I mentioned this just briefly in my last post… But, I’m working on a little “project” (which I will share once I have it close to completion) and am collecting favorite Bible verses from friends and family. If you’ve already posted them on my request on Facebook, then you wouldn’t need to submit them again, but if you could use the form below to let me know your favorite, or your “go-to” Bible verse, I’d very much appreciate it!! If you have multiple favorites, please share as many as you’d like (but please fill out a separate form for each one).
Shiny Happy People
Wait… My last post was August 6th??? Can that be??? Sorry!!! In my defense, I did get apply for, interview and GET a new job at school… It’s in addition to my regular job teaching, and now I’m also teaching after-school workshops for teachers… It has been so much fun, I’m really loving it, but it’s been a lot of work!!
The end of summer, and the beginning of fall have been crazy busy, good crazy, but crazy nonetheless!! I have been trying to sort through the photos from the past year (almost 4000 of them) to make the annual “Christmas book” and having a blast remembering all the adventures we had!! I’ll post more pictures soon, but here’s one of my most recent favorites… Last weekend we went up to North Conway with friends and although we woke up to SNOW!! we had a blast :) Here’s a pic of the kids sitting on the lifeguard station at Echo Lake…
And, just ’cause I’m sorting through photos from the summer trip… An amazing shot from just outside the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park in Montana toward sunset… I seriously could live out the rest of my life as a hermit at the base of these mountains… Just one of the almost 2000 pictures I took during our amazing summer adventure…
And… I’m also working on another little “project.” If anyone has a favorite bible verse, and they’d like to share it with me… If you could either leave a comment, or email it to me directly… I’d greatly appreciate it!!!
I promise I’ll be back SOON with new pictures to share!!!
Awesome Summer Adventure (part 1)
Here’s the first installment of this summer’s Awesome Summer Adventure :) We’re crazy, I know :) but this summer’s adventure had us flying into and out of Seattle, then driving to Montana to go back to Glacier National Park… Where we spent 7 glorious days which included an overnight on the Canadian side (Waterton Park) and then on to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons for 4 days, drive back toward Seattle (OMG, please don’t talk to us about Idaho…) with stops at Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens… Ending with a Red Sox game in Seattle on our last night… 17 days and 1986 pictures!!! I promise I won’t post THAT many :) just some of our favorites… Click on the photos to see them full size.
First up… Glacier National Park… I have to start by saying that Glacier is my all-time favorite place in the whole world. Hands down… and we’ve been a lot of places :) Mike and I went last summer during the (not so) Great Train Adventure… and it was so amazing that we needed to take the kids there… But, we didn’t take the horrid train this time :)
So, to get started, if you go to Glacier, you’ll see a lot of these signs… Bear Spray was the first thing we bought (it’s kinda like pepper spray on crack) which isn’t a spray you use as a repellent, but if a bear charges at you, it’ll stop them…
Our first hike… To Avalanche Lake… The guide books describe it as a “Calf-burning climb” and it seems like 2 miles straight up :) but it’s well worth the effort!
Lots of water along the trail… Magical water with glacial flour in it giving it a beautiful blue-green color.
Stopping for a GIANT burned out tree stump
Cresting the ridge, you get a glimpse of what’s to come…
Then… There it is!
Holy cow… it’s amazing… I always describe it as “How to Train Your Dragon” it reminds me of the “scenes” from that movie only, it’s not animated… it’s REAL :) we sat on a log to have some snacks and water… take a peek at those logs in the background behind Mike and Kathryn…
So, we’re having snacks… Taking pictures…
and Kathryn asks Mike to get up and stand in front of where we were sitting so she could take his picture… He stood up, turned to face us, and HOLY CARP>>> Bear!!
Here you can see where we were sitting in relation to where the BEAR was walking across the logs!!
WOW!!! A BEAR on our first hike!! The bear didn’t pay any mind to us, just walked along the logs for some yummy snacks (berries and flowers) across the lake.
Oh, yeah… We LOVE Montana :) The mountains are just amazing…
And, then there’s the magic water…
One Big Happy Family :) (very thankful for the many friendly people who took family photos for us :) we returned the favor, it’s so nice to have pics with all of us!)
And, that was just our first hike!!! I’ll be back with more about our trip :)
Happy Birthday to my Favorite Tween!
(It turns out that this is a belated birthday post :) It was all ready to go, but needed some more recent pictures… but then we went on vacation… Happy Birthday Buddy!!) So, Sean keeps reminding me that he’s “almost” a teenager… But I have one whole year left before THAT particularly fun milestone!! Today I’m wishing a VERY Happy Birthday to my first Baby… Here’s a few pics from when he was still adorable and a lot less fresh :)
Look at those missing teeth! Don’t you just want to grab and squeeze those cheeks??
Thumbs up!! Picking pumpkins :)
Easter… how cute are they??
Holding signs for daddy in the rain, but still smiling!!
Disney wears a boy out :)
Riding the “contraptions” and yes, still smiling!
And… Although it is hard to believe that my little bubby is 12… Here’s some more recent pics… Yes, my “little” boy is now almost as tall as I am… And, I couldn’t be more proud of the smart, funny, kind and thoughtful young man he is becoming… These pictures are from our AMAZING SUMMER ADVENTURE which I’ll be posting about in the next couple days…
Sean at Many Glacier the day before his birthday :) Still 11 :)
Another from Glacier, but I can’t quite place it… I’ll figure it out when I look at the other pictures :)
This was also at Many Glacier, on the hike back from Grinnell Lake 
Same spot, silly kids :)
And, this one was on his actual birthday!! At the beginning of what we’ve come to call the “Iceberg Death March” :) more about that when I post about the trip :) but it’s probably enough to say that it was a 10 mile hike… All the way to the base of that ridge you see in the background… to Iceberg Lake… which is still frozen, and has ice all year!!
Happy Birthday Buddy!!!
pur-Absorb Review
I was very excited when Naturally Savvy gave me the opportunity to review pur-Absorb Iron supplements. As a woman who hovers around low-iron numbers (low enough that I should take supplements, but not clinically low), I’ve been advised to take Iron supplements. Unfortunately, iron supplements have always upset my stomach and digestion so much, that it’s just not worth it to me to actually take the supplement… Well, my days of close to low Iron and upset stomach are over!! If you need to take iron supplements, but you don’t want to live with the digestive issues, the answer is pur-Absorb.
Pur-Absorb is a liquid iron supplement that comes in convenient single serve packets. You can simply open the packet and either drink it plain, or mix it with a small amount of juice (but not grape juice). I have tried it both ways, there is no actual flavor in pur-Absorb. When I take it by itself there is a little bit of a metallic feel to it, but when I put it in juice, you would never even know that it was there! I could tell the difference almost immediately! Within a few days there was a noticeable difference in my energy level compared to before I started. It is so easy and I have had no digestion issues!! Considering how sensitive my stomach usually is to iron supplements, having no digestion problems is wonderful!
I have no qualms about recommending pur-Absorb iron to any of my friends who need a little bit of iron supplementation, but no side affects!
Disclaimer: I received a box of pur-Absorb from the Naturally Savvy Blogger program to facilitate this review. Opinions are my own.
