Okay, I managed to add quite a few photos with more on the way. Our trip to Sacramento and our recent trip to Los Angeles are largely featured. I still have to add Disneyland pics, though.
Here's the link.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Disneyland!
He had a great time, though I think the Casey Jr. Circus Train won out as the favorite... even more than the Finding Nemo Submarine Ride or the Winnie the Pooh Ride. If I get these new, larger photos from our new camera figured out, I'll get more loaded onto our family photos page.
Judy Goes to Washington
Judy Korynasz, Nana to one individual, flew to Washington D.C. at the invitation of Oregon's junior Senator, Gordon Smith (R). He's the ranking member on the Senate Special Subcommittee on Aging.
On May 22nd, Judy provided testimony about the difficulties of Medicare for modest-income seniors, including her mother Charlotte (Great Gramma), as well as difficulties that she and John (Papa) have.
Here's a link to the Senate website with information about the hearing.
Here's the link to her written testimony (.pdf).
As soon as the hearing itself is posted in video format, I'll post it here!
On May 22nd, Judy provided testimony about the difficulties of Medicare for modest-income seniors, including her mother Charlotte (Great Gramma), as well as difficulties that she and John (Papa) have.
Here's a link to the Senate website with information about the hearing.
Here's the link to her written testimony (.pdf).
As soon as the hearing itself is posted in video format, I'll post it here!
Happy Birthday Tom
Uncle Tom is 33 today!
I called to wish him a happy birthday and he mentioned all was well and that they will likely be going to dinner tonight to celebrate. Sounds like a plan.
Below is a photo of (from right to left starting with Tom): Tom, Kate, Hayes, Jill and Gabriel from our trip a few weeks ago to Sacramento to visit.
And, of course, the following photo is too good not to post from that same trip:
Happy Birthday!
I called to wish him a happy birthday and he mentioned all was well and that they will likely be going to dinner tonight to celebrate. Sounds like a plan.
Below is a photo of (from right to left starting with Tom): Tom, Kate, Hayes, Jill and Gabriel from our trip a few weeks ago to Sacramento to visit.
And, of course, the following photo is too good not to post from that same trip:
Happy Birthday!
Friday, March 21, 2008
A Post for Good Friday
For those few who visit this website...
"Any authenticity that we are going to have as persons of faith and any authority that we are going to have as witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ will come because of our exposure to bruises and scars. There is no other way to authenticity. There is a certain counterfeit pose that one may maintain, but as to an entrance into the full, the true authority, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, that comes by exposure and by wounds. There is no other way. If one looks back at those who have deeply affected their generation, the discovery will be made that almost without exception they did it against some minus, some ache, some pain in their own lives ...
At some time, who can say when, there will be a crown of thorns pressed down upon your head. It may be some private anguish. It may be some profoundly disturbing condition in your own family. One cannot detail the direction whence the affliction will come, but when it does, you will have every right to rail against it and to cry out against that kind of providence, even to argue with God, to withstand him to the face ...
But do one other thing. Take it. Accept. For was it not our Lord's word that the cup he looked into, the awful agony which waited for him, did not come from unfriendly hands: "The cup which my Father hath given, shall I not drink of it?"
I promise you this, if you can take whatever deep hurt that occurs in your life and hold it up before God and say to him, even in bitterness, of this which you despise and this which you hate, "If there is anything you can do with it, take, and use it."
I promise you, you will be utterly amazed at what will occur," - Gardner C. Taylor, sermon delivered February 1, 1978.
(Hat tip Andrew Sullivan)
"Any authenticity that we are going to have as persons of faith and any authority that we are going to have as witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ will come because of our exposure to bruises and scars. There is no other way to authenticity. There is a certain counterfeit pose that one may maintain, but as to an entrance into the full, the true authority, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, that comes by exposure and by wounds. There is no other way. If one looks back at those who have deeply affected their generation, the discovery will be made that almost without exception they did it against some minus, some ache, some pain in their own lives ...
At some time, who can say when, there will be a crown of thorns pressed down upon your head. It may be some private anguish. It may be some profoundly disturbing condition in your own family. One cannot detail the direction whence the affliction will come, but when it does, you will have every right to rail against it and to cry out against that kind of providence, even to argue with God, to withstand him to the face ...
But do one other thing. Take it. Accept. For was it not our Lord's word that the cup he looked into, the awful agony which waited for him, did not come from unfriendly hands: "The cup which my Father hath given, shall I not drink of it?"
