What ever happened to swimming in a stream, and those lazy dreams on a bank as a cloud goes by? While our summers don’t go exactly according to the song, we’re happy to say goodbye to things like homework and getting up early, and hello to flip-flops and sunshine! Here’s a sampling of a somewhat typical day [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 21, 2008
A Family Affair…
We have been working on building up our food storage now that we have moved into our new house. We had a start before, but once we decided to move, we tried to use a lot of the food so we wouldn’t have to move it. I recently purchased a bunch of oatmeal, so I checked [...]
June 19, 2008
Remembering…
Happy Birthday to Tayson, who would be 15 years old today. We love you and miss you!
Love,
Mom, Dad, Dallin, Alex, Morgan, and Madison
June 12, 2008
A Major Triumph
At long last, Morgan has mastered the two-wheeler. She doesn’t deal with frustration very well, so her previous efforts have resulted in her running off to her room in tears (similar results come with piano practicing…). But tonight, for some reason, things just clicked. Dallin helped her for ten minutes, and all of a sudden, she was [...]
June 11, 2008
Right Now…
Dishes: Done
Laundry: Put Aside
Children: Asleep
House: Quiet
The Time is MINE.
Although it’s late, I’m going to take the opportunity to play, just for a while…
June 11, 2008
Make Way For Ducklings!
In the midst of all our running around today (see previous post) this is what we saw crossing the road in front of us:
No, I did not have a camera at the ready, but it was so fun I thought I might try to find an image on the web to share (Google Images [...]
June 11, 2008
A Recurring Nightmare
When I was a kid, I used to have this recurring nightmare. A witch was chasing me up a spiral staircase that stood in the middle of nowhere and extended endlessly up into the sky. As I ran up the stairs, they fell away beneath my feet and I just couldn’t get any farther up, [...]
June 9, 2008
Oregon Coast Vacation, Part 6: The Angry Ocean and a Peaceful Golf Game
Our last day–we’re so sad to see it end! The weather was rainy, and the ocean seemed angry. Big white waves kept crashing up onto the rocks. Kind of scary to see the very place we were standing to look at tidepools the morning before become a roaring mass of waves. It amazes me that [...]
June 5, 2008
Oregon Coast Vacation, Part 5: The Octopus Tree
One of the things I love about the Oregon Coast (yes, I know there are many. Let’s face it, it’s an amazing place!) is that you are in the forest one minute and on the beach the next. For those of you who have never been there, you drive along the ocean on Highway 101, and [...]
June 5, 2008
Oregon Coast Vacation, Part 4: The Kite Company in Newport
This is The Kite Company in Newport.
These are the kites we’ve purchased over the years from The Kite Company in Newport.
This is a stunt kite Barry purchased this year to add to the kites we’ve purchased over the years from The Kite Company in Newport.
This is Alice flying the stunt kite Barry purchased this year to add [...]
