by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 5, 2015 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015, Children, Family Life, Raising boys, Raising Teens, Raising Tweens, Raising twins, Summer
For our Number Six Outdoor Adventure with Kids we traveled a bit farther into Eastern Oregon to the Wallowa’s, which are considered one of the 7 Wonders of Oregon. We stopped on the way in The Dalles, two hours from Portland, and ate at Cousins restaurant. We...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 10, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Portland, Real LIfe, Slowing Down, Summer, Technology, Writing
This week’s Summer Outdoor Adventure took us to Angel’s Rest in the Columbia River Gorge. Because my 10-year-old was at his friend’s house, we were able to attempt a longer trek in the great outdoors, with just me and my 15-year-old twins. I love it...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 26, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Parenting, Writing
For this week’s Outdoor Adventure with kids, we met my sister and her kids at Speelyai Bay on Lake Merwin in Washington. I grew up going to Lake Merwin with my parents and siblings but this is a new beach as the one we went to growing up is not very nice...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 7, 2013 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2013, Adventures with Kids, Community, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, West Linn, West Linn news
For this Adventure with Kids, we drove some place close to home: West Linn’s treasured White Oak Savanna, which is 20 acres of rare white oak trees that have been saved by the efforts of local activist Robert Schwarz and many others. For the past nine...