The Streetpoet » General http://streetpoet.org/blog Veronique's corner Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:53:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Camping ~ July 12, 2009 ~ King’s Canyon http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/camping-july-12-16-2009-kings-canyon/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/camping-july-12-16-2009-kings-canyon/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:23:30 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/camping-july-12-16-2009-kings-canyon/ Packed to the hilt and ready to go on our first camping trip! We met up with the family and stopped to see the Redwoods before driving over the pass to the campground. We were in awe of the grandeur of these immense trees and their Creator. lunching One of the fallen trees created a tunnel we could walk through! Jerome, our “log gremlin” :-) Ian needed some encouragement to hike when he should have been napping. There were mountain Dogwoods beneath the grand Redwoods! Jerome and I out of a cabin window. Anybody remember whose cabin this was? Thanks for the pic, Scott! and the hand, Jerome :-) perspective Auntie Anna with her “log gremlins” going back through. a window a farewell On the road again, heading over the mountain to King’s Canyon where we will camp. We stopped at the top on a vista of the Canyon Here you can see the King’s River “Woah! Are we really going down there?” yup :-) Jerome collecting rocks at every opportunity. Sweet Jane holding onto Seth who was making me nervous with his jumping around. On the road down we saw this massive rock. Peter said looked like God had taken a slice of butter out of it. Down to the roaring river And finally to the campsite! Ian and Bough were instant buddies! this was Rebekah’s first camping trip, too! Thanks to the Jones’ for their wonderful camping gear, and to our family who organized this amazing trip!

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/camping-july-12-16-2009-kings-canyon/feed/ 0 Pete and Sarah ~ 6.28.09 ~ Culver City http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/pete-and-sarah-62809-culver-city/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/pete-and-sarah-62809-culver-city/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:17:48 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/pete-and-sarah-62809-culver-city/ It just so happened that Pete had a wedding booked in Los Angeles the day after my Santa Barbara wedding. It happened to be perfect timing for him to be here to second shoot for me, and it also turned out to be very convenient timing for an anniversary trip for Pete and Sarah’s eighth year married! They spent a refreshing, memorable and providential weekend in California. They shared their time with us, catching up, making memories, and enjoying being together.

On Sunday we walked down memory lane and through their old town Culver City on a double date/photo shoot and had a blast! Definitely something we’ll do again someday!

Sarah and I I love jumping photos! and arches :-) and Sarah! our turn in the arch da vinci kisses under palms under exposed sun flare just makes the photo. Sarah grabbed this one on my camera! They can work it even if it ain’t real! I love to watch them together they are centered on Christ and real and so fun to hang out with! Hahaha! See? adorable great wall, great light… and great friends! Love you guys so much! our turn again :-) Sarah workin’ it! laughter Pete with his D90! http://www.peterdavisphotography.com/ Sarah’s capture on my camera A great ending to a wonderful day. But it felt like you weren’t really leaving. Isn’t that the beauty of true friendship? <hugs>

Pete, I think we still need to trade discs? Lemme know!

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/pete-and-sarah-62809-culver-city/feed/ 0 Summertime break http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/summertime-break/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/summertime-break/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:09:55 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/summertime-break/ We’re not breaking from school because we’re having too much fun reading our Sonlight books and the boys are having a blast with Aunt Brooke teaching them hands on Science…but I will only occasionally blog this summer. When Peter is in school and I have late nights alone it’s nice to be able to blog. Now that he’s out for the summer we’re spending our evenings together as a family and soaking up every minute of it! I don’t want to be on the computer when he’s home, so my blogging pace will be slowed until CSUN resumes for the 09-10 school year.

My thanks to all of you who so graciously leave encouraging comments…and my love to my family so far away.

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/summertime-break/feed/ 1 Zachary’s Four! http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/zacharys-four/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/zacharys-four/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:05:41 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/zacharys-four/ It’s hard to believe he’s four…he seems older than he really is. :-) Zachary is a very inquisitive little guy who wants to know about everything and can ask because he’s very articulate. My Seth loves to play with him which is a good thing because they’re cousins, only about seven months apart and great buddies.

He had a birthday the beginning of this month and his parents planned a wonderful day at the tidepools for all his little friends. The Lord blessed us with a beautiful day at the beach when it was cold and cloudy at home. We all enjoyed it so much and only left when the tide started rising and we became hungry for dinner.

