My family has two central themes that I discovered in the exploration of my genogram: adventure and togetherness. I took a look at these themes in my genogram presentation but wanted to expound upon them a little bit within my own nuclear family, with a focus on self identity. Sometimes these...
Advent Day 17
posted by E
I wanted to do something about love. These are my stuffed animals that I love very...
The Bunker
posted by E
We built a stick fort called ”The Bunker”. It had an outhouse and everything. It is called ”The Bunker”because When W was breaking down a tree I called to H get in ”the Bunker” because the Bunker is the most protected point in our stick fort.” I...
US Army Base
posted by E
We are staying in a US Army Base called a Garrison. This is a picture of the people that live in this house. They are older now. There is a soccer field about 100 meters along the street. There is lots of American food in the refrigerators, and English-speaking neighbors...
The Wee Beastie
posted by E
t Today we helped out with the Friends of the Lake District. We took down an old fence so the cows and horses wouldn’t get tangled up in the barbed wire. I am using the “wee beastie” tool in this picture, taking out a staple that holds the wire to the pole. It was...
School Shoutout
posted by J
A shoutout to our friends in Fairfax and Falls Church schools starting school today. “Hope they have a good...
God Is Seen
posted by E
We all know God is everywhere but I really saw Him whale-watching in Husavik. (You can view a great video here.) The whales were amazing like God but way less powerful and amazing than Him. God made them amazing just how He made everything beyond good. God does...
Bear Saves Puffin
posted by E
We got Sven in Vik. He is a puffin and he is Iceland’s national bird. He has a son named BJ (he is also a puffin, but is smaller and is on a keychain). I sleep with Sven in my sleeping bad. Sven can’t exactly fly, but he can beat everybody in a staring contest — even if they...
Puffin out of poof!
posted by E
On Monday, we rode a ferry to Heimaey Island. We rented bikes and went to the other end of the island where the puffins were. They were not easy to find. We went to look under the 80 degrees steep cliffs. We found them there. There were thousands in the water, and some others were flying in...