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!!!!
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
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!
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