Zachary, we love you! Happy Birthday little guy!

Papa came to the beach! exploring! I love how cliffy it looks the closest gull decided Peter was too close the other didn’t seem to care. Jerome made his way up no problem. (We think he’s part mountain goat.) Aunt Abby helped Seth climb up. I love all the blue! Thanks Abby for the photo! back down to the beach We loved watching Seth enjoy the beach! He seemed delighted and thrilled and fascinated by it all. The birthday boy arrived! Papa with happy baby Eden! Ian enjoying a bucket of water… and going back for more with Daddy. tidepools! Scott showing Brennan a starfish A purple starfish! Mom found a hermit crab! Seth got a turn to hold it and dropped it when it came out to pinch him. A headland down from that little cliff we climbed earlier. This is Abby. and Anna took Jerome out. He’s the little one to the right. Auntie Jane had Bekah exploring from the backpack. Grandma and Seth exploring together. Jane and Seth discovering Ian trying to keep his balance on the rocks. Jerome came back to tell us all about his adventure and took on the little rocks Jerome looking at the purple seastar and a sea anemone! Jane showed him how to poke it, Jerome said it felt like it sucked on his finger! Seth wrote an S with a seaweed in the sand and watched a wave come up and erase it. Daddy and Ian in the tidepools Ian looked so little at the beach. I love the blues and yellow! the birthday boy taking a break from digging. Hello Mr. Sand Crab! the two four year olds Uh oh, you never know what Seth is up to! cousins Ian’s very own tide pool Thank you, Daddy! Donna’s party with baby Eden in the shade Abby, Rebekah, and Stephanie :-) the boys exploring futher on. I like the mimicked balance posture of the surfer beyond him. He had not fallen, he deliberately sat like that. Seth watching the surfers. and enjoying a last wave before heading home. Point Mugu I recognized that hill…we’ve climbed it earlier this year! I have thouroughly enjoyed the clouds! They call it June Gloom in SoCal, but I love it! I loved how the setting sun was catching these tarps. It was a spectacular and wonderful day! Thank you Jesus!

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/zacharys-four/feed/ 0 Our Baby’s Two! http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/our-babys-two/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/our-babys-two/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 04:44:43 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/our-babys-two/ He is a blessing beyond words. Literally. I cannot find words to describe our Ian. He has a unique personality with a slowly growing vocabulary, and quickly growing independence, a strong will and a great big heart. He loves balls, balloons, bubbles, anything that goes, dogs, babies, his brothers, and he adores his daddy! If he’s upset at Mommy he cries for “Ma Daddy!”. :-) His word for yes is “Da” and he puts a hard “H” sound at the end of words like “rock” and “truck” and “lock” (his word for shut). I look forward to his vocabulary growing, and I love to hear him try out (and make up) new words!

I think he looks a lot like Jerome at two.

My prayer for him is that as he grows he will see his great need for Jesus, that he would be a blessing to all those in his life, and that his life will count for God’s kingdom. Thank you, Jesus, for entrusting him into our care and blessing us with his life!

Here are party photos with a big thanks to all who could come and celebrate Ian’s birthday with us!

Goodmorning birthday boy! Sitting for a moment for Mommy looking for airplanes and he’s done taking pictures! Party time! Thank you everyone, for coming! you made our day so special! I love you, Ian Daniel! It took him a while to get used to all the people at our house.Peter took these next few… Brennan Boo! Becca and Noel! Kathy and Eden getting to know each other Thank you for the balloons, Anna! Noel’s Meyer Lemon Cake My first attempt at Donna’s chocolate cake. Yum! Sophia and Brennan are excited about cake time, too! expectation blowing from far away Blowing his candle out there! :-) yay! we love you! He want’s chocolate :-) He also wants to cut his own cake! So Daddy’s helping his two year old… serve his own piece of cake! Ian enjoying a balloon and listening to Mema sing Happy Birthday to him from GA! Ian “showing” Mema his balloon! (If only we could see through phone lines…and touch through Skype!) The concrete pad was a whirlwind of children on wheels! You wouldn’t know it from this photo, but Ian was very happy to see Sienna! Ian really did not want me taking his picture. This is his no! He’s fine with candids so long as he doesn’t have to look at a camera and smile! Sienna with her daddy! Erika and Savannah! Present time! Peter helped Ian open his presents A dragon puppet from Ty! Thank you, Ty! SO fun! He was so excited about his presents! He held it up and said “YAY”! Of all our boys, Ian loves his clothes the most. He even made sure they fit! Thank you Auntie Jane! a gathering of loved ones orange ribbon I love how he leaned back to let Daddy help him precious smile Thank you for the books, Grandma! diggin Yay! A puzzle! Thank you, Turner family! “Ooh!” a tag! SO excited! You can almost hear him yelling “YAY”! (He had just opened a ball from Sienna)”Ooooh!” Lots of wonderful books from Sienna! Last gift… A tractor! Ian was yelling “Yay! Yay! Yay!” Thank you, Sophia! And thank you to all who came and helped us celebrate Ian’s birthday!

