Since the gift-buying season is coming up, I thought I’d do (part of) my part to help the beautiful earth that God has made for us. Please watch this video if you haven’t already, and encourage others to watch as well.
Business of Being Born June 14, 2008
This is a full-length eye-opening movie about the birthing industry in America. Online and free here! Watch it when you get a chance. Send the link to childbearing friends and family.
http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=45525
Can you feel the excitement!? June 10, 2008
Here are some words Nora pronounces funny. See if you can guess what they all are:
- chech.up
- nap.kuum
- be.tard
- plak.sic
- yitt.u
- be.yeven
- pock.seal
- bike.sil
- preek.sul
- porge
- pa.korn
Durango May 30, 2008
What a cool town. Kervin had 3 bike races. The one on Saturday was supposed to go from Durango to Silverton. That may not mean much to most people who read this but for those of you who’ve been there, you know why that’s something to talk about. Well, unfortunately (fortunately for me) it was cancelled since the mountain pass was covered in snow and slush. So we just hung out at the camp where we stayed. We stayed at a Christian youth camp called Cross Bar X Youth Camp. Here’s what our day looked like:
Then Sunday morning was Nora’s first bicycle race. She was so excited and up for the challenge. They went off in separate heats, by age. She was the first 3 year old girl, 4th overall. Pretty good. First and third place were also Like-A-Bike’s. She had so much fun. Here she is waiting for her race to begin:
And after the race her smile just got bigger:
After that Kervin got second place in his criterium bike race. Basically it’s a 45 min race plus 3 laps around 2 diagonal city blocks, so lots of fun turns for him and very spectator friendly. It was a long day and we spent almost all of it out in downtown Durango. Before long, this is what that looked like:
On Monday Kervin did a time trial and got 2nd so he won a cash prize for each of his second places plus more cash for doing the best overall in the combined races. Cool!
We stayed at the Cabin. Here are our friends kids we stayed with:
Luc, Ella, Chelsea, Isaac, and Nora
Then we decided to stay an extra night and leave early Tuesday morning. So we went to the pool again. This was Isaac’s first time in a pool. And look what Kervin thought he’d enjoy!:
Not so much.
Nora’s favorite part of our trip to Durango was Luc. Luc is our friend’s 10 year old little boy. He adores Nora and loves playing with her, lets her beat up on him and helps her out. She loves it.
But if you ask Nora who she’s going to marry she’ll still say “Daddy”…….well, 9 times out of 10 anyway. Sometimes it’s “Caleb”.
I love my little boy. May 30, 2008
Isaac is such a sweetie pie. He sleeps well…….relatively speaking. (that is, for a breastfed baby who sleeps right next to his mama.) He travels well. He eats well……..his typical breakfast: 2 egg yolks with a bit of celtic sea salt and some frozen organic blueberries. lunch: plantains fried in coconut oil. supper: whatever we’re having, chopped and mixed with his “baby pate”…….which is pureed liver and butter. Yum! Aren’t y’all jealous!? I love that I hear “he’s such a happy baby” so often. A happy baby. Isn’t that what every mommy wants?
