by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
My twins are both lifeguards this summer. Last summer, just Micki was but this summer they both have the same jobs at our local pool. And if you live in the Portland, Oregon area, you know how hot it has been. Yesterday was a scorcher — 99 degrees. As I was on...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 26, 2015 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2015
For our second Outdoor Adventure with Kids for this summer, we took about a 30 minute drive out to Beaverton, Oregon to the Cooper Mountain Nature Park . This time I had all three of my boys (who are at home) with me. My friend Christy wondered how I get my kids...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today I was dropping off Malibu Camp permission forms for my twins at the Young Life House in West Linn, and a fellow substitute teacher from Athey Creek stopped by at the same time. She told me that she met one of my twins last week at a Young Life meeting. She said...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
I believe that food is a ministry. I love to invite people over for desserts and appetizers and dinners and barbeques and crepes and snacks and mochas and tea and a glass of wine. Sometimes it’s planned and sometimes it’s spontaneous. Often it’s...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
I want our home to be a place where our kids can relax. And not have to work, and not have to be doing anything and not have to be “on.” A place where they can relax. And, for them that often means playing games on their smart phones or watching You-Tube videos on...