"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in MISC. on Jul 28th, 2009
One of our neighbors if quickly becoming great friends with the boys. Besides spending almost every day together at the pool, they have had a few playdates at each other’s home. I caught one such moment on film! Playing super heroes… Making homemade lemonade… When ‘J’s mom came to pick him up, we discovered that […]
Posted in MISC. on Jul 9th, 2009
I got an email from my friend, Heather, "…the plums are falling off the trees. Come and picks some." She did not have to ask us twice… Heather and her family live on three lovely acres of horse pasture, mature fruit trees, and garden in Newcastle, CA. ‘A’ and ‘R’ boys had a great time […]
Posted in MISC. on Jun 23rd, 2009
I love this. This week, we read a story, titled, "Dolphin Adventure". It’s true story about a man who liked to Scuba dive recreationally. One time, while diving, a family of three dolphins (Dad, Mom, and Baby) swam up to him. The baby had a large fishing hook in his fin, with fishing line embedded. […]
Posted in MISC. on Jun 23rd, 2009
We enjoy watching the extreme skateboard competitions on TV. ‘A’ and ‘R’ are both really into riding their Razor scooters, and ‘A’ has aspirations of some day riding a skateboard like the big kids. One night while watching one of the competitions, ‘A’ noticed something. Our conversation went like this: A: (realizing that competitors will […]
Posted in MISC. on Jun 22nd, 2009
We ran across a cool car show on our way to dinner. We all enjoyed seeing the vintage, and hot rod cars!
Posted in MISC. on Jun 12th, 2009
The boy were playing on the lawn. It was classic. Minding their own business, playing their usual games, when WHAM!, the sprinklers started up! Both boys screamed and ran off the lawn, but immediately realized, HEY! SPRINKLERS!! , ran and got their goggles and proceeded to play until we called them in…
Posted in MISC. on Jun 12th, 2009
We were just about ready for bed when I kept seeing what I thought was someome taking flash photos outside. It dawned on me that it might be lightning and went outside to check it out. What we witnessed is something that we will always remember. Here is just a snippet of the light show. […]
Posted in MISC. on Jun 12th, 2009
I pried it from Chelan’s mouth and the lizard ran under the dishwasher. Great…. But, a few days later, he made a run for it. Chelan caught it again, but this time we were able to get it outside to freedom…
Posted in MISC. on Jun 11th, 2009
I am currently doing the Beth Moore study, "Living Beyond Yourself". I needed to watch the video online before meeting with my friend te next day. I put the boys in the bath and planned on watching it while it was semi-quiet. Well, as is typical, ‘A’ got out of the tub much sooner than […]