Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Healthy Eating Society

Every Monday a group of four healthy minded, fun loving individuals gathers together at lunch time to eat handcrafted salads, drink healthy frappes and discuss healthy topics. They call themselves "The Healthy Eating Society". It was founded in February 2013 on a normal Monday afternoon. It was founded in an effort to promote healthy eating and lifestyles and to add interest to Monday afternoons. One of the members made them all personalized t- shirts to identify themselves. They meet outside in the patio area but with chilly weather coming on that will probably change. (freezing frappes + freezing weather = freezing HES members)
A typical meeting starts with them all in the kitchen making their own personal salads. I would like to say that it is a neat, orderly affair but that would not be the truth since two of the members are 14 year old boys who have little experience in the kitchen. They have very memorable kitchen disasters to relate such as the pepper grinder spilling and emptying half it's contents into one of the members salad bowls or the frappe maker mistaking the arrowroot powder for something else and putting it in the frappes. After everyone's lunch is prepared they convene in the patio area (aka. the blowout) and officially begin the meeting with a prayer and roll call. They spend the next hour discussing various enlightening subjects and generally enjoying each other's company. One day they decided that there needed to be a pictorial record of the society's existence so they asked their honorary member, who is always unable to attend the meetings to take some pictures. Here are some of the ones that were taken.
 Their meeting place
 Together with their shirts
 The backs of the shirts
 Did I mention that they are a fun loving group? ;)
 Even though this picture is rather out of focus it captures the different personalities of the Healthy Eating Society.
 It is very difficult to take "selfies" with a DSLR camera :):P

That is the Healthy Eating Society. It is an odd, eccentric group that is bursting with energy and life but they are happy and glad to be together. If you are ever with them on a Monday afternoon feel free to join them; they would love to have you as an honorary guest.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Day 139 - 154 plus a couple extra

See last post's introduction.

Day 139
 Debriefing the What He Has Learned
Over October break we went to Washington State to attend the Family Economics conference and visit my grandparents. The conference was fantastic. I learned alot there and I will be sharing about some things I learned in future posts. We also were able to meet new friends and catch up with old ones.

Day 140
  Taking a Walk in the Autumn Leaves
Washington is a beautiful state. It is very green and moist but they get some amazing fall foilage. While we were with my grandparents we did lots of nature exploring with them.

Day 141

 Bridge Shadows

I think I have already explained my fascination with shadows :)

Day 142
 Ancient Steps

Day 143
 Awed Hiker
Elianna and Nathan (and the other littles) were troopers on all our hikes. Elianna loves being outside so she thought all the exploring was great fun until we had to get back in the car to drive to our next destination ;)

While we were gone the government was shut down and our only encounter with that fact was on one of our hikes when the trail we wanted to hike was closed due to a lack of government funding.

Day 144
Flowing Waterfalls
One advantage to cloudy, rainy weather all year long is that you have wonderful waterfalls and rivers all year round.
 Day 145
 Twin Brothers

Day 146
 City in the Clouds
On one of our driving\hiking excursions we came to the top of Mt. W-.  There was a breathtaking view and out in the distance we could see Seattle in the clouds.
 Day 147

One day we went to Seattle and walked around the Public Market. It was a very unique experience. The market was unlike anything we had ever seen. We also went and bought coffee at the original Starbucks which I thought was very cool.

                                                                     Day 148
 Old Hat, New Hat

Day 149

 Sunset on the Hood Canal
In order to get to Seattle you have to take the ferry or drive all the way around the Hood Canal. On our way to Seattle we missed the ferry by 5 minutes but we were able to ride it on the way home. We were also able to enjoy the glorious sunset.
Day 150
 Dandelions!!!

Day 151
 More Dandelions
On our way home from Washington we stopped at Fort Vancouver. It was a very neat little history stop. It was the first permanent trade settlement in the west. It was an active fort up into World War 2. There was a huge field that was the parade grounds and it was covered in dandelions so we had a wonderful time blowing them :)

Day  152
 Loose Lips Sink Ships
When was that phrase used???

Day 153
Happy Siblings
This is also at Fort Vancouver. This picture is not posed; they were discussing the conditions of the hospital behind us.

Day 154
Autumn Glory
 "And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the trees of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,  yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!"
Matthew 6:28-30


Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Days 122 - 138

Here are my pictures for the last 16 days. I have been really busy and sometimes it has been hard to find time even to take a picture. Don't ask me why.

Day 123
 Pretty in Pink <3<3<3

Day 124

Golden Sunset on the 41

Day 125
Busy on a Saturday!!

Day 126
"Then you put it here...."
Listening to 3 yearolds explain something to you put that something into a new perspective.

Day 127
My bed at the end of a busy school day!!!

Day 128

Leaky Hose

Day 130

"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Day 131
We have so many reasons to be Thankful!!

Day 132
Wheels of Productivity
I actually took this picture in colonial Williamsburg when we were there in the summer. I took it especially for my 313 project but I never ended up posting it so here it is.
*sigh* just looking at the picture makes me want to go back. That is one of my favorite places ever and I want to go again as soon as possible.

Day 133
Mother and Son Love

Day 134
Birthday Boy!!!
October 2nd was Nathan's 4th birthday!! I can't believe he is 4!!!  I remember when I turned 4.

Day 135
Mr. Big

Day 136
Long Drawn out Conversation ;);)

Day 137
Painted Red

This picture was taken yesterday. I was completely uninspired of what to take a picture of until my wonderful, life saving friend, Maddie suggested I take a picture of hands. So with Hannah's help and creativity here is what I got.
This is a little off topic but also yesterday I took my drivers permit test and I PASSED!!! Now I can start drivers ed. I am really thrilled to be able to start driving.

Day 138

Razor!!!!