We have been blessed. Craig starts his new job Monday. We have been enjoying the time to do things together as a family whenever we wanted, without the restrictions that work brings. Boaz has bowled and golfed and ran errands with his dad for months now. Josh has been enjoying these pleasures since school got out earlier this month.
I'm sure there will be a period of adjustment for both boys. They will now be stuck with me. I am less fun than Craig. But I will be looking for things to do with them over the summer. There is the summer reading program at the library, parks and games. But no more golf during the week. That will have to wait for weekends. And since everything will have to wait for weekends, Saturdays will not be the full out play day. Sigh . . . .
But we are feeling very blessed that Craig has found such a good job. He will be furthering his experience and learning new things. This job will be challenging without being overwhelming. We are grateful that Heaven has cared for us these past months and acknowledge His timing. We pray that we continue learning the lessons He would have us learn. Life is an adventure. :)
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Head waters of the Metolius River
After stopping in Sisters for the quilt shop and ice cream we stopped to see the headwaters of the Metolius River. A spring under the butte empties out the side of the hill and the river begins wide and clear. No merging of little brooklets, but a full river from the start.
We counted chipmunks as we walked to the headwaters. One little, cheeky guy was bold enough to sit still about 2 yards away while I took his picture. On our way back, he might have been the one who actually ran toward us on the path. I didn't have my camera on, so I missed that photo op, but he was charming.
A fun little walk to see the birth of a river.
stoppping at the bridge
There is an awesome bridge that crosses the Crooked River Gorge between Madras and Redmond. I have driven over it so many times telling my boys that we will stop on another trip. But since we moved and no longer drive over the bridge so often, this time I stopped. The boys liked getting out of the car probably the most. But we walked across the old bridge and looked down at the river 300 feet below. We talked about how the gorge is getting bigger because of the water freezing the the cracks each winter. We looked at the pile of rocks down at the bottom. We looked at the drainage holes in the bridge. The boys wanted to play longer, but I had things to do, so off we went.
After a good day on the ranch
I took my boys to visit my very good friend, Loretta. She lives on a ranch. The trip was more for me, and Loretta and I spent hours talking about fabric and quilts and catching up on old friends. The boys went outside to play and found her bird bath, cat and dog water bucket. It's a lovely feature that the boys discovered that they could dump and build dams and mud cities and generally mud anything.
They were satisfied and I sent them immediately into the shower. I was glad they found a good place to play while I played with my friend. :)
Monday, June 15, 2009
A really great tree stump
It only took a little encouragement from mom and the boys went in to see what they could see.
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