I promise you this, if you can take whatever deep hurt that occurs in your life and hold it up before God and say to him, even in bitterness, of this which you despise and this which you hate, "If there is anything you can do with it, take, and use it."
I promise you, you will be utterly amazed at what will occur," - Gardner C. Taylor, sermon delivered February 1, 1978.
(Hat tip Andrew Sullivan)
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
In Like a Lion...
Wow, it's already March of 2008!
What a dereliction of duties. I finally managed to sit down, as the scrolling Flickr! photos to the right indicate, and have added some new photos to view. Click the photo to the right or the Family Photos link (or that one right here) further down at the right to view.
Nothing too crazy has been happening, so we're just waiting out the winter for Spring to arrive. A few bits, though:
Mandy - we've added a dog to our household, so the urban farm continues to take shape. A bit too rambunctious for John & Judy, she now lives with us. Gabriel loves it, but even he gets a bit run over by her every now and then.
Gabriel Activities - He's been enjoying painting/art classes and now a toddler tumbling/bouncing class over at the Hillsboro SHARC. He's also a regular in the Turtles Sunday School class at Summit View Covenant Church.. see below.
SVCC.org - We've become regular attendees at Summit View Covenant Church in Beaverton.. located ever so temptingly near Monteaux's and Popeye's Fried Chicken. I don't know how to describe it other than to say that it's what you would get if a moderate Baptist church, an espresso/cafe, and a maternity ward were plopped into a blender. Once nice feature is that their sermons are in podcasts.. take a peak if you care to. Kurt Carlson is a good teacher.
What a dereliction of duties. I finally managed to sit down, as the scrolling Flickr! photos to the right indicate, and have added some new photos to view. Click the photo to the right or the Family Photos link (or that one right here) further down at the right to view.
Nothing too crazy has been happening, so we're just waiting out the winter for Spring to arrive. A few bits, though:
Mandy - we've added a dog to our household, so the urban farm continues to take shape. A bit too rambunctious for John & Judy, she now lives with us. Gabriel loves it, but even he gets a bit run over by her every now and then.
Gabriel Activities - He's been enjoying painting/art classes and now a toddler tumbling/bouncing class over at the Hillsboro SHARC. He's also a regular in the Turtles Sunday School class at Summit View Covenant Church.. see below.
SVCC.org - We've become regular attendees at Summit View Covenant Church in Beaverton.. located ever so temptingly near Monteaux's and Popeye's Fried Chicken. I don't know how to describe it other than to say that it's what you would get if a moderate Baptist church, an espresso/cafe, and a maternity ward were plopped into a blender. Once nice feature is that their sermons are in podcasts.. take a peak if you care to. Kurt Carlson is a good teacher.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Merry White Christmas!
We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and that Santa was extra generous this year. We had a great Christmas and even had snow! The odds of that happening in the Portland area are less than 1%, so it was quite a treat.
Gabriel did quite alright at our house. Santa left him a Thomas & Friends toddler bicycle and a toddler digital camera. Both were hits, but the big hit was the Brio Aqueduct waterway toy that we got him.. photo is below.
It's a wet mess in the kitchen, but the boy has been captivated by it and Bebe has had a blast with it as well. Yeah, there's wet towels all around the place but hey - no single toy has ever kept Gabriel's and Bebe's attention in the same place at the same time for as long as they can play with it!
Nana, Papa, and Great Gramma were able to join us for Christmas, including a dinner with the tastiest smoked ham I've ever had. Organic and nitrate-free from New Seasons. Leading up to Christmas, we enjoyed Zoo Lights, the Grotto, baking sugar cookies, and leaving some cookies out for Santa on the fireplace on Christmas Eve.
In addition to the above photo, I've made a greatly overdue update on our Flickr! photo page with shots spanning from Maui in October to Christmas just the day before. Also included are Gabriel's SuperGabriel Halloween Costume courtesy of Gramma, Autumn Leaves, Tea Parties, Family Thanksgiving, Christmas Tree Hunting, Jill's Birthday (see post below), and Gabriel's first movie theater experience (and first foreign film The Red Balloon).
Happy New Year!
Gabriel did quite alright at our house. Santa left him a Thomas & Friends toddler bicycle and a toddler digital camera. Both were hits, but the big hit was the Brio Aqueduct waterway toy that we got him.. photo is below.
It's a wet mess in the kitchen, but the boy has been captivated by it and Bebe has had a blast with it as well. Yeah, there's wet towels all around the place but hey - no single toy has ever kept Gabriel's and Bebe's attention in the same place at the same time for as long as they can play with it!
