by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 18, 2012 | Adventure, Children, Community, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, School Days, The Extraordinary Ordinary, West Linn news, Youth
So, my twins and I are up late watching the snow accumulate as God is blanketing the street and the house and the yard in a blanket of soft white. And the twins who are 14 say, “Mom, it’s really sticking and there must be an inch at least and they will at...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 16, 2011 | Adventure, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Muse Student publication, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I celebrate life. I celebrate building sand castles on slow silver and blue-sky days and seeing my children hanging out with one another. I celebrate decorating the Christmas tree with family and friends where every ornament tells a story. I celebrate big monuments...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 29, 2011 | Adventure, Community, Community Service, Kids, Moms, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community
Originally published in The Oregonian SW Weekly Oct. 29, 2011 Get your Halloween costume out two days early for Saturday’s Oct. 29 Zombie Apocalypse Run at LeeFarms in Tualatin. The event is the brainchild of two West Linn moms, Heather Robbins and Debbie...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 18, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
So, my nephew Burkhard from Germany knows I am doing this Summer 2011 Weekly Adventure with Kids blog, and as we are experiencing Week Number 9, climbing Cascade Head to the top where my friend Megan had suggested we hike to, my 8-year-old begins to have a hard time....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Moms, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
My daughter is home from Germany, so it is with joy that I write about Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011, with her along! Rachel’s fiancé Stefan is also with us as well as my nephew Burkhard, whose sister Birgit had visited us for the summer 2005. The twins...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 31, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Adventures with Kids, Church, Community, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Outreach, Parenting, Youth, Youth Ministry
I just returned from five days away at Riverview Bible Camp on the Pend O’Reille River as a junior high church camp counselor. I had a cabin filled with 10 almost-eighth grade girls, and my 13-yeard-old twin sonswere in tow, part of a cabin filled with...
