2020 K and C Moore Family Update

 This is me, Carol Louise

 with the last name of MOORE.

The one and only

You should ADORE.

Just teasing. 

I have been busy teaching music full-time with C Moore Kidsongs. Literally, I teach music to Kindergarten through 5th grades, over in Payette, Idaho. I absolutely love it...MOORE. 

I have been teaching full-time music in Payette, since 2016. 

Before Payette, I had taught music in Little Willowcreek Vale, Oregon. I loved that MOORE too. 

I also am the owner of C Moore Soap and Crafts, 

where I love to make MOORE soap and crafts. LOL.

All my 6 kids are now all grown up, and I am now an official Grandma. My singing daughter, Sharon Moore, from the Idaho Moore Sisters, just had my first grandbaby named Anela Rose.

Meanwhile, I decided I need to take a little MOORE time and find ways to do MOORE things with my family because life is not just about doing things we love to do. 

Life is about finding ways to show love to those around us, preferably to the ones we are the closest too. I would hope that the people we want to show MOORE love to would be our family. 

Remember, family doesn't mean just the people you are related too. 

Family to me are the people who treat us with love in return. The kind of love that builds you up and doesn't put you down. The kind of love that puts you first before others. The kind of love that shows respect, as well as patience. Just think of how you would like to be treated. 

Just think...WWJD

What Would Jesus Do

Meanwhile, I found this list of different things that we can do to find time to spend with the people we love. I know my kids are all grown up now. But, I still can find ways to let them know I am thinking about them, by finding time for them. 

Here is the list of things I found.

Investing In Your Family Families are busier than ever before, so make an extra effort to let your spouse or partner, children, parents, and other special people in your life know how important they are to you. There are lots of ways to do this; here are some ideas to get you started: 

Make time to listen thoughtfully to your loved ones. Be careful not to jump in with your opinion too quickly. 

Schedule time alone with each of your children. Let them decide how they want to spend this special time with you. 

Make a date with your spouse. Plan something special like you did when you were dating. 

Take your kids for a walk after dark. Look for stars in the sky, and listen for the night noises. Children remember these out of the ordinary times spent with parents. 

Watch the sun set. Better yet, get up really early and watch it rise. 

Read books together every day. Don't stop just because your children learn to read. 

Give lots of realistic, specific praise to your children. Tuck love letters under pillows and in lunches.

 Allow each of your children to plan the dinner menu one day each week. 

Create a special hand signal that means "I love you" to your family. Use it often. 

Invite each of your children to go for a ride in the car alone with you. Make your destination a surprise (the park, the ice cream store, etc.), and plan on the ride being half the fun. You'll be amazed at the subjects that your children will talk about in the car! 

Have a family movie night once a week. Watch a movie that interests everyone, pop some popcorn, and enjoy the time together. 

Pull out your old board games and have a game night. Include all generations of your family. Some great games are available on DVD or video game consoles too. 

Show films or photographs from when you were young. Compare them to your children's photos. Share your family history. 

Encourage your parents to tell your children about things that you did when you were young. 

Tell every single member of your family how much you love them. Tell them often. Never underestimate the power of a hug! 

Be careful to keep family activity schedules from becoming a burden. It's important to have time for some of the little things that create the best memories. 

You can see that most of these ideas for busy families do not cost a lot of money, but they do require an investment of your time. 

Children grow up fast, and the best thing you can give them is an armful of memories to look back on. They will stay connected to you because you took the time to connect with them!

MOORE update by Carol Louise Moore the one you should adore. Just kidding

Okay, looks like I need to update pictures. A lot of the pictures I have downloaded have disappeared. I need to figure out what I am doing wrong, so that they don't keep disappearing.
Meanwhile, I am behind with staying updated with the kids and family because I am working full-time teaching music and then putting 32 hours a week on the weekend at Witco. I am supposedly running a soap business cmooresoap.com that I really haven't been doing. I just fill occasional orders as I get them, but I am not really trying to promote or sell my soaps and crafts because...
I
am
working
2 other jobs that total 72 hours a week
and then finding time to catch up on laundry and dishes at home because I am the only one that does that too.
So, now to find MOORE time to figure out what happened to the pictures on this blog and download them again. I have too many unfinished projects to do and when I have the time, I don't want to do them because I feel burned out. LOL. Then again, with God, nothing is impossible. I will just pray and ask for extra strength to follow through with the things I need to do and then want to do.
Meanwhile, I have to start working on studying to take the teacher's test in Idaho and finish up my last two classes to get my official teaching certificate.
It's no wonder I feel overloaded and burned out.

Sincerely, me
Carol Louise
with the last name of Moore
the one you should adore
Just kidding

Carol Louise Moore helps put up new siding on the Man Cave with Family

The video says it all. I'll post some of the pictures and say a little MOORE later, maybe.
Anyways, this video is one of the many projects we have been doing this summer. Our next family project around our place was using the loader to fill in dirt where we put some pipe in the creek to give us MOORE room and to clean up and manicure our property MOORE.
Oops, we had to finish cutting up the wood from the trees my husband cut down and then move the cut up logs in order to fill in with dirt from the loader.So, the next video will be moving the wood.

