Tag: parenting

My greatest joy and my greatest sorrows come in and through my children and my husband. This morning I read the Conference Talk given by  Elder Neil L. Anderson in October 2011, entitled Children. What a sweet reminder that "the family is ordained of God.  Families are central to our Heavenly Father's plan..." As I… Continue reading Children

I love peach season! With the exception of bees.  I don't like them much.     This year we picked around 250 pounds.  That was a blessing.  The peach orchards have had a bad year.  The spring in the valley was too wet and most peach growers have nothing on their trees.  I have come to like… Continue reading Peaches!

We have had a few fun summer adventures in the past couple of weeks. First, Hannah and I went on a road trip to Centrialia Washington to my cousin's Daughter's wedding.  It was at a cute barn and had a Western theme.  The food was great and the company was even better.  It was so… Continue reading A few summer adventures 

Last Saturday I made the cool mom list... at least for a few hours. The son of a friend of mine, organised a music day at a local shop.  I dragged the kids to see the bands.  Our favorite was a Reggae band called Sol Seed.  They are from Eugene.  We loved them!  They play in… Continue reading A little music, fun treats, and an awe inspiring show 

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!!!!