by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 15, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Moms
Lying on a blanket by the lake while gazing at the star-filled sky; taking the boat out dodging white caps and listening to my twin sons laughing; searching for our crawdad traps on the lake then delighting in their wonder as they pull the traps up into the boat to...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2010 | Adventure, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Slowing Down
Finally, we made it happen — to hike up to the top of Saddle Mountain. My 18-year-0ld son Ryan and his friend Jon and his mom and I have talked about going on a mom-son hike for a quite some time. Jon and Ryan have been friends since they were in my 3-year-old...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 28, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
For our week 4 Summer Adventure with Kids, it was a family trek to hike along the Old Salmon River Trail, near Welches Oregon. We had to get a permit before hand at the ranger station ($ 30 year pass) then we parked in the Green CanyonsNational Forest Campground to...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 22, 2010 | Adventure, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Faith, Family Life, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
My mom friend Juanita and I were on an adventure hike at Tryon Creek State Park on MLK Junior Day, with our 12-year-old boys and my 6 year old boy plus our family friends from Sudan, their 12-year-old and 13 -year old kids. The four 12-year-old boys were meandering...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 26, 2009 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Wow, what a week [two as one of the weeks was preparing]- a road trip to Yellowstone Park-our first with our children. Our daughter’s boyfriend Stefan from Germany was with us and he was baptized into our large family life- eight of us squeezed into a Chevy...
