So what crazy times we are living in right now, HUH? I have been on work furlough and the boys have been doing distance-based learning for roughly 5 weeks now. The uncertainty is what makes things so unsettling right now, we have decided to make the best of it. Here are a few pics from […]
What is a Spartan Sprint?
In my last post, I mentioned that our family is going to participate in a Spartan Sprint this next August. Nicholas convinced us to do one after he completed one in the summer of 2018. Here he is all ready to drive through the pain. He was climbing over some wood barriers getting in line. […]
A Day On the Water
It was a fun day on the water when our neighbor Nick invited us to go tubing in his boat. Michael couldn’t come because this is his busy time of year with work. We went to a place called Rogers Landing in Newberg. Isn’t it beautiful? We are on the Willamette River which runs northbound […]
Family Camping Trip at Suttle Lake
Family camping trip. That hasn’t happened in more than five years. Michael and the boys would go and I would stay home to take care of the animals. (and enjoy some peace and quiet.)I’m really glad I could go on this one because it was wonderful. The Barnes family took care of all of our […]
Family Trip to South Beach State Park
We took a quick two-day family trip to South Beach state park just after Labor Day. We didn’t camp; Michael won’t camp at the beach. Too much sand. So we always stay in a yurt. We love them. Less packing and unpacking to do but you still have most of the fun “camping” stuff. This […]
Silver Falls State Park Hike
Oregon sure is beautiful. We have to put up with a lot of rain, and summers that don’t warm up until two days ago, but it is beautiful. A perfect example is Silver Falls State Park and our LONG hike we did on Saturday of Fourth of July weekend. Having lived in Oregon most of […]
Hey, it’s 2016!
We had a very enjoyable Christmas break. Two weeks off of school which meant staying up later than usual and sleeping in too. We have always spent Christmas Eve in Gresham with my in-laws. Since our move to the country my in-laws are being very flexible for us. This year it was December 23 at […]
Finally….Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Just a quick little post to tell you about our Saturday. We went to see the new Star Wars movie, “The Force Awakens”. It did not disappoint. We actually bought our tickets in October when they first went on sale on Fandango. We opted to go to Bridgeport Village which is about forty-five minutes away. […]
Nature Walk Sans Goats
Michael had plans for our Saturday afternoon. Some sort of survivalist activity. We would need to use compasses, communicate with signals, etc. Then he started working on the garage door project on Friday and didn’t have time to set everything up in the lower acreage. So we took the goats for a walk. For some […]
16 Years Ago Today
On October 2nd, 1999 I married the love of my life. That was the beginning of so many great happenings in our lives. Marriage starts off with such a BANG. All the excitement and anticipation. Culminating in a fun ceremony celebrating your love and commitment. As time goes by you learn more about the other, […]
Birthdays and Birthdays and a Graduation
What a busy weekend we had. It was a fun weekend but busy with fun. That is a bit of a change for us. Usually it is the work kind of fun. On Friday our wonderful neighbors threw a big party. Their daughter Glory was graduating from high school the next day. It also happened […]
Fun Time of Target Shooting
On Memorial Day we decided to have some friends over and shoot things. Inanimate things. Targets. Funny thing when you move to the country, a lot of your neighbors are really into guns. REALLY into guns. Charlie and his wife Geri suggested the get together after church the day before. They offered to let the […]