I actually don't think I looked as pretty in this video. There were parts of it that I looked prettier, but overall I have looked better. Guess I am a little vain, but not really. I just happen to like looking at myself, and that is not vain. After all, if I can't stand looking at myself, then why would you want to either. One should care with how they look or you'd be one sloppy mess that no one wants to look at.
Ugh! I better go, before I insert the other foot in my mouth. I think I'll write a poem about how I am NOT vain. LOL. Just you wait and see.
Sincerely, me
Carol Louise
with the last name of MOORE

Family Reunion at Fish Lake in Oregon

My husband, Kay Moore, and our youngest daughter, Sabrina Moore got to go to a fun family reunion with our relatives the Keslers from Nyssa. We are related to them because my husband's dad, Gerald Moore, has a sister named Coleen who married CR Kesler. Ever since then, my husband grew up doing things with the Keslers.
Unfortunately, I had to work and could not go. John couldn't be there either because he is living with his sister Shelly in Utah for the summer.

Meanwhile, I am so jealous of their trip, and I am wishing I was there on their adventure.

 

 The trip started off with Sabrina getting to help drive them there.

And this is our dog, Buddy, enjoying the drive as well. LOL

 

Here is where I get really jealous. They are in a Tram overlooking Wallowa Lake. 

Last time I rode in a tram was when we were at the Oregon Coast and that was so much fun.

Great memories. I only wish this memory of this tram included me. LOL

 

After the tram ride it was Go Cart time. No fair, now I really wish I was there. LOL

 

Sabrina is standing in front of Wallowa Lake here. 

 

 

 

Dad says that this is Sabrina's new boyfriend. LOL

 

 

  Looking Glass Fish Hatchery

 

Here Sabrina and Buddy are busy filling up on water. 

 

 

The Blue Hole on the Unum

 

This was taken on the hike to the Blue Hole 

 

Now this is my favorite where Aunt Kim is photo bombing Sabrina's picture

Here Sabrina is having fun shooting her bow. Kay brought extra bows for all the little cousins again, like he has at all our other family reunion gatherings that we've ever done. 

It's the KCMOORE tradition, right there.

 

This is a picture of Wallowa Lake where they are camping. 

 

Darn it, I'm missing out on Uncle Paul's good food.  

 

Meanwhile, they are headed to Hurricane Creek to sleep and I am looking forward to seeing any MOORE pictures they might send me on their way home on the 4th of July. I am hoping they make it home in time for me to watch the fireworks with them. 

Sincerely me, Carol Louise with the last name of MOORE,

owner of Moore Soaps and Crafts and mom to the Moore Sisters from Idaho

You can also C Moore Inspiration on Facebook by clicking here. 

MOORE Alert For Teenage Driver

Today my husband was letting our youngest daughter, Sabrina Moore, drive. So... 

he takes this picture of her, sends it to me and says, 

"pray for me". 

Now that's a father's faith, right there. Especially coming from a "MOOREman". Just Kidding
He did that with all our kids, when they started driving. Lol
Okay, I have a confession. 

I was praying too, when my kids were driving, 

and I'm still praying for them as they drive through the different stages of life.
I pray that they don't get lost, don't have an accident, and that they always drive safely. I pray that they always drive with peace of mind and extra guidance from above. I pray that they stay focused on their "eternal" destination in life. 

So, I was inspired to come up with the following prayer. 

May we never get lost

No matter what the cost

May we always find our way

No matter what time of day

May we always Choose The Right

Keeping God within our sight

Furthermore I pray that we

Stay focused on our eternity

Sincerely me, Carol Louise with the last name of MOORE.
#cmooreinspiration

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MOORE Tree Trimming Time Again

Okay, it's MOORE tree trimming time again the MOORE way. So daddy MOORE, my husband Kay Moore, is saving us MOORE money by doing it himself. He's so versatile and outdoorsy. He knows how to operate a chainsaw and can get pretty risky and crazy. I was the one holding the ladder most times, while ducking my head and afraid to look up for fear of falling limbs and flying debree getting in my eyes.

So, he did what he could sitting on top of the roof with the chain saw and now is using the extended hand saw tree trimming thingamajig. 

I really should have taken a before picture, so you could see that we can see our house alot better after we trimmed the trees MOORE.

Now to clean it up. 

One day soon we will have our house remodeled with a log siding to give us our rustic cabin in the woods. I would think I'd died and went to heaven, when that happens. 

Now you got a glimpse of how we do MOORE tree trimming at our MOORE home here in Idaho.

Found a snake in my kitchen

On May 21st of 2016, I found a snake in my kitchen on the floor.

I didn't know what to do because I was home alone at the time, so I posted the following on Facebook.

"There is a snake under a box on my kitchen floor. I was pretty scared I was going to miss and have an angry snake chasing me around the house. I think I'll put the lid under it, flip it real fast, run like crazy screaming like a mad woman and throw the box in the ditch. What do you think?"

So, I found a clear box that had stuff in it, dumped out the stuff and put it over the snake in order to feel safe enough to walk around my house and plan what I'll do next to get it out.

And in conclusion, I was able to get the snake out of my kitchen when this brave family came to my rescue and helped me catch the snake in my kitchen, after they saw my post on Facebook. Many thanks to the Bake family. Thanks for asking Tamyra Bake and thanks Michelle Bake for raising such a good son who has such a good family.