Terri

summer

Meghan

Perfect Summer

This, to me, is just the taste of summer.

We had the most perfect Memorial weekend consisting of back porch barbeques, swimming, hot weather, ice cream sandwiches, and strawberry rhubarb pie.

A friend gave me some rhubarb which I had to freeze till I had time to turn it into something AMAZING and this had to [...]

Caitlin

Bent on Justice

December 2003 – Melissa (center) stands with her cousins and grandpa beside their shanty in a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi. Melissa is a four year old and was raped by a neighbor in the community trash heap, which is used as a public restroom. (photo and text, property of IJM)

I was reading [...]

Erin

Symbol of Life

In works of art, bread often symbolizes life. It is the most elemental of “made” foods. To “break bread” with someone is to share in the most fundamental of rituals and establish a relationship with them. I guess a modern equivalent might be to “share a beer” (often described as “liquid bread”.)  Not until Mr Atkins did [...]

Terri

Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance -Elgar

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Andrew is so thrilled he has a lab geek for a daughter!

Hurrah! The speeches are over!

Little sister graduates

Jarrett and Aileen

Aileen and her littlest brother

Two youngest daughters

Two lab rats

So impressed with Aileen’s work in the lab he [...]

Terri

Chanel No 5

 

Chanel No 5

 I love the subtly elegant scent of Chanel No 5.

Terri

Books for Little Girls

books

Terri

Thoughts on the New Baby

Mom and baby boy #3

Canon, now a big 5 year old, sat quietly and drew this picture of his mom and the expected little brother.

"We are having a new baby, it is a girl"

Anwyn, soon to be seven,  was a bit disappointed that she would not be having a sister so in her [...]

Meghan

Photo of the Day

A turkey farm in Pennsylvania that I visited.

 I thought this was a beautiful photo with the swirls of white and pink and was quite pleased with the picture but Eric just thought it was weird.

Terri

Going Green

Is has been a year now that our house has been up for sale and on February 14 we moved into our new home.  We became the owners of two homes.  There was a reason we never owned two homes before, there was a reason we never bought a vacation house and it’s [...]

Caitlin

Who is Cold Killer?

I took this photo a week or so ago when Zac noticed it on the way home from work. Lots of people in Seattle are intruiged by the tagger known as Cold Killer. And now I’m wondering. . . . . . why am I feeling sucked in too?

In some minds he is Seattle’s graffiti darling, a favorite with his [...]

Erin

Don’t Cry for Me Argetina!

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Tim surprised me with an early birthday gift and flew me to Argentina this morning.  It was an over-night flight and we got up-graded to business, so after a night of flying/sleep we hit the ground running this morning.  [...]

Erin

On Dropping Subjective Nouns

I recently attended a wedding where the Best Man made a (very long) toast without ever using a single subjective noun.  It went something like this:  “So, just wishing Ken and Barbie (not their real names) the best on their big day.  Hoping great things for their future.  Really glad God chose to bring them together in this way.  So [...]

Meghan

Things I love

I think this bracelet came from my granny's jewelry box.

How fun are these? They are huge clip-ons that pinch and pull on your ears but I'm waiting for a chance to wear them.

I love this necklace of ivy leaves, it looks somewhat Grecian to me. I found it at a little shop [...]

Terri

It's Summer and the Grilling is Easy

I have actually been vetoed on a few of my recent ideas for this blog; my daughters thought I was being mean.  I probably was, so in an attempt to look somewhat kind, friendly and fun I thought I would turn my attention to food. We are big into it around here; it has been [...]

Terri

Taite’s Photography

 

Taite is our secret weapon, the fifth daughter.  We have her hidden away until we need to bring out the big guns.

 

 

Water Falling on Oranges

 Taite gets these little photography ideas in her head and off she goes, “mom, would it hurt the oranges if I poured hot water on them?”  ”No, they’ll probably be [...]

Caitlin

Thirty Candles

Zac turned thirty last Thursday so we celebrated with a surprise dinner with a few friends.

This and surf and turf menu turned out wonderfully,  it was great because I could do a lot of the prep before the party and I found some terrific wines to go with each course that really compliment [...]

Erin

Baby Shower

My girlfriend, Chesed, is going to have a little girl and a friend, Emily, and I hosted her shower.

This was the picture I took for invitations, with the party information typed on velum over top and green card stock underneath.

Emily brought over the flowers and we made little place cards of green cardstock and gold embossed birds.

Meghan

It’s a Boy!

So here is the little guy in the universal sucking thumb position

Here he is curled in a ball

Be careful what you wish for or don’t wish for.  “No boys,” I told Eric at the  beginning of our marriage, “Boys scare me.”   Well, that’s a sure way you end up with plenty of them.  [...]

Terri

Why Can't We Be Friends?

I had a book sent to me to review for Amazon, Bad Good Mother, and the cover quotes, “The Good Mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children, is an active and beloved community volunteer, she [...]