by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 19, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Justice, Kids, Life, Moms, Outreach, Parenting
How about Huckleberry Milkshakes to start off the Week 3 Adventure at Trout Lake, Washington. By the rushing creek. With the breathtaking view of Mt. Adams in the background.Before going off to Missions Camp at Jonah Ministries, where the focus is on the ultimate...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 3, 2010 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Community Service, Culture, Kids, Life
My seven-year old and I drove my twins and my husband to Boy Scout Camp this week at Camp Meriwether near Tillamoook, Oregon on the coast. My husband is an assistant scout master and the twins are First Class rank. They spent a week there on an adventure of hiking,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2010 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2010, Adventures with Kids, Children, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, School Days, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Last year I started a tradition, a way of being intentional regarding adventure with my children. A way to make sure we get out and experience the area, to take in the outdoors together, to explore new territory, to get away from the neon lights of electronic toys....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2010 | Adventure, Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
Noting the importance of physical education classes at school and healthy school lunches and eating less fast food and encouraging less time in front of the computer and TV screens and more time outdoors are all good when it comes to the ongoing discussion of how...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2010 | Children, Church, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
A while back, we recently confiscated our 12-year-old twins’ I-Pods just before we were leaving for church. Okay, I know I am sounding like the tough-love mom, but if I am honest, my husband actually did the tough-parenting deed. I am the one who complains to my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 22, 2010 | Adventure, Children, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
I dropped off my daughter at the airport on Thursday as she returns to Germany, and it was sad and it was hard and it was life and it was beauty seeing the way she adores her brothers and she is deliberate about reaching out to them and I love the way she is kind and...
