the S-curve. The kids on the curb collected a couple of pounds of candy from the parade participants. … Continue reading The 4th… a bit of a back tracking experience
(Thanks Disney for letting me "borrow" these pictures from the Internet since we couldn't take any in the theater). Mary Poppins is in town... well in Portland. John and I had planned to go because we have season tickets to the Broadway series. But we were looking for birthday present ideas for McKay and Hannah and… Continue reading Practically Perfect in Every Way
This morning, while I was loading the dishwasher I came upon a paradox. Too much food. I kept thinking of my mom… “eat all of that oatmeal. You know there are starving kids in Africa.” Scraping plates into the garbage disposal was a bit depressing. Truly, we could have fed a small family with the… Continue reading A Paradox, A Paradox, A Most Perplexing Paradox!
It seems like yesterday all my kids wanted to go on my little adventures with me. Today was the World Beat Festival, in Salem. It is a wonderful celebration of world culture in the park, complete with music, dance performances, crafts and art to buy, and the yummy tastes of food from around the world.… Continue reading Just Doing My Job
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