tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54780102304964983282024-02-08T09:55:53.673-07:00Keeping up with the Greniers!We may not have it all together, but when we're together we have it all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-42834396668048703862018-06-12T10:31:00.000-06:002018-06-30T10:32:24.483-06:00Updates coming soon . . . Can't seem to EVER keep up! I'm hoping to add some new posts soon, check back!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-3220728839259393182017-07-17T14:12:00.002-06:002017-07-18T07:06:58.704-06:00The stuff of summer . . . <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #1d2129; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "calibri";">So,
my youngest kids had some friends spend the night last night . . . and with the
power of youth (and the flexibility of summer) on their side, they set out to
"pull an all-nighter". <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around
5 am, since they were still awake, they set off on an adventure (at Anna's
urging, because she wanted to see the sunrise).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They mostly roamed around the campground, visited the dog park, posed
for silly pictures and laughed a lot. They apparently spent 45 minutes trying
to take the first picture below (using a timer rather than asking the guest who
was out walking her dogs to help them out). That's a lot of commitment for </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #1d2129; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">one picture,
but isn't it a COOL picture?! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They're going
to be tired later (especially since they just scarfed down plenty of sugar as
part of their ‘mini donut making extravaganza’) . . . but I can’t help but
think they are going to remember this night for a very long time</span> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #1d2129; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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is the ‘stuff’ of childhood . . . the sweetness, the wonder, the silliness and (hopefully)
the memories. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">Now, before you walk away thinking that I'm one of those cool, idyllic parents who was out there making those fun memories with them - I definitely wasn't. In fact, I was in bed (having a fitful night's sleep to start with - because of some chronic pain lately), worrying about whether they were being too rowdy and disturbing the campers, even texting them reminding them to try to be very, very quiet! Then, when they burst back into the house, giggling and raided the kitchen for breakfast, I proceeded to bark at them about the huge mess they'd made during their 'night watch' (because, well . . . "small house + big mess = lots of stress"). I did however marvel at the fun pictures they
got and told them what fun memories they had just made (while agonizing and
aching over the child who was asleep on the couch and had missed out on the
sunrise adventure and consequently wasn’t included in the fun “45 minutes in the making -
picture”). Then we made them clean up their mess!!</span></span><span style="background-color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #1d2129; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #1d2129; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">I DID agree to being drug into the donut
making fiasco - mostly so no one burned their appendages (or the house to the ground),
but sadly I wasn’t a part of nearly as much of the fun as I would like to have
been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nevertheless . . . memories and
messes were made and summer is very much alive (even as the clock is ticking
and ‘back to school’ looms on the horizon).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Life is good. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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yes, one obvious take away from this is “send your kids to my house . . . so I
can allow them to follow up their utter lack of sleep with an exorbitant amount
of sugar – and then send them back to you!” Responsible parenting at it's finest! (that donut picture below is only about half of all the donuts they made!)</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-49577831030139729702017-07-16T15:15:00.000-06:002017-07-17T15:17:41.199-06:00neglected again!Since this is the closest I get to scrapbooking anymore . . . I hate it when this blog is dreadfully out of date. I'm going to attempt to fill in some of the gaps of the recent months . . . soon! Check back! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-70207244458865275842017-04-04T16:01:00.000-06:002017-04-17T16:07:02.656-06:00<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">I'm currently making very last minute plans for my sister and I to head 'back east' for a couple of days. We lost our spunky,
stubborn, no-nonsense, one of a kind, very special (90 year old) “Grammy” today.