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/our-babys-two/feed/ 3 A May Week http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/a-may-week/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/a-may-week/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 23:48:12 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/a-may-week/ We are more thoroughly enjoying our Sonlight with every passing week, and are happy as can be to continue through the summer! Speaking of summer…Peter’s out of school! He hardly knows what to do with himself, but we’re keeping him busy. :-)

You know I love sharing pictures of my boys for my family across the nation. Here’s a little glimpse into our house:

Seth’s photos Seth’s photos Seth’s photo of Jerome his shoe trusty dump truck beloved loader Seth made his own dress up clothes and had me tape them onto him! the snake Jerome discovered one early morning Ian in a “Tee!” where Daddy put him :-) It’s his new favorite place! especially when… Daddy plays with him! playing in the sandbox in the lovely evening light I was out to take a picture of Jerome jumping, but noticed Seth making faces at me. Hahaha! but he refused to look AND smile for a picture! Jerome’s jump Jerome and Gabrielle playing in their “house” every year the boganvilla seems more spectacular! view through the trees Jerome said he was “nursing” his baby I think maybe he was just snuggling baby…but he sure does love her! and I sure love him!

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/a-may-week/feed/ 0 Mother’s Day 2009 http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/mothers-day-2009/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/mothers-day-2009/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 04:41:10 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/mothers-day-2009/ This is my treat. To enjoy a wonderful day taking pictures with family and actually post them on my blog the same day!

It was a beautiful day spent with Peter’s family…

Aunt Mary hosted a Mother’s Day luncheon at Grandma Guy’s place. In the same room where we had Easter dinner with Grandma’s family and Mom’s family. The view of the convent from our luncheon room. Jerome playing with Rebekah Anna playing with Rebekah Ian putting his pacy in Rebekah’s toy? Mom brought some fish books for the boys to study before seeing the aquarium after lunch. visiting with Grandma Grandma, Donna, and Eden :-) Ian was saying “Bird” Thank you for the songs, Anna! Lovely treats! I love this series… She’s always so happy no matter what. Their servant hearts are beautiful. Happy Mother’s Day, Donna! Blessed Mother’s Day, Mary Happy Mother’s Day, Noel! So sweet :-) Mary’s friend John played the piano for us! listening Grandma listening they adore Anna He played his own compositions! Grandma enjoying our private concert. beautiful music! :-) amazing Bravo! I love this moment! Mary with Rebekah Grandma with Mary We walked over to the building where grandma lives to see the aquarium and this was going on as we walked in… and Zachary immediately went and sat in the first row until the show was over! The aquarium was wonderful! Ian tries to say fish “Sssshshshsh” The boys each found their favorite fish. This one was Ian’s favorite It seemed to be a rather responsive fish. (Maybe fish have personalities? ;-)) We also had the privilege of visiting Grandma’s room! That’s her portrait and her wedding party on the wall behind her that Mary so thoughtfully put up. This is where we left her, in the sitting room. We love you, Grandma. Happy Mother’s Day! Scott had the boys playing outside in the fountain! Mom with all her children… and grandchildren. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! And I thank God for giving me the awesome privilege and responsibility of mothering these three boys! Happy Mother’s Day!

