tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34282658165291569192024-03-21T11:28:09.819-07:00One Little SquareLittle by little, one by one, each little square adds up to make a life.Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257908498645487272noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-49278430918691627462020-09-03T14:42:00.006-07:002021-03-29T11:23:53.215-07:00Dahlias<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6TecRRWyFYxRQj24xS1dqa6MQA1Mn2LFLNtReqimJeSrWWP1YiaZTtFT8gAZ5MSd53m4nsyaApOmowc6PfREPQlpU4tc-c2WVLpLU0KWfJueW7_JnKKyiDpOTfrg5qw-x9QBKgLKyWMC/s2048/5CDA4380-E9C2-42ED-B441-0F011C992656.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6TecRRWyFYxRQj24xS1dqa6MQA1Mn2LFLNtReqimJeSrWWP1YiaZTtFT8gAZ5MSd53m4nsyaApOmowc6PfREPQlpU4tc-c2WVLpLU0KWfJueW7_JnKKyiDpOTfrg5qw-x9QBKgLKyWMC/w500-h500/5CDA4380-E9C2-42ED-B441-0F011C992656.heic" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It's been a summer full of gardening and flowers and few outings but mostly just staying home and trying to stay connected while staying safe.<p></p><p>Rachel and the kids (Megan 12, Addison 10, Tucker 7, and Jackson 4) came for a visit and we all Draper and Sara and fam and Natalie and Drew went to the beach on a day that almost everyone else in the world decided to go too-too many people!! We managed to find a spot to have some fun at Manzanita.</p><p>Calvin and I drove up near Skamokawa to see the Grays River covered bridge</p><p>Natalie and I spend many days together and that is good for my soul. We went to a local Dahlia farm and picked some blooms.</p><p>We've canned some berry jam and are beginning to work on tomato sauce, there are lots of tomatoes and zucchini still to ripen in the garden. </p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257908498645487272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-6401028709382099232020-01-21T14:07:00.001-08:002020-01-21T14:07:54.095-08:00Trips and Tails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We started out November with Keegan's baptism, Draper, Calvin, Olson and Deacon sang and Olson, Deacon, Holden and Emily also sang a song. <br />
We all traveled to Helena to Rachel and Casey's for Thanksgiving, the roads were great until we reached northern Idaho and into Montana where there was a snow storm and some snowy roads, with lots of snow out at Rachel's, it was beautiful but chilly! It was wonderful to be all together in one place and the kids had so much fun playing in the snow and the hot tub-they were crazy jumping into the snow, rolling around and then back into the hot tub-I lost track of how many times they did it! We had a day of exploring in town-the museum, the Capitol building and the old governor's mansion. We spent an afternoon just running and playing in the gym at the church.<br />
It was time to get ready for Christmas as soon as we were home, we went out into the Gifford Pinchot National forest with Natalie and Drew to get our trees. We got two this year, a little one for the kitchen/dining room area and a big one for the living room.<br />
Calvin and I took a drive out to Dougan Falls at the end of the month, sometimes I just have to get out of the city and see the sky and a view.<br />
The January birthdays kept us full of cake-Draper, Calvin, and Natalie all were born in January. I've been working on unfinished quilt projects, this Swoon quilt will hopefully be done soon. We put up some new ledges from Ikea for family pictures and picture books.<br />
The many sleeping positions of Simon-I could fill a book with his interesting sleeping positions!Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257908498645487272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-54432053897675855062019-11-17T11:49:00.000-08:002019-11-17T11:51:05.397-08:00October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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October was a busy month and we have had beautiful Fall weather to enjoy all the activities. I've relished the fall colors and smells this year more than ever it seems. How can it smell like Fall? It must be people burning leaves etc-the air smells smoky and spicy. We haven't had much rain so the leaves have been able to turn all the colors-yellow, gold, rust, brown, crimson...it's been so perfect.<br />
We've had a few visits from the sister missionaries, they're the greatest and it's always uplifting to have them in our home. They surprised us by bringing all the missionaries to help with yard clean-up on a saturday-it was so great to get so much done in a short time.<br />
I've been working on a family history mystery for sometime now, I've had a picture with the name Jessie Bond on the back and some other information but I didn't know what family she belonged to, just that she was a cousin the the Miles Hiram Rice children. It took a few years before I figured it out. I would look for awhile and then put it away and then get it out and try again. I finally did it this time with the help of a friend who is a genealogical geneius and found some great information for me in old newspapers and also using Ancestry. I was able to find her parents and her husband and children. It feels good to solve a mystery and get her in the right place with her family. I've added her picture to my wall of family pictures.<br />
Shirley came for a visit this month and as usual she wore me out! She has so much energy and can recharge with a short power nap. We had a lot of fun shopping and seeing new things. Natalie joined in a few times and we made our annual trip to see the holiday sights-this year it was Hallowthankmas since she was here early in the season.<br />
