Category: grand adventures
Annual campout at Dove Hollow. The stuff childhood dreams are made of. #pnw #summer #camp This weekend we camped under the blue moon. After a scorching day of swimming, camp food and the chatter and screech of a multitude of children, I lay on the front porch of the cabin listening to the symphony of […]
We have a wedding to go to on the opposite coast about 3000 miles away. It is a tricky thing to haul a large family that far so we decided to buy a bus. Cousin just so happened to have one parked in the woods not far from here. She is a 1989 MCI coach […]
My 5 girls in front of the painting of cranberry bogs Our first trip to the ocean this summer. I thought that since we weren’t hosting a wedding, this summer would be very easy and slow. Wrong. (Baby hates restraints) and after barely staying sane on the drive down we had such a good time. […]
Anna called Friday evening and asked if me and Sabra wanted to go to a concert at the fair. I dropped everything and went. Just me, Sabra, Anna and her girls and my sister, Rachael. I didn’t realize how relaxing it would be without the little ones. Ususally I am frantically counting heads but this […]
While at the reunion I look over and see almost all my kids in one place. I gasp. A very rare occurence so I quickly plopped down amongst them and asked Calli to snap a photo. All of the children that I grew in my womb, except my second-born, Riley. 81 months of pregnancy and […]
Sweet 73 year old Auntie Ada zipping through the air yelling “WOOHOO” Today was the first day of a 3-day reunion with Levi’s family from near and far. I do believe the highlight was watching Ada (the oldest family member) sail by on the zip line. What fun to gather with 300 Stenersens. Zip line, […]
Pops, Jessie Pearl & Levi Thursday morning, before the sun came up, we boarded a plane in Portland, Oregon and flew all the way across the country for Levi’s sister’s wedding on the beach in Charleston, South Carolina. With a 1 year old baby that doesn’t like to be restrained. I love this photo. Such […]