Nana, Papa, and Great Gramma were able to join us for Christmas, including a dinner with the tastiest smoked ham I've ever had. Organic and nitrate-free from New Seasons. Leading up to Christmas, we enjoyed Zoo Lights, the Grotto, baking sugar cookies, and leaving some cookies out for Santa on the fireplace on Christmas Eve.
In addition to the above photo, I've made a greatly overdue update on our Flickr! photo page with shots spanning from Maui in October to Christmas just the day before. Also included are Gabriel's SuperGabriel Halloween Costume courtesy of Gramma, Autumn Leaves, Tea Parties, Family Thanksgiving, Christmas Tree Hunting, Jill's Birthday (see post below), and Gabriel's first movie theater experience (and first foreign film The Red Balloon).
Happy New Year!
Happy Belated Birthday (Post) Jill!
Jill celebrated her birthday a couple of weeks ago and I've been rather remiss by not posting anything. Truth be told, it's been kinda difficult to grab the digital camera memory chip during all the holiday festivities this month. Excuses, excuses.
I hope you had a happy birthday, Jill. It was sort of a two-day celebration with the company dinner at Andina on your birthday and then a family get together the next night. But I know you had a good time and managed a nice pair of new earrings as well! Gabriel clearly had a blast, too.
Happy Birthday, Sweetie! I love you!
I hope you had a happy birthday, Jill. It was sort of a two-day celebration with the company dinner at Andina on your birthday and then a family get together the next night. But I know you had a good time and managed a nice pair of new earrings as well! Gabriel clearly had a blast, too.
Happy Birthday, Sweetie! I love you!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Hang the Moosletoe
Looks like everybody's favorite alcoholic moose in Anchorage is getting into the Christmas spirit. Buzzwinkle (doesn't get any better than that) apparently got drunk eating fermented crabapples again and got into a bit of a tangle with his antlers.
The Anchorage Daily News article can be found here.
The Anchorage Daily News article can be found here.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
At least there's going to be nice weather in Hillsboro for the rest of the week. We'll be spending Thanksgiving with Gramma and Grampa, the Sacramento Reids and four of the Gallup Proffitts. Gabriel's had a hoot playing with cousins. There is a Wachdorf gathering in Seattle this weekend that Jill and Gabriel might make for a day or two, but looks like he's beginning to feel kinda yucky.
So a Happy Turkey Day to everyone and their families. Oh, and on a related note, if you've lately been wondering how Rick is doing, there's actually a video of him to watch.
Cheers!
So a Happy Turkey Day to everyone and their families. Oh, and on a related note, if you've lately been wondering how Rick is doing, there's actually a video of him to watch.
Cheers!
New Website Additions
You'll notice that in the right-hand margin, there are a couple of additions to the page. First, the obvious one is the new Flickr slideshow of our family photos. They change automatically, but you can pause on one you like, move forward or backward, or just click the photo and you'll be taken to the larger version at the Flickr website.
Second, I've added a link under Family Links, to the Wachdorf geneology website, Wachdorf Connect. You can learn all about the Wachdorf, Pfleger, Hardison, and Plaehn families over there at your leisure. It's well done, with lots of photos, family letters, and other information scanned and meticulously organized.
Happy surfing!
Second, I've added a link under Family Links, to the Wachdorf geneology website, Wachdorf Connect. You can learn all about the Wachdorf, Pfleger, Hardison, and Plaehn families over there at your leisure. It's well done, with lots of photos, family letters, and other information scanned and meticulously organized.
Happy surfing!
Monday, November 19, 2007
First Christmas Post
And Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet.
But this time-waster is definitely worth a chuckle.
Far more to also write about than there is time.
But this time-waster is definitely worth a chuckle.
Far more to also write about than there is time.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
(Even) More Photos
Gabriel & Bali Hai at Tunnels Beach, October 2007
I still plan to add a few more, but I uploaded a whole bundle today of shots that I like. Have a look at your convenience.
Monday, October 29, 2007
More Photos Uploaded
Gabriel & Ina, Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii October 2007
I've added quite a few new photos to our flickr.com photo album, mostly from this summer, New Orleans, and a few from Hawaii. More from the Hawaii trip will be added in the next couple of days.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
He Had a Blast
Gabriel at Waimanalo Beach, Oahu, Hawaii on October 3.
More photos will be available in good time at our Flickr page soon enough. It's kinda hectic around here right now.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Happy 10th Anniversary!