We only got 2 trick-or-treaters this year, not sure why the low turnout, it was dry but quite cold. We'll have to step up our game and hand out better candy or decorate the house more next year.Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257908498645487272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-47743538218066527152018-02-15T14:10:00.000-08:002018-02-16T14:15:58.191-08:00Marvel Rae<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I added these letters, telegram and picture to FamilySearch and Ancestry and just wanted to also put them here and to tell the story behind them.<br />
My parents, Bob and LeeElda met in 1939 and were married in August, they were both young (Bob 19, LeeElda 17) and had nothing in the way of material, wordly goods. Their first child Marvel Rae was born in December of that same year. They had been living in Nyssa Oregon, and then moved to Hermiston Oregon when dad got a job at the Army Ammunition Dump. These letters were written to Bob's parents in Nebraska from there. They are poignant, reading about how happy mom was and how much Marvel was loved, knowing that she would soon be gone. She died from Infantile diarrhea and went very quickly from a healthy 2 year old to very sick and then gone. I can't imagine what a shock that must have been for them and the feelings of helplessness and heartache they endured as a young couple. I know this impacted their lives in many ways and often think of how it changed them.<br />
I feel fortunate to have these letters and telegrams to document their history.Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257908498645487272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-40229066547680345822015-07-19T15:19:00.003-07:002015-07-19T15:19:53.813-07:00Eureka!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last month we took a trip to northern California to meet up with Rachel and Casey and fam while they were in California. We rented a house in Eureka-great idea-and just roamed around the area. The Redwoods were as beautiful as ever and we took a fun walk through one of the old growth forests-the Lady Bird Johnson grove. It was perfect, not too hot, the rain didn't interfere and we had fun playing games and visiting. As usual I didn't take as many pictures as I thought I would, I'm always having too much fun to stop it all and take a picture, but then I wish I had more pictures!<br />
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Looking back at some of the crazy fun of this summer. Rachel and the kids came for a visit and we spent as much time as we could together with Draper and family. Bunnies were bought-more than we had planned on-it was hot so we spent a lot of time in the water. I got stung by a bee, Olson got stung by a wasp. I went to Alaska to visit and to babysit, Calvin joined me and had a great Alaska ATV adventure. We had an awesome bus trip through Denali, saw grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, red fox, sheep. I got lots of snuggle and reading stories on Grandma's lap time. I missed them as soon as I was through security.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-75691801883046873732014-03-05T13:39:00.000-08:002014-04-05T17:10:30.806-07:00pinkI have a lot of excuses for why I haven't blogged for months: I don't have a good camera, I have a pretty dull life, my computer died, I'm broke, but I'm sure no one is interested in the excuses (I imagine there aren't a lot of people who are interested in my blog to begin with, but that won't stop me). I went into Sprint to complain about my service and came out with a free tablet, so until I am no longer broke and the computer is fixed I will tap away on this little keyboard, trying to document our life.<br />
I've been slowly but steadily making quilt tops from mostly scraps. They tend to all look alike, and I seem to have a lot of pink fabric. I don't remember ever buying pink fabric on purpose, but there it is, all throughout the scrappy quilts. Kind of makes me think about other things in my life that keep popping up even though I don't purposely go looking for them-good and bad-and I don't notice until later when I look back over my life, "oh here it is, and here, where did that come from? Here I am in this situation again, or look here and here this is where I was off track or this is when I was listening to the Spirit. " That's one of the reasons why I love quilting, it connects to life in many different ways. It's not just about cutting up fabric and sewing it together,<br />
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Here is my first Swoon block. I love this pattern by Camille Roskelly "Thimbleblossoms".<br />
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My first try at a String quilt. I paper pieced, using mostly scraps-see all the pink?<br />
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St. Nicholas cross stitch to add to my Santa collection. It's not completely finished, I still need to find smaller beads for the snowflakes, these look like snowballs. Then it needs pressed before it gets framed. Or put in the "someday these will get framed" box.</div>
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Tucker Bradford arrived in July and I was able to fly to Alaska to see him and help out for awhile.<br />
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His quilt-<br />
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He has this concerned expression quite often, I think he knows what's ahead with 2 sisters!<br />
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Mama and baby looking beautiful.<br />
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Oldest Sis Meg, she is a big help!<br />
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Gosh I love that baby face.<br />