I will forever cherish fond memories of card games, vanilla ice cream (w/gobs
of peanut butter mixed into it!), homemade relish, the creaking of her
recliner, green olives, crossword puzzles, trips to the “jug milk store”, front
yard porch swings, May’s hamburgers and the smell of trash burning (and BenGay
ointment – but not together!) when I think of her. I’m sad to have lived so far away from her
for so many years, but thankful for the time I did have with her</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-65907861574251968562017-03-10T14:11:00.000-07:002017-03-10T16:12:31.535-07:00Road trip musings . . . <span style="font-family: "calibri";"> <span style="font-size: large;">(I wrote this while driving through Utah, almost a year ago, but never posted it . . . the photo/memory of starting out on that trip popped up on my FB page today and brought it back to mind)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">These moments bring
great joy . . . and an acute awareness of how fast the clock ticks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Laughing, teasing,
passing candy and colored pencils and essential oils, <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Our kids together, a
new arrangement (that they came up with themselves) to accommodate ipod chargers
and shared interests and longer legs . . . they are laughing and teasing one
another, actually conversing (about reading and carsickness), but enjoying
being together . . . even coloring to pass the hours - with fancy colored
pencils and ‘grown up’ coloring books – part of their little treat sacks that I
snuck in the car last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing big
or fancy, just little surprises to help the hours pass more quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Relentless questions
from a teen whose mind never stops pondering peculiar facets of the universe – another
who sounds like she’s auditioning for ‘The Voice’, the back seat is quiet for a
moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is peaceful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is PURE bliss to be confined together, exploring
new territory with familiar faces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is anticipation and excitement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">Full
van, full tank of gas, full bellies, full heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;">No one expresses it, but I think perhaps they sense it too - the magic, the beauty, the brevity of these moments. It lends itself to a harmony, a cooperation . . . and a peacefulness that I can't quite explain. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: large;">My mind meanders back
in time to trips that were even longer (with children who were much smaller!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The planning was far more involved and overwhelming back
then, but the joy equally profound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">My mind can’t help but wander forward to the
days to come - when our trips will be much different. Close on its heels, comes the dreaded question
“might THIS be our last family road trip”? . . . as we have known them - for this season?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will future trips be
minus a child (or parent) who can’t take time off or work or school? Will future
trips involve a convoy of cars (with a boyfriend or girlfriend . . . or, gulp,
spouse(!) . . . in tow? I don’t allow my mind to wander to more tragic
(yet very possible) scenarios that would dramatically alter our road trips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">For now, I drink in
the treasure of this moment, the hum of the road passing quickly beneath us -
and enjoy it while it lasts. It boggles my mind to think there are those who
find road trips long, boring, mundane or miserable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
just don’t see it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">This is far from mundane. This, my friend . . .
THIS . . . is priceless.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-76879236923970012532017-02-20T14:32:00.000-07:002017-03-10T15:42:24.609-07:00Fun with a 17 1/2 year old . . . wowBy now you know about our half birthday tradition. We celebrated Emily's half birthday recently and I suggested that perhaps an indoor target shooting range might be fun. She was up for that and agreed that it sounded 'different and fun' . . . and since we followed it up with a trip to her favorite sushi buffet, the night was near perfect! <br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have been pondering the idea of 'gains and losses' today. Have you noticed that life is full of them? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both of them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whether it's money, freedom, hope, privileges, perspective, weight (let's not talk about this one, Dec was just ugly!), relationships, material possessions, responsibilities, respect, even our very loved ones sometimes. Life, from a human standpoint, is really full of gains and losses. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sometimes we just don't have a clear understanding, in the moment, of whether what has been given or what has been taken away is a disguised blessing or a crushing blow. We are wise to remember that there is something beneficial to be found in every gain and every loss - IF we look for it. All the more so, in the ones that appear the most brutally painful, those that are in stark contrast to what we'd been hoping for. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I imagine that from God's perspective, there is something redemptive and incredibly useful for our growth in EVERY single circumstance that we perceive as a gain or a loss. All of it is held in His incredibly capable hands and every last bit of it can be used by Him (in our lives). </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">God's love for us is like that of a perfect father. I am convinced that it delights Him to see us rest in His love (for us), knowing ~ really knowing ~ that He has our best in mind. Whatever we gain and whatever we lose pales in comparison to trusting that He will use ALL of it to bring us closer to Him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?" (Mark 8:36). </span></div>
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"Hey, you sunk my Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium ship!" . . . after making them memorize the entire periodic table of elements (in order of atomic number), the least I could do is let them play a variation of Battleship!</div>
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I've been thinking lately about the incredible impact our choices have - both for ourselves and for those around us. Especially the choices we make early on (in marriage, in parenting, in our Christian walk or even in a given day) and how they set the tone for success or struggle, blessing or burden, health or disease, and a host of other things.<br />
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My train of thought actually began with the topic of food choices - and how the ones made first thing in the morning truly set the tone for the rest of the day. In my world, I have learned that once I give in to sugar - the rest is downhill (and usually it's a downright ugly ride!). I have not found this to be an area where I have ANY concept of moderation. For me, this is, sadly, an all or nothing arena (think of an alcoholic trying to take just one sip). Once I've unleashed that monster, I often just have to hang on, get through the day and make a fresh start in the morning (thankful that, EVEN in this, His mercies are new). <br />
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It's been said that we make our choices and then our choices make us. Don't hear me wrong, God can absolutely redeem our poor choices and make something beautiful out of them, but it's far less painful to not make poor choices in the first place. Whether it's a (seemingly trivial) battle with sugar, an attempt to control your temper, a desire to change a relationship, the resolve to stand firm in your convictions or . . . (fill in the blank). It is wise to consider where the path is going to lead before you take the first step down it. <br />
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It just might 'make all the difference'.<br />
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Home. It's a messy, yet glorious; exhausting yet exhilarating prospect. There's truly no place like it (Dorothy was right!). Hot tea and rich biographies shared together; cozy blankets and snuggly puppies . . . worn out carpet, unending dishes and mounds of laundry, cabinets that need decluttered . . .and (too often) tattered nerves and bickering children. <br />
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The good, the bad, the ugly ~ it's a package deal . . . and a living picture of God's goodness and grace, moment by moment, day in and day out. It's often under-appreciated, but for better or worse, it's where you belong, it's where you 'become' and it's where you return to.<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Maybe I'm alone in this (struggle), but
yesterday was one of those days where my head was spinning with ENTIRELY too
much to do. So much so ~ that I couldn't seem to focus on any of it.
