Good Friends

A couple weeks ago the girls - I mean kids (I can't get used to saying kids since for so long it was just "girls") and I took a trip to Portland to visit my old friends from junior high Melinda and Olivia and Melinda's sister Dana and new baby Elle.

In August We...

Enjoyed lots of dinners outside with Mimi and Chip.

Picked and froze 35 lbs of blueberries.

We canned 25 quarts of pickles, lots of relish and 14 pints of pickled beets. Still to can: peaches, tomatoes, applesauce and grape jelly. We got all our produce from local farms. Unfortunately our own yard has been very neglected this year and has not produced even a single tomato.

Watched Annah finish up her soccer season. She did great and scored several goal each game. Best of all, she loves soccer and loves seeing all her friends!

We had a great time at the pool in Corvallis.

We had fun in McMinville at a park for our friend Ruby's 6th birthday.

We had a fun time with all our friends at the annual Homer Davenport parade in Silverton.

We had a great big garage sale together with our neighbors and a few other friends. Mira and Annah organized a Gatorade and cookie stand with the proceeds going to the local food bank. They raised over $25 for the Silverton Food Bank!
Oh and look closely at the photo above, Mira got braces this month! We should have had her raising money to pay for them!

We attended our church picnic and had a great time singing along to the old time gospel music.

We spent a wonderful evening with my new friend Emily and her family at a small, private Matthew Price concert on her parent's AMAZING farm.

We spent an afternoon at the Oregon Garden with our friends Rebecca and Lauren.

Our Little Man

West, 5 1/2 months old. Weston is almost 20 lbs and wears size 9-12 months! He's a big and very happy boy and we love him so much!

Annah's Special Day with Mama

This week Mira went to Canyonview camp, a local Christian day camp. Annah and I tried to do something special every day and one day we went to Create-a-Memory to make a birthday gift for Mira and something special for Annah. We left West at home with Mimi and had a great date. After painting we stopped by Shane's work to have lunch and watch football practice.

Silverton Art Festival

Statesman Journal
August 22, 2010

Fine arts, fun, food featured in Silverton

In the art activities area, princess headbands, collage cards, calligraphy notes and soap carvings are waiting to be created.

Annah Wibel, 5, and Mira Wibel, 8, of Silverton were up to their elbows in jewels, feathers, glitter and glue on the first day of the festival, which is in its 10th year.

Annah was especially focused on the task at hand — getting a feather to stick to the paper instead of her skin.

When asked what she'd do with the finished product — a collage card — the girl didn't have any spectacular plans.

"I'll just look at it," she said.

The girl's mother, Tirza Wibel, was sitting nearby, feeding her 5-month-old son, West.

"This is the highlight of their summer," she said. "They really have some great projects for kids. And, it's very relaxing; there's no rush."

Out in the Fields With God

Out In The Fields With God
by Louise Imogen Guiney

The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday,
Among the fields above the sea,
Among the winds at play,
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.

The foolish fears of what might pass,
I cast them all away,
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay,
Among the hushing of the corn
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born--
Out in the fields with God.