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Rachel is taking it all in stride. I had such a great visit in Alaska, I'll show more photos soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-49340762726815660602013-07-03T08:38:00.000-07:002013-07-03T08:38:46.548-07:00Number Seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Announcing the happy news of the arrival of Grandbaby #7, Holden James Robinson. I was able to be there for the delivery, it was amazing. This is boy #4 for the Robinson household-can you imagine the grocery bills? Oh how I love these stinky little boys.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-50436392578960247062013-06-19T09:49:00.000-07:002013-06-19T09:49:34.271-07:00House Hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago we had a visit from my cousin and her son, while they were here we were digging through old pictures and documents, elbow deep in family history. I ran across these old letters addressed to my Mom in the 40's, I had forgotten that they lived here in Vancouver for awhile after the war and I was so excited to go on an adventure to see where they had lived. We only found one of the three houses because two of the addresses have changed over the years.<br />
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This little place is not too far from where we live. It is in a neighborhood of homes that were built during the war for ship yard workers. I wish my Mom were still here to tell me about their time here. I'm sure she would love the plastic palm tree in the yard :)<br />
A couple of the addresses were in McLoughlin Heights, an area that was built during the war, I found a web site about that time period, it's great to know a little about why these areas were built. It can be found here: <a href="http://ancestorpictures.blogspot.com/2010/12/world-war-two-housing-in-vancouver.html" target="_blank">McLoughlin Heights</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-42614761449963467242013-06-17T15:53:00.000-07:002013-06-17T15:53:48.425-07:00Days of sunshine and rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The days seem to be flying by, and I have to keep reminding myself that it is summer, well technically not till later this week, but this is the season. I need to be doing the summer things. We spend most evening and weekends in the yard and we love it. I've been a tad bit obsessed with following total strangers on instagram-English ladies with lovely rock-walled gardens and bunnies and hedgehogs roaming about. I have a vision in my mind of creating that here-the corner cottage (I'm calling it a cottage now, not a house) in Vancouver USA. I'll just keep dreaming and planting.</div>
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The beginnings of the baby quilt for grandbaby #7 who will be here next week. I used 3 charm packs of "Hometown" by Sweetwater (Moda). It is at the quilter now . I've been obsessed with triangles lately, but now that I've done a few quilts that way I may lay off them for awhile, they aren't as easy as squares to line-up. Grandbaby #8 will be here next month, his quilt is also triangles, I should finish it this week.<br />
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Calvin's veggie garden: carrots, beets, peas, beans, zucchini, peppers...<br />
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A new spot he dug up this year, tomatoes and corn.<br />
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This has been done for quite a while, I needed a little island in the kitchen so we used an Ikea cart, took off the back and repainted it yellow-use to be red (needs some touch-ups now). It works great for holding more stuff and another prep area. <br />
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Maybe put it on wheels?<br />
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She saw that I had the camera out...just posin'<br />
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The Morning Glory is moving inches each day.<br />
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The finished Trip Around the World top, now to get it quilted.<br />
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I've been slowly working on the Instagram sensation-Scrappy Trip Along-I don't know how those other quilters get done so quickly, most of them are young Mom's, I guess they stay up late and they are faster sewers than I am!<br />
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I am using mostly scraps for this, I bought a few new fabrics. But I'm really trying to work from what I have.<br />
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I've never made one of these so I'm not sure how the finished product should look, I'm going with the red/coral/pink as my outside diagonal.<br />
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I have 21 squares to finish, and then for the fun part-putting them all together!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-85303487277656707442013-02-13T14:13:00.000-08:002013-02-13T14:13:07.131-08:00The Beginning
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I've been knee-deep in Family History the last few weeks, since starting a new class in Sunday School. I've always been drawn to my ancestors and love doing the work (and it is sometimes work). Even as a teenager I loved getting out the papers and learning the names, hearing the stories over and over. I just wanted to know these people and know what their lives were like, what did they wear, how did they live their everyday lives? I've kept at it over the years, here a little, there a little, until finding my birth families in 2007 kind of exploded it all~so many people who are new to me and I have a burning desire to know them and know where they came from, to know where I came from. Let me begin at the beginning....</div>
I don't remember an exact moment of knowing that I was adopted, I just always knew, it was a part of my story, and it was wonderful. I grew up in the 60's in Portland Oregon, happy and loved, moved to Eastern Oregon in the 70's even happier and more loved, but always knowing there was that part of me that I didn't know about. Who were the people that I came from and what was their story? This was as much as I knew:<br />
