…and so is the rain. We have been cheated this year. We had 2 good months of summer and the rest has been gray, overcast, and rainy. Many would say this is normal here in the pacific northwest. I disagree, after spending nearly 10 years here, I would have to say this has definitely been [...]
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We had a great week at camp. I didn’t see a whole lot of the other kids. Kelly helped me out a bit in the mornings while I did my job making sure the canoers were safe. As soon as she was done with that she was off to make hemp bracelets, do watercoloring, or [...]
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Joe, as you know is the baby of the family…literally. At 18 months he is so full of life and excitement that he truly blesses each new day. But…at 18 months I am also beginning to see signs of the tiger underneath. When he is frustrated he hits. He especially likes to hit me and [...]
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David is gone for the week to Jr high camp. Kurt opted to stay there and continue to serve this week. Matt came home yesterday completely exhausted. They worked so hard. They unloaded both of the 30ft uhauls, set up the kitchen tent, the kitchen, the stage tent, the stage, and bleachers, and set up [...]
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Parents of older kids know that summer isn’t always about time off. We try to keep them busy so that we don’t hear ‘I’m bored” but we also try to keep them engaged so that it isn’t a huge shock to their system when school starts back up. I have been playing card and math [...]
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Anyone know what that means? Massive Multiplayer online role playing game. Kurt and David spend all their “*available” time and money on one of these games. We have parental controls on their laptops so that we can control how long they are on the computer. As soon as their time is clear they are hibernating [...]
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Life here is never boring. Anyone with 4 kids can attest to that fact. We have a unique dynamic here in our house. We have 3 teens and 1 toddler. Kurt is 16 and just got his license. That has caused an untold number of gray hairs to sprout on my head. David is [...]
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