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/mothers-day-2009/feed/ 2 Sonlight! http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/sonlight/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/sonlight/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 23:17:30 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/sonlight/ It’s not the end of our first year homeschooling, and it’s not yet the beginning of our second, but I felt that we needed something more for our home education experience. We’ve been having a great time doing school at home, but things were falling through the cracks of busy days and life with three boys…and I knew that we could be enjoying it far more. We want to give the boys a feast of wonderful ideas and books and that just wasn’t happening on my own. I didn’t want to make a commitment to a curriculum until we got a taste of homeschooling and a feel for where we wanted to go with our family’s home education experience. Two weeks ago after much prayer and study I was ready to make that commitment and Peter was willing to make the investment, so we ordered Sonlight. It is a literature based program that I can tailor to meet our family’s needs. The package we purchased works for Seth’s kindergarten as well as for Jerome’s second grade. The day we received our boxes and unpacked them was a fun day, and every day since then has been a wonderfully interesting, fun, and relaxed school day! I am thrilled with where we are right now in our homeschooling journey, and I wanted to share some of our excitement with you.

Yay! As we were unpacking our new books Jerome said “This looks like fun! Can we start our new school today?”! Even the boxes were fun! everybody enjoyed the boxes :-) I don’t even know all the different things that box has been, but fun it has been for sure!

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The dog gets very, very excited about bubbles and she busted Ian’s nose trying to eat the bubbles AS he was blowing them. So he’s decided that he needs a safe place to blow bubbles.

On top of the picnic table is just the spot! Ian can blow bubbles in safety where the dog can’t accidently get him. and the dog can still reach the bubbles! or under the table works on a hot day. :-)

Besides bubbles, Ian’s been enjoying ladybugs, which his older brothers are very good at catching and they let him hold them.

He’s showing me the ladybug. Ian is fascinated by bugs! I love the wonder! He let it crawl all over him… but needed help finding it again. It was Seth’s ladybug.

Ian is putting two and three words together frequently every day: “Daddy car, go.”. Sometimes it’s a statement, most of the time it’s a question. He wants to hear “Yes, Daddy drove his car to work”, or “Yes, Daddy drove his car to school”. And if he’s up when Daddy comes home in his car, Ian LOVES to sit in Daddy’s car with him. :-)

]]> http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/bubbles-revised/feed/ 0 April So Far http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/april-so-far/ http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/april-so-far/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:16:08 +0000 Veronique Guy http://streetpoet.org/blog/entries/april-so-far/ The month began with my flu like sickness and unfortunately everyone else in the house has taken turns since. Peter spent his Spring break taking care of me. He was so sweet staying late in the mornings to let me sleep since that was the hardest time of day for me. He would come home, cook dinner if I hadn’t been able to, feed the boys, clean up, bathe them, and put them to bed every night…before dropping into bed himself. Thank you, Peter, for your sweet service to your family.

Here are some of the random photos from our month so far:

Letting me sleep in, Peter got the boys their breakfasts. And with the camera out, the funny faces came out too! little brother like big brother silly boys the house exploded every day while I was sick… a happy mess! “cheese!” no, I did not teach my children to say that for a camera. they must have picked it up somewhere…? I like the light on this one. He was trying to fix the paintbrush Ian’s eyes look so green here! popeye face reversed it’s fun to goof off for the camera ?? I think he had one leg in the air for this one running out of silly faces I asked him where his wonderful smile was :-) Jerome got in on the silliness but Ian just wanted to get the camera. This is breakfast Jerome had prepared for us one early morning. a snapshot Peter caught of Uncle Harold with Jerome, Zachary, Seth, and Brennan…and Uncle David’s smile. There’s Uncle David! Easter Sunday after Richard’s recital. Easter Sunday after Richard’s recital. Tired boy…and he just wanted that camera! This one cracks me up! The bandaid was for an injury aquired the day before Easter, and the busted lip happened during Richard’s recital. Peter had all the boys outside to play so as not to disturb anything, and Seth fell down the outdoor stairs and the sidewalk took a bite out of his lip. An Easter gift from Misty. Peter caught these in the early sunshine. Morning sunflowers Seth called me to see this butterfly on the lantana Tiger Swallowtail butterfly maybe he was trying not to breath on it? He was very excited that it opened it’s winges and brushed his finger. Beautiful spring!

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