Some fun from our family walk on the Jordan River Trail in Murray today:
Me and my kids!
Saturday, May 3, 2014
May Day Happiness Continues
Day 3 of the new month and we're all still smiling over here. Yay! The only negative thing happening right now is the ridiculous back pain and stomach attacks I've been having - but really, as long as the kids are happy, I can deal with this. :)
Some fun from our family walk on the Jordan River Trail in Murray today:
Some fun from our family walk on the Jordan River Trail in Murray today:
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Oh Happy May
I'm singing Oh Happy Day over here, and hoping and praying that it'll be an Oh Happy May. What a great start to the month!
The day actually started off on a rough note. Yesterday, April 30, was a no good, bad, rotten day for me. Painful and frustrating, and ugh, I was glad to see it end. I woke up early this morning after having a dream that Buddy Boy had gone missing from his school and was found in a field. To then find an email from my mom sharing the very real news that a local young man with a mild form of autism had gone missing was shocking and sad.
When these kinds of things happen, I want SO badly to do something. To help somehow. However, I have a job, and I have kids and well, responsibilities, and I'm never able to go and volunteer. I made the choice to put this situation in the priority seat however, and went up to help search. I'm SO glad I did.
Shortly after 10 am, he was found! What a great thing to hear!
The day continued on, warm and sunny. People, I WASN'T COLD for more than an hour the ENTIRE DAY! It's been over 6 months ago since I could claim that. It is a big deal. (of course, I'm cold now, but hey, it's bedtime, it doesn't count.)
While Munchkin was at gymnastics (which we were ON TIME to for the first time in forever - name the song), Buddy Boy and I decided to explore a section of the Jordan River walkway that we hadn't before. It was a blast! He was so agreeable and sweet and cute. He found a tree and asked me to take a picture of him swinging in it:
After getting back, we had a simple meal of leftovers and guess what? Not one complaint. NOT ONE! Kids both ate their dinners and Munchkin went in her room to do her homework. I didn't even have to remind her. I know, twilight zone, right? In a very, very good way.
In the midst of all this, I was receiving news of very dear friends on my ItWorks team receiving promotions, some for the first time! I received my first promotion last month, and it is a big deal! I can't express how excited I am for everyone, including myself. We're changing lives, people! New sales, new customers - check. Great business start to the month.
To top off the day, my kiddos worked out with me and helped me as they showed me their moves for workouts. Then we went outside and cut some lilacs off the bushes and they are now sitting on my dresser and my room smells a little like Heaven.
Another fun photo...Buddy was drawing a hot dog on his ipad, and then decided to draw someone holding it, but alas, the hot dog was already so big and front and center...so he improvised:
Sigh...this was a good day. :)
The day actually started off on a rough note. Yesterday, April 30, was a no good, bad, rotten day for me. Painful and frustrating, and ugh, I was glad to see it end. I woke up early this morning after having a dream that Buddy Boy had gone missing from his school and was found in a field. To then find an email from my mom sharing the very real news that a local young man with a mild form of autism had gone missing was shocking and sad.
When these kinds of things happen, I want SO badly to do something. To help somehow. However, I have a job, and I have kids and well, responsibilities, and I'm never able to go and volunteer. I made the choice to put this situation in the priority seat however, and went up to help search. I'm SO glad I did.
Shortly after 10 am, he was found! What a great thing to hear!
The day continued on, warm and sunny. People, I WASN'T COLD for more than an hour the ENTIRE DAY! It's been over 6 months ago since I could claim that. It is a big deal. (of course, I'm cold now, but hey, it's bedtime, it doesn't count.)
While Munchkin was at gymnastics (which we were ON TIME to for the first time in forever - name the song), Buddy Boy and I decided to explore a section of the Jordan River walkway that we hadn't before. It was a blast! He was so agreeable and sweet and cute. He found a tree and asked me to take a picture of him swinging in it:
After getting back, we had a simple meal of leftovers and guess what? Not one complaint. NOT ONE! Kids both ate their dinners and Munchkin went in her room to do her homework. I didn't even have to remind her. I know, twilight zone, right? In a very, very good way.
In the midst of all this, I was receiving news of very dear friends on my ItWorks team receiving promotions, some for the first time! I received my first promotion last month, and it is a big deal! I can't express how excited I am for everyone, including myself. We're changing lives, people! New sales, new customers - check. Great business start to the month.
To top off the day, my kiddos worked out with me and helped me as they showed me their moves for workouts. Then we went outside and cut some lilacs off the bushes and they are now sitting on my dresser and my room smells a little like Heaven.