My birth mother was young, 16 and in high school, from the Weiser ID area, birth father a little older but still in high school. When they told their parents it was decided that the baby would be adopted out. My Mom and Dad (adopted Mom and Dad, I will refer to them as Mom and Dad, and my birth Mom as Janet, birth father as John) had previously adopted my older brother with the help of Mom's doctor-Dr.Schirmer. Janet went to live with Dr.Schirmer in Portland, until I was born, and then she went back to the Weiser area and finished high school and resumed her life. John joined the military. There were other bits and pieces that I knew, but that was the main story. <br />
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I began searching sometime in the late 80's, starting with high school yearbooks in the Weiser/Payette area finding nothing. I had Janet's birth date and full name, but could find nothing on her. When it became legal in the state of Oregon to get my original birth certificate I did so, but there was no information on there that I didn't already know. I just kept hitting a dead end, which was frustrating because I thought I had some really good information. Once the internet era began I used that as much as possible and still...nothing. I thought I would have to wait till I had some extra money and hire someone to help me, so it ended up in the back of my mind.</div>
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In 2006 I was sent an angel-I met Tami through my brother, he met her through another friend. She loves researching and finding people and she was willing to do so with no charge. I gave her all the information I had and she began searching and kept hitting the same dead-ends I did. She asked more and more questions and I gathered all the info I could. In my possession was some notes written by Dr. Schirmer, as if she had been jotting things down while on the phone. Names and addresses, not sure of how they were connected I gave them to her. I didn't hear from her for a few months and had kind of forgotten about it, assuming she had been unsuccessful. In April of 2007 I got the phone call-are you sitting down? " I found your birth mother."</div>
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To make this long story short, Dr. Schirmer had changed the information on my birth certificate, it was false. The address on the note was that of Janet's grandparents. She had lived with them and it was through that address that Tami eventually found Janet. Janet was happy to hear from me, that was a great conversation and beginning of our great friendship. I was then able to find and meet John's side, he had passed away a few years earlier, his 3 daughters were happy to meet me. They had been searching as well, and had also been given false information. This has opened up a whole new world for me, questions have been answered and new ones in their place~</div>
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I've learned many things throughout this process, one-that little things can make a big difference, don't overlook the smallest detail, it may be important. I guess I'm sharing this today because it's time, I have felt the impression to do so many times and haven't. Getting involved in Family History again has opened my heart to my ancestors, and there may be others out there who are searching and I hope this will help them keep going.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-8208798773326106692013-02-12T15:01:00.001-08:002013-02-12T15:02:54.399-08:00Parlez-vous francais?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some of my vintage Valentines</div>
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I've slowly been working on the Scrappy Trip Along</div>
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The days go by and I don't seem to finish anything, just lots of little starts and stops and thinking about what I should also be doing. I've managed to get a few blocks done on my "Scrappy Trip".</div>
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I've been working on my birth family's history, there is so much to do and I keep hitting dead-ends. Right now I'm concentrating on France in the 1860's, reading French would come in handy right now!</div>
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I'm always surprised at how long it's been in between posts, it seems like I'm always composing great things to share in my mind, but they don't always make it to the blog. This was my Fall/Thanksgiving mantle, I tried a dozen different things and this was all I could agree on. I always thought it would be great to have a mantle to decorate, now it seems daunting. This is so boring, I'm going to try harder with Christmas~<br />
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I had a sudden (thinking about it for 5-6 years now) urge to paint my Grandmother's buffet. It was just wood-brown with some of the laminate coming off and I couldn't decide what color to go with, white, blue, black...well you see that white won. I just decided one Saturday to do it and used some leftover wall paint, mixed two colors together and went for it. I love how it turned out and it makes the whole room look better. Please don't mind the dirty floor, I should have swept first!<br />
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A wall hanging from the project box, I have been taking a "class" (thanks Jenny) trying to improve my quilting skills and working mainly on points, man they are hard, I don't know how my Mom did it so perfectly. I picked a few of these seams out more than once! I still need to write all the words and then do the embroidery. I got this fabric years ago at a quilt shop in Bozeman Montana, I love it and I am also using it for my "Farmer's Wife" blocks-another project in the pile!<br />
