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
Today's summer adventure involved three buckets of fresh, cored, sliced and ready to go Oregon strawberries. I don't normally have Lilli help out with jam. Up to now I opted for a cleaner kitchen due to her age. The whole process would just create a bigger mess letting a 6 year old into the kitchen. Then, there… Continue reading Strawberry Jam Forever
As I alluded to earlier... I'm trying real hard to make this summer a great summer for my 3rd grader. It is so easy for her to get lost in the teenager shuffle around here. My initial intention was to plan something she had never, or rarely done before for each day. I haven't made… Continue reading Summer Fun
One of the things we love the very most about being here in western Oregon is our proximity to the beach. A quick hop over the coast range and we can enjoy the sand and surf. So every summer we have to make at least one trip to the beach. This week it was camping… Continue reading This Ain’t the Hilton!
Spring has a way of inviting us to take stock of what we have, who we are, and who we want to be, doesn’t it? Yesterday the winter rain had let up a bit and I could finally get outside and do a little work in the yard. I love my flowers and I really… Continue reading Spring Clean
One week… Last week, Friday, March 18, 20011, my beautiful daughter Kimber married her best friend, Raymond, at noon. The last of our family has left. We still have a few borrowed wedding items to hunt down, and our home has been cleaned (admittedly, it took 6 days to get it clean since my other… Continue reading Reflections of One Beautiful Day
One thing I’ve learned about parenting is… the teen-years are hard! I miss the sleepless nights of toddlers. Sleepless nights of teens is harder than I expected. When my children were young I used to discard all the stories that circulated about how the teen years would be the crisis time in my child rearing… Continue reading This Is No Picnic in the Park
Yesterday, Mother Nature decided to fill the backyard up with all that winter wonderfulness that kids dream of... well at least for a few hours in the morning. Our usual winter weather is rain. Snowflakes are a welcome change. Snowflakes also bring a new vibe to the house… especially the 7 year old. She was… Continue reading Snow Day
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