Another fun photo...Buddy was drawing a hot dog on his ipad, and then decided to draw someone holding it, but alas, the hot dog was already so big and front and center...so he improvised:
Sigh...this was a good day. :)
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Spring Break and U-Fit
So...we've got spring fever.
Which is why we were incredibly excited for spring break. I personally had so many awesome plans: clean out the garage, rip out the old garden boxes, build in some new, hand-til the garden (since we don't actually own a tiller), clean and vacuum out the car, go on a few walks, have a few picnics, enjoy a few playgrounds, etc.
And then the cold front came in.
It snowed the first day of our spring break. Bummer, but you know, it's cool. Spring in Utah. It's what happens. But then it stayed cold. It stayed rainy/snowy. It stayed windy and cloudy. Wait a minute, if there's one thing that's constant about Utah spring, it's that it's always changing. But oh no, not spring break week. We had consistent, steady cold. It was so sad. :(
Sad, sad, sad.
Ah, well. We still managed to do some stuff. We watched a lot of movies too.
The weekend just before spring break, we took a walk. It was so cold and windy, but hey, it was sunny!
The kids love Red Robin!
We used our two free kids' passes and went to the Utah Natural History Museum. (And no, the kids aren't standing in a meadow of flowers. They're standing next to a painted wall of flowers. I had someone ask about that.)
On the 2nd, Autism Awareness Day, Munchkin and I went to a play up at Weber State, Mockingbird. It was great! Buddy Boy and Dad went out to eat for their "playdate".
The kiddos have been doing U-Fit again this semester, and loving it as usual. The other night was the end of the program for the semester, but we're definitely planning to do it again in the fall. Thank goodness for generous college volunteers!
Many of you know this, but one of the struggles with autism (at least in Buddy Boy) is a struggle with coordination. He gets so frustrated when he can't do the physical things that so many other kids can do, but he tries so hard! He'd never been able to successfully jump rope, for example, and whenever he tried, the moment would eventually end in tears. So to see this on the last night of U-Fit made my heart SING:
Which is why we were incredibly excited for spring break. I personally had so many awesome plans: clean out the garage, rip out the old garden boxes, build in some new, hand-til the garden (since we don't actually own a tiller), clean and vacuum out the car, go on a few walks, have a few picnics, enjoy a few playgrounds, etc.
And then the cold front came in.
It snowed the first day of our spring break. Bummer, but you know, it's cool. Spring in Utah. It's what happens. But then it stayed cold. It stayed rainy/snowy. It stayed windy and cloudy. Wait a minute, if there's one thing that's constant about Utah spring, it's that it's always changing. But oh no, not spring break week. We had consistent, steady cold. It was so sad. :(
Sad, sad, sad.
Ah, well. We still managed to do some stuff. We watched a lot of movies too.
The kiddos have been doing U-Fit again this semester, and loving it as usual. The other night was the end of the program for the semester, but we're definitely planning to do it again in the fall. Thank goodness for generous college volunteers!
Many of you know this, but one of the struggles with autism (at least in Buddy Boy) is a struggle with coordination. He gets so frustrated when he can't do the physical things that so many other kids can do, but he tries so hard! He'd never been able to successfully jump rope, for example, and whenever he tried, the moment would eventually end in tears. So to see this on the last night of U-Fit made my heart SING:
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
That's What He Said
Saturday I was hanging with Buddy Boy, and we were chatting. He was asking me if I had liked one of his iPad games as a child. I told him the cold, hard truth: I didn't have an iPad as a kid. I didn't have a computer growing up, or a cell phone. With eyes as wide as saucers he replied, "Did you even have clothes???"
Because, you know, iPads are as essential to our survival as are clothes.
Not even 5 minutes later, we had this conversation:
Buddy Boy: Mom, I'm feeling sad.
Me: Why are you feeling sad, Buddy?
Buddy Boy: I'm just so sorry that you don't have a penis.
We're not done yet!
I did my best to keep my face impassive, and I said:
"Buddy, you make me happy and you make me laugh."
He replied:
"Oh mama...and you make me cry."
Because, you know, iPads are as essential to our survival as are clothes.
Not even 5 minutes later, we had this conversation:
Buddy Boy: Mom, I'm feeling sad.
Me: Why are you feeling sad, Buddy?
Buddy Boy: I'm just so sorry that you don't have a penis.
We're not done yet!
I did my best to keep my face impassive, and I said:
"Buddy, you make me happy and you make me laugh."
He replied:
"Oh mama...and you make me cry."
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Wordless Wednesday - Florida Pictures
Buddy Boy loved seeing the pictures I took while I was in Florida, and took it upon himself to edit them:
I think he did a pretty good job on some of them! :)
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