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Two quilts from my scrap stash, still need to be quilted~<br />
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A baby blanket for Natalie's friend, made with a charm pack, so easy. Still needs to be quilted and bound.<br />
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I have been obsessed with pinwheels, even thinking about them as I went to sleep last night. Oh, I could make a pillow and table runners and....If only I didn't have to sleep, and make dinner, or leave the house. I am content to live in my sewing room and watch old movies and sew!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-36634820549311896592012-10-15T12:06:00.002-07:002012-10-15T12:06:33.928-07:00I Never Promised you a Rose Garden...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On our first cloudy and rainy weekend in a long time we decided to visit the Portland temple and the <a href="http://www.rosegardenstore.org/thegardens.cfm" target="_blank">Rose Gardens</a>. I thought the gardens would be done, but not so, they were in full bloom-just gorgeous. The temple grounds were beautiful as usual with fall pansies everywhere.<br />
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The roses are stunning, I couldn't stop taking pictures, thinking that I could capture their beauty, but not the fragrance. The smell of the roses mixed with the green foresty smell, fresh from a rain-lovely.<br />
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You can see the city of Portland peeking through the trees there.<br />
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We sat on a park bench here and just enjoyed the view and smell, and made plans for our home rose garden, the weather was perfect for a day outside.<br />
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Some random shots from my phone, as I look through I can tell the story of my days, pretty dull. Maybe a different way to describe it would be simple, I like that better.<br />
A quilt that I quickly made for a dear friend's son who was married last month-how did that happen it seems like it was just last year I was driving him to seminary!<br />
The cow skull that I drug home from eastern Oregon (thank-you Kathy) I love it! I soaked it bleach water for a few days and scrubbed around on it and dug out the gross things. It's like a piece of art work to me.<br />
The creepy guy I found in the sink the other morning, I swear he was way bigger than it looks here-what a way to get my heart rate going first thing!<br />
Yummy dinner from our favorite teriyaki place YouSkyMe~<br />
And for Shirley-here is the black door. I've been wanting to do this for awhile now, and finally just did it, inside and out. I like the color but the finish is a little rough, I may have to sand and re-paint......later.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-40554396202891434332012-08-18T15:49:00.000-07:002012-08-19T13:07:28.974-07:00How to stay cool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Take a spontaneous trip to Manzanita where it is at least 20 degrees cooler than home, sit on the beach wrapped up in 2 blankets and a beach towel, walk around the cutest beach town ever, go to the Farmer's Market, snack on taffy, eat yummy chowder, buy a gorgeous flower arrangement, come home to quiet beauty-or take Frank's advice-stay home and chill.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-61589635832967184562012-08-08T20:59:00.000-07:002012-08-08T20:59:13.771-07:00Kitchen<br />
I wish you could have seen us the day we were taking the after pictures, Rachel was here and they were packing up to leave, the house was a big fat mess, stuff everywhere, little girls running around having fun. I only had a short time with Rachel's snazzy camera and wanted to get some shots of the house so while Rachel and Casey ran to the store Natalie and I ran through the house moving all the junk just out of the frame-and there was a lot of junk: dirty dishes, toys, suitcases, clothes, bedding, more toys, more dishes etc. So Fun! This is a before shot of the kitchen. I am reluctant to put up the afters cause there's not much difference. The kitchen is one room where we did not do much-yet-the ultimate is new cupboards, counter tops and flooring, the interim is painted cabinets and some kind of floor fix-up, like just rip up the scorched (how did that happen?) vinyl flooring and paint whatever is underneath. Right now it is just cleaned up (most days) and new appliances-Here goes<br />
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I took the doors off of a few of the cabinets so I could see my pretty Fiesta ware. Eventually I will paint the outside of the cabinets white and the inside Palladian blue. We updated the faucet with Oil-rubbed Bronze. I love the white sink. Why didn't we move that watermelon in our clean-up frenzy?</div>
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Love the dishwasher too-all appliances are Kitchen Aid. See the pretty Fiesta? It makes me happy everyday.</div>
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Open shelves for extras. I always seem to have more bowls and jars than there is room for. Eventually we will take this wall down between the kitchen and dining room and put in a bar/countertop area. I can't wait to get the cupboards painted, now that Natalie has left that might be a good project to keep me busy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-14593241668338938532012-08-01T22:01:00.001-07:002012-08-01T22:01:17.376-07:00Flower Girls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Megan and Addison in the front yard~we didn't plan having their shirts match the Zinnias. I wish I could have got them to stand still a little longer, but that is how time goes with little ones, just a brief instant of time-the next time I see them here they will be so much bigger. Maybe we can start a tradition of taking their pictures out front in Grandma's yard.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-89931019877167321612012-07-30T12:49:00.000-07:002012-07-30T12:49:54.729-07:00Family Reunion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We all got together for a few hours and managed to get a few pictures taken-it is so hard to get everyone together and happy-but it sure is fun.<br />