Transcripts, grades, papers that I couldn't locate , lesson plans, high
school foreign language requirements, class schedules, etc, all whirled about
me (can you tell I'm a homeschool mom and school starts soon?) </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">In the midst
of begging God for help JUST to be able to 'do the next thing', I remembered I
was sitting next to a shelf full of amazing little oil bottles. These three in
the diffuser were a game changer! Literally. God was gracious and I was finally
able to make some significant progress on several things that I desperately
needed to get done. Yay!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-16696906381414192742016-08-12T01:02:00.000-06:002016-10-17T01:09:32.145-06:00Meteor shower memoriesBrrr!! Whose crazy idea was it to sleep outside and watch the Perseid meteor shower? . . . oh wait, it was mine!! Not sure what the experts say, but I think it was at it's peak at 3 am . . . and just for the record, it may be August, but it's QUITE cold and damp at 3 am! <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-51849209295963217342016-08-09T00:48:00.000-06:002016-10-17T00:49:12.334-06:00SukiWe decided that today is the day (to end this poor guy's pain and say goodbye). Suki joined our family in 2004, when I was pregnant with Samuel. We were living downtown, didn't really have a yard and I was about to have a 4th child (under the age of six) - I wasn't really feeling the need to take care of one more living creature! . . . BUT, I had a five year old who had been praying for a "small, white, fluffy dog - who didn't shed". <br />
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The night he arrived (on pretty short notice<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">) we happened to be eating carry-out pizza on the stairs (because we just had our carpet cleaned and it was still damp, and our furniture in disarray). So, we have a silly tradition of eating pizza on the stairs with <span class="highlightNode">Suki</span> every year on the anniversary of that November night. The kids decided it would be fitting to do that one last time (a few months early) as a 'last supper' of sorts. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Run free, sweet boy, we'll miss you! </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-71749921929387719502016-07-29T01:17:00.000-06:002016-10-17T01:18:17.799-06:00They're baaaaccckk!!Emily and Ryan (and the rest of Ryan's family) returned home last night! So excited to have them back!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-41229197106163826362016-07-18T01:24:00.000-06:002016-10-17T01:24:44.252-06:00St Mary's Glacier Fun family time at St. Mary's Glacier today (& then lunch in Idaho Springs). We have to go back when Emily is home, she would have gotten some amazing pictures there!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-49271332584334805842016-06-28T13:07:00.000-06:002016-06-30T17:34:24.362-06:00Emily's Big Adventure!Emily left on her big adventure today! She will be gone for a month! <br />
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The first two weeks will be spent traveling to Ukraine and working in a camp for orphans. (She will be AMAZING! - have you SEEN this girl with little kids?!) The next two weeks will be spent joining the Sturt family on their European vacation (visiting friends and relatives in Sweden and England) . . . they invited her to join them on their summer vacation - and who can say no to that?!! <br />
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What an opportunity! What a wild adventure for a 16 yr old to get to enjoy, especially since she gets to share it with a family that she utterly adores! So much 'new' - a short term missions trip (I've dreamed for years of doing one as a family, but we haven't managed to yet), international flights, train rides (complete with sleeper cars!), three countries that she has never set foot in and so much more! She'll get to experience parts of Europe as a tourist, but from an insider's perspective. New foods, new languages, new currency, new adventures!<br />
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There will be new dynamics for the rest of our family . . . a taste of days to come in the not so far away future.<br />
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Thanks for your support and prayers for her, we are excited to see the many pictures that she comes home with and hear the stories of the planned and the unplanned excitement that will fill the next 4 weeks!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-91424458386257274272016-05-31T21:33:00.000-06:002016-10-16T21:36:22.502-06:00I love this guy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478010230496498328.post-20711657151278381282016-05-22T21:33:00.000-06:002016-10-16T21:33:35.997-06:00Horse Happy Girl!Anna was completely delighted to go horseback riding today in Garden of the Gods park with one of her favorite friends! Let the birthday celebrations begin!<br />
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