Today is Jill's and my 10th anniversary. We're going to celebrate by going to Andina, an apparently great restaurant in Portland (one of the many) that we haven't yet gone to. We look forward to it.
Happy anniversary, sweety! It's been a remarkable 10 years, we have an amazing little boy together, a wonderful home, and many more years to look forward to!
I love you,
Bill
Happy anniversary, sweety! It's been a remarkable 10 years, we have an amazing little boy together, a wonderful home, and many more years to look forward to!
I love you,
Bill
Happy Birthday Gramma!
Today is Gabriel's Gramma's birthday. She's celebrating in Colorado with Grandpa, so she's not in Oregon to share a happy birthday carrot cake with Gabriel.
We hope you're having a great day!
We hope you're having a great day!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
(Grandma) Betty Jean Reid
Grandma Reid passed away early Monday morning in Farmington, New Mexico, where she lived for as long as I can remember. Her health took its course as it does with folks who live to be over 85 years old. She had been receiving care in and out of her own home as her health declined.
We last saw her in person a couple of years ago when we were able to take Gabriel and enjoy a visit in her own home. Before that, and before I came to Oregon, I usually tried to drive through Farmington when I headed home from college in Texas, usually right before Christmas time. Slick roads, cold air, and herds of sheep between Cuba and Farmington made their home on La Plata drive a welcome destination. Grandma (and Grandpa) were always happy to see me, even as I greeted them with the same corny joke about whether or not they knew a certain blue spruce was growing in their front yard. Pizza (Little Caesar's - "Here's $20.. don't forget the green chile!"), sometimes cards, and always a lot of conversation were guaranteed from her shortly after my arrival.
She will be missed. I have posted the entirety of her obituary below, courtesy of the Farmington Daily Times newspaper website.
May you finally enjoy rest and peace.
We last saw her in person a couple of years ago when we were able to take Gabriel and enjoy a visit in her own home. Before that, and before I came to Oregon, I usually tried to drive through Farmington when I headed home from college in Texas, usually right before Christmas time. Slick roads, cold air, and herds of sheep between Cuba and Farmington made their home on La Plata drive a welcome destination. Grandma (and Grandpa) were always happy to see me, even as I greeted them with the same corny joke about whether or not they knew a certain blue spruce was growing in their front yard. Pizza (Little Caesar's - "Here's $20.. don't forget the green chile!"), sometimes cards, and always a lot of conversation were guaranteed from her shortly after my arrival.
She will be missed. I have posted the entirety of her obituary below, courtesy of the Farmington Daily Times newspaper website.
Betty Jean Reid
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/18/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT
FARMINGTON
Betty Jean Reid
April 26, 1922 - Sept. 17, 2007
Betty Jean Reid, 85, of Farmington, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, Sept. 17, 2007. She was born Betty Jean Tunison on April 26, 1922, in Sterling, Colo., to Edgar D. and Julia M. Tunison.
Betty was the oldest of three children raised on their family's homestead between Sterling and Akron, Colo. She graduated from high school in Atwood, Colo. She met her future husband, George H. Reid Sr., on a train from Denver, Colo., to Sterling, Colo., in 1945, as he was returning from his deployment in the South Pacific at the end of WWII. Betty spent her time caring for her family and friends, quilting, camping and fishing.
Betty was preceded in death by both of her parents and her brother, Edgar Dennis Tunison of Palm Springs, Calif.
She is survived by her husband, George H. Reid Sr., of Farmington; her sister, Kathleen Michael of Palm Harbor, Fla.; son, James Reid and his wife, Yvonne, of Fort Morgan, Colo.; son, Steve Reid and wife, Ellen, of Casper, Wyo.; son, David Reid and his wife, Dianne, of Hillsboro, Ore.; daughter, Betty Rice of Farmers Branch, Texas; son, George Reid Jr. of Farmington; 10 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation for Betty will be 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute St. in Farmington. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Memory Gardens of Farmington, with Father Tim Farrell.
Betty is in the care of Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home; (505) 325-8688.
May you finally enjoy rest and peace.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Happy Birthday Aunt Kate!
We hope Kate is having a wonderful time celebrating the first anniversary of her 29th birthday. Here's to many, many more anniversaries!
Kate recently updated her blog related to her birthday and Baby Hayes' progress. Go check it out at itsareid.blogspot.com. With recent Hayes photos!
Kate recently updated her blog related to her birthday and Baby Hayes' progress. Go check it out at itsareid.blogspot.com. With recent Hayes photos!
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