Posted in Nature, Special Olympics on Mar 23rd, 2013 1 Comment »
Ah… a little blast of winter can be nice. I do love being outdoors, working in the garden and puttering around outside… but I also love a snuggle-up snowed-in kind of day. Like today… We were supposed to getting together with M’s Special Olympic team today at Red Robin for lunch and awards… I was looking [...]
Posted in Happy Monday, Homeschooling, Special Olympics, The "Big" Kids on Mar 5th, 2013 1 Comment »
Things that make me happy today: **Letters from K (dd#3) that came yesterday from Ghana! **And resources for M and R… …we are so blessed to live in a community that offers so much for children and young adults with disabilities. Some examples are: *Special Olympics! M is finishing up his basketball season and [...]
Posted in Special Olympics on Feb 11th, 2013 No Comments »
Is the name of the game… at least for the rest of the month. M LOVES Special Olympic sports, and his favorite sport is basketball. This is the first year in several he’s really been able to play through the season… The past few years he either hasn’t been able to play at all (recovering [...]
Posted in Special Olympics on Jul 31st, 2011 1 Comment »
Yesterday was the kid’s Special Olympics softball tournament. I actually remembered the camera (!) so have a bunch of pictures to share… R up to bat… ` ` Unfortunately, she was tagged out at second and didn’t make it home… ` ` M’s turn… ` He made it all the way home! [...]
Posted in Out and About, Psychiatric Stuff, Special Days, Special Olympics on Jun 25th, 2011 4 Comments »
The other day Renee at A Baker’s Dozen wrote a post about her Series of Unfortunate Events at Church. I love reading Renee’s blog and felt her pain as one thing led to another for her that chaotic Sunday morning. Last night we had our own Series of Unfortunate Events, so… believing that imitation is the sincerest [...]
Posted in Home Remodel, Nature, Organization, Simple Pleasures, Special Olympics, The "Big" Kids, Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2011 No Comments »
As years go… 2010 really kind of stunk. At least for us. I was extremely happy to kiss it good-bye and start fresh with a new year. I think that feeling of a new year/a new start has been driving my mood lately. I’ve been possessed by cleaning out-throwing out-giving away. I’ve gone through the [...]
Posted in Nature, Special Olympics on Jan 12th, 2011 No Comments »
I didn’t realize how much we loved it until it didn’t snow for almost the entire autumn. As the dry, warm, days that were our autumn continued, I felt unsettled… as though something wasn’t right somehow. We needed snow… We got about 10″ of snow with the storm, and it’s been so bitter cold that it’s [...]
Posted in Medical Stuff, Psychiatric Stuff, Special Olympics on Feb 25th, 2010 Comments Off
This week is passing by in a blur… I can’t believe it’s almost the weekend already. M is doing ok. Physically he’s doing very well… He has physical therapy here at the house three times a week (Mon. Weds. Fri.) and is now able to use his crutches to get into the bathroom (with help), so [...]
Posted in Special Olympics on Feb 7th, 2010 Comments Off
The highlight of the kid’s social calendar each year is the big “Night to Remember” dance put on through our Special Olympic team… It’s a family event, and our SO team coordinator goes ALL out for it… It starts with dinner, and the opportunity to have professional family portraits taken and wander around the Wings Over the Rockies Museum where the [...]
Posted in Special Olympics on Aug 1st, 2009 Comments Off
The kids have been keeping busy this summer with Special Olympics. They’ve played bocce ball and softball during the summer season. The regional softball tournament was today and they had a blast. They both had fun and made some good plays. Here they are warming up before the first game… … and with the mounted deputies patrolling the park. They enjoyed [...]
