"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 19th, 2012
Winter cold and rain did not dampen our spirits and enthusiasm for visiting friends and family. Our main intention for this visit was to celebrate my grandfather’s 90th birthday. We decided to come a little early to catch up with family and friends. On our first day, we had lunch at the downtown Seattle Blue […]
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 6th, 2012
My lovely cousin, Katy, just had her first baby! She lives about two hours from me, so I took the boys and paid her a visit while they were still in the hospital. Mom and baby are both beautiful, perfect, and recovering well. It was wonderful to watch the boys lovingly and tenderly hold the […]
Posted in FAMILY on Feb 17th, 2012
Well, we did it! 30 days on the Daniel Fast! We decided to break it with a celebration at Red Robin. The boys each had an oreo shake , ‘A’ had ribs, and ‘R’ had pizza. David and I each had a veggie burger in a lettuce wrap; I had cheese on mine, David stayed […]
Posted in FAMILY on Feb 17th, 2012
We had a few hours to kill before church one Saturday, so we decided to take a country drive. We ended up in Auburn and had an early dinner at the vegan restaurant we had discovered. The boys begged to have the ‘nachos’ again. After, we drove through one of the neighborhoods and came across […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jan 8th, 2012
Well, even though the slopes have had to make snow due to the fact that there is absolutely NONE, we were able to get up to Sugarbowl for a fun morning of skiing and snowboarding! We purchased season passes at Sugarbowl, because they give all season pass holders unlimited free lessons. I was day five […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 28th, 2011
Our second Christmas in our new home. It has been a blessing to be able to create traditions and memories in this home… One of our traditions is to follow Santa on the NORAD website. The boys watch Santa fly over the world during the day and learn about different cities all over. They decided […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 28th, 2011
Our friends, Reb and Beverly, live on a lovely property that they rent out for weddings and other special occasions. They have a beautiful stone barn, and named their property Stone Barn Ranch. They had a Christmas Eve celebration, with a potluck, hot chocolate and cider, popcorn stringing, hayrides, horsehoes, and Christmas carols… Reb and […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 26th, 2011
Our church had yard signs made for the members to post in their yard. We saw a few others in our neighborhood and decided that a fun way to meet some of our Bayside neighbors was to go on a ‘Bayside Christmas Sign Hunt’. We bought some ornaments made for bayside, where the proceeds go […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 26th, 2011
The day after ‘A’s birthday, we extended the festivities by meeting up with Paul and Shannon in San Francisco. This is the lovely view from our backyard early morning… We spent the day at the California Academy of Sciences. They let everyone in for free on this day! So glad we got there early; it […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 25th, 2011
We have a tradition where the kid’s get to decide their menu all day on their birthday. ‘A’ asked for bacon, sausage, toast, eggs, potatoes, ketchup, and egg nog… After breakfast, we went to our friend Eun’s house. She asked me and our mutual friend, Maggi’s, and our kids, to join them in a service […]