"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin, real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles WERE my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness IS the way." Alfred D. Sousa
Our annual trek to Hendrick's Park was even better with my own mom in town.
Florence May 2012
One of the best birthdays ever!
Spencer's Butte May 2012
Go Ducks!
October 2011 at the Yellow Out game with Devery
Finding my Center
Haceta Head Sept 2011
First Day Out of School
Spring Break Staycation
Omsi Spring 2011
You've Gotta Love Eugene
Sea World
San Francisco
Crater Lake at Sunset
Crater Lake Rim
Women's Conference 2010
Having fun while Jeff recovers from a sprained ankle
Oregon Caves Spring 2010
Only our family would seek out SNOW for Spring Break
Jedidiah Smith Redwood State Park
Could my little Jedi be any sweeter?
Smith River Spring 2010
Me and Plantboy
Crescent City Beach
There is nothing like a nice, sunny day at the beach.
Tree Huggers in Training
Portland Zoo
We enjoyed the zoo with 2.5 million other Oregonians that day.
Oh, Look, It's the Fam!
Thanksgiving 2009, Farr West, Utah
Me and My Sis
We have almost nothing in common, but I still call her three times a week!
Jedi Knight's Baptism Day
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Bryce Canyon April 2009
Hiking the Navajo Trail
Snow Basin February 2009
Happy Birthday Daddy!
Willamette Pass
President's Day 2009
Haceta Head Lighthouse
Our faces here tell what a perfect day this was. A once a year day.
Minnetonka Cave
I hauled Patchy all the way to the bottom of 400 steps and back up. 'Nuf said.
Wyoming
Where you go on vacation if your mother is a science teacher!
Bear Lake
Can you say Sunburn?
FDR Monument May 2008
The sunglasses are for the paparazzi.
Salt Creek Falls
Taking the kids snowshoeing is a lot of work, but on this day, the payoff was well worth it!
Oregon Coast
Oregon State Line
The Beginning
For all the cool things I've done and places I've been to, this mothering thing is the hardest and most wonderful journey of all. This was taken in May 2007.
Green Canyon
We rented snowshoes from the ORC and I squeezed into those snowpants, despite being six months pregnant. I think you could actually hear the seams ripping as I knelt down.
Snow Day
Annual Ski Day in March 2006. There was a foot of new powder dropped at The Beav just the day before.
Snow Shoe Paradise
This picture was taken in Denver just after Christmas 2006
Logan Canyon
The Kids' First Fourteener
I guess it isn't too hard: it is also the highest paved road in the Continental US.
Sunrise at Long's Peak
I didn't make it to the top, but I did have a toenail that turned black and stayed that way for nearly a year afterward. Good times.
I felt the Spirit at church yesterday . . . the whole time. It has been a while. I know that is probably more about me than church, but I sure am grateful. It makes this busy week seem a little bit more doable.
1 comments:
This made me smile. It is wonderful to have those moments when life is hectic, which seems to be always!
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