L to R: Sara holding Keegan, Draper, Mom, Dad, Rachel, Addison with Casey, front row: Deacon, Olson Natalie and Megan.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(For those of you who don't know-Draper is our oldest, married to Sara and have the 3 boys. Rachel is #2, married to Casey with the 2 girls, Natalie is the youngest.)</span><br />
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And the true personalities come out-Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-61080559922185576722012-07-27T10:44:00.000-07:002012-07-27T10:46:48.697-07:00Dear Kathy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear Kathy (and anyone else out there who might be interested) , Do you remember when I use to take pictures of my house and send them to you in the mail so you could see my decorating talent?! It was almost like having you there ooohing and aahhing over every little thing. Well this is the updated version of pictures in the mail :) So here goes, get ready to oooh and aahh- Above is the living room mantle with the Ikea mirror (and Rachel's purse), you'll see the mirror you gave me later and tell me which one you like better.<br />
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Here is my Grandma's buffet, as you can tell it still needs work, I can't decided what color to paint it-ivory, black or some form of robin's egg blue.<br />
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This is opposite the buffet, this little chest of drawers use to be country blue. I painted it Wythe Blue and put new drawer pulls. That is the door to the kitchen on the right.<br />
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On the other side of the door to the kitchen, my Mom and Dad's silhouettes and family tree chart.<br />
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Dining room, window looks out to the back patio. We will eventually put french doors there in place of the window.<br />
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Here is your mirror-what do you think? Oh and there is the slate tile we found for free and are thinking of putting there on the hearth.<br />
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Entertainment center with my camera collection.<br />
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Front door-I want to paint it black.<br />
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Living room with the big ugly green chair.<br />
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Front entry way. Well that is a little tour, I will save the kitchen and hallway for later. There are so many things we want to do still. Overall it is a great improvement over what we started with. It's amazing what new paint and a little decorating can do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-62935467382307225222012-06-29T11:46:00.002-07:002012-06-29T12:01:18.019-07:00Possibilities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one little spot in our yard that makes me happy. I look out the dinning room window to the bird feeders and see the color, things growing, and possibility-for things to come. The plants will grow and fill in, the weeds will dissapear, memories will be made as we invite friends and family over for food and good times.<br />
Sometimes it all seems overwhelming, getting this place to look anything but dumpy. There is so much to do and not enough time, energy or money. I have to remind myself that "Rome wasn't built in a day" and just keep moving, but better still, enjoy the journey and take time to gaze out the window and appreciate the view.<br />
The sunflowers are volunteer (I can just imagine them raising their hands saying "I'll grow, I'll grow!) from the black-oil sunflower feeder. They seem to grow a foot a day. Calvin was taking apart a weird fenced in area on the other side of the back door and when he propped this gate on the fence I had an idea-he hates to hear those words-and so shaking his head he moved it over to be a backdrop/trellis for the Clematis we planted there. The banner is an old one but it is like an old friend waving to me, brightening up my day. <br />
I love that we have our own home to plan and putter around, to imagine the possibilities!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428265816529156919.post-48827466038409129462012-06-22T12:41:00.000-07:002012-06-22T20:23:26.695-07:00Penguin Pride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know why a college nowhere near where Penguins live would choose a short-legged flightless seabird as their mascot~go figure~but Natalie is now amongst the proud Penguins of the Clark College Alumni. She's the one in the blue hat-with her friends, Kendyl and Alex.<br />
My youngest graduated from college last night, another step on her way to her goal of becoming a Vet. Tech. It was a great Commencement ceremony with some awesome speakers and a Pipe Band (Bagpipes). The main speaker was<a href="http://www.jrmartinez.com/" target="_blank"> J.R. Martinez</a>, the latest winner of Dancing With the Stars-motivational speaker and all around great guy. Natie got to give him a hug!<br />
We're so proud of Natalie and her accomplishment, whew, she made it and now it's on to more schooling!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3