by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Children, Culture, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Slowing Down
Week 2 of my Summer 2011 ADVENTURE WITH KIDS took us to Kelley Point Park and Smith and Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area in the Sauvie Island area of Portland, Oregon. Like Mt. Talbert, it was also not a far drive, which is perfect when you only have a couple of hours....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 14, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Moms, Parenting
Last month I was a guest speaker at Hearts at Home at Rolling Hills Community Church, sharing about “Adventures with Kids” with the moms. http://www.rollinghills.org/hearts-at-home I believe as parents, it is important to plan adventures in the outdoors with our...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 12, 2010 | Adventure, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Moms
At 11:30 Wednesday night, while my son and I were watching the movie Apollo 13, the telephone startled us from the couch. My mind starting racing — My twins were at a retreat with the church youth group, my son and daughter away at college. The phone call...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 11, 2010 | Adventure, Communication, Life, Writing
Since finding out about the Social Isolation Project three days ago, I am having the students in my comm theory and media analysis courses muse on their takes of the subject (on the earlier blog post on this subject). In addition, I have received the go-ahead to write...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 8, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, School Days
My friend Kelly had extra tickets to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Kruger farms on Sauvie Island a day before Halloween, and I just had to take her up on her offer. Taking the time to go on adventures with kids is so important to me. It means you put aside your...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 15, 2010 | Adventure, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I finished it, but looking at my time, it seemed like I barely finished. I just did not get close to my goal. In fact, my finish time was 15 minutes slower than my first Portland Marathon, which was 11 years ago, and 45 minutes slower than last year. At first I...
