Week 9 Summer 2011 Adventure with Kids -Cascade Head, real-life, and an act of kindness-
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....
Timberline Trail and “Last Child Left in the Woods” — Week 8 Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011
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...
One Black Dress~ 100 days ~ For orphans –my Huffington Post story
It is now Day 99. During the past three months she has worn one black dress, differently each day, and has collected donations on her website for the Illinois-based Christian nonprofit Warm Blankets Orphan Care International, which provides homes and support to orphans in several nations.
JUNIOR HIGH CHURCH CAMP at Riverview Bible Camp is Week 7 ~ ADVENTURE with Kids Summer 2011
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...
Schools, police, church, civic and community leaders join forces to impact Tualatin-Together – Oregonian story
Joelle Baker and her 9-year-old son Kurt serendipitously fell into a day of fun at Tualatin Community Park earlier this month. "I heard these people speaking Spanish, and kids were gathered for piñatas and there were snow cones. Then, a lady asked us to join in,"...
Week 6- Adventure with Kids ~ Summer 2011 Audubon Society trails in woods
As I prepare to leave to be a counselor for Junior High Church Summer Camp with my 13-year-old twins tomorrow for what will be week 7 Adventure galore, I finally download my photos from this week, and post my Week 6 ~ Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids blog. Too many...
West Linn Old Time Fair – The magic of just being there is WEEK 5 ~ ADVENTURE with Kids Summer 2011
Sometimes your adventure is in your very neighborhood. At a fair where you learn to “just be.” We got a taste of spending a bit more time at the West Linn Old Time Fair last year, and this year matched that, attending two of the three days and a longer stretch on...
Paul and Peggy Osborn’s litter patrol outreach impacts the community
Originally published in The Oregonian, SW Weekly, Saturday, July 16, 2011 About eight or nine years ago, Paul and Peggy Osborn of West Linn decided to pick up litter on the sides of the highway near their home on Buck Street. "It gave us a chance to walk together and...
July Writers Connection set for Thursday July 21 at 7 pm –
The July Writers Connection is set for Thursday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the East Atrium at Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 SW Borland Road, Tualatin Oregon. Writers of all genres are welcome to this informal networking session. We share work, inspiration, ideas,...
Week 4 ~ Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
The idea for our fourth Summer 2011 Adventures with Kids to visit Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge was found in a book called Getting Around Portland With Kids. I am getting so excited about these weekly adventures with my children to explore new territory in the...
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