For years we have been taking the children on a "Field Trip" to the Young Hunters Day, an annual event which includes lots of fun activities, lunch, and even a raffle. It is sponsored by our local Hunters Association and is always completely free to attend. In...
Early Sunday morning, following a late night at Vegas in the Valley (the annual Hadley Hope Fundraiser) with my husband, four of the children and I headed to the coast to surprise their friends with one last visit before they started their long drive back home.After a...
Panoramic Picture of Crater Lake taken from the Observation Station with my iPhoneThe first week of our 2013-2014 school year may not have included our usual "back-to-school traditions," (perhaps we will get to those this week) but it sure was nice to spend...
Outside my window... Smoke... Way too much smoke. We have been dealing with a thick choking layer of smoke in our area, due to severe wildfire smoke, which has been causing unhealthy to extremely hazardous air quality. We had a very short break from...
Monday morning we woke up to the sound of waves crashing on the beach and the lowest tide of the year! It was a negative tide (-2.21 at 7:10 AM) and absolutely incredible!(Additional pictures from our trip can be found here and here.)
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life. ~{pretty} Last night we met my beautiful mother for dinner at Chipotle before heading to the theatre to see The Sound of Music! No one ever believes that my mom is the mother of twelve (plus two in...
Outside my window...The weather has been gorgeous this week, it has been cooling down some at night and the leaves have started to change colors. I just hung our fall wreath on the front door and picked up a few little pumpkins to use as decorations. ...
Five years ago we started attending Young Hunters Day, an annual event that is sponsored by our local Hunters Association. The first year Hubby took just our oldest two boys, in 2009 and 2010 we all went (you can see pictures from 2009 and 2010 in the archives), and...
Our family recently attended a field trip to an Animal Rehabilitation & Information Center which cares for over 1,000 wild animals every year at no charge to individuals or organizations. When we arrived they asked everyone to break up into 4 groups of...
Our visit to the Science Museum this past Friday had me thinking back to our last visit. It really didn't seem like it had been five years, but I was able to find the pictures I took back then and sure enough it was in January of 2007, just before I started this...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
