Aug 16th 1991 ~ Aug 16th 2009

Eighteen years......Wow.... For some odd reason I cannot believe it's been that long already. Doesn't feel like it... I still remember the day we got married like it was yesterday. I love my husband very much even though most days I would like to hit him upside the head with a baseball bat! (Polish Polish Polish)

This is how we spent our day celebrating our anniversary and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way!

We took the boys to the 2009 Annual Down Syndrome Support Group Picnic.

We met alot of wonderful people through out the day. Cathy with her 7yr. old daughter Molly.(Molly was so pretty). Taylanda and her husband(sorry I forgot his name) and their 8yr. old son Shane. He was so funny, really outgoing and great to watch in the pool. Cheri(who threw the party) and her 11 yr. old son Jacob. Jacob was very quiet, but also was great to watch in the pool. Shane and Jacob and Molly really love the water. I got to see my friend Jamie with her 2 1/2 yr. old son Bryson. We met Jamie and Bryson last summer and I love when we get the chance to see them and say hello. And a little girl who is 9. Her name is Gracie and her mom adopted her from Equador.(How awesome is that) I think pretty awesome! I didn't get her moms name though. Hopefully next time.

We were able to sit and talk about our upcoming Buddy Walk in October~which I am very excited about. This will be our first walk. We were able to hear stories about school; the dentist;when parents were first told of their child having DS. All in all it was a perfect day for a picnic, perfect day to meet some new friends and a perfect way to spend our Anniversary! Life is good.

Giveaway

I was on Facebook this morning and seen an ad off to the side about Blogs by Mandy~blogs for a cause and seen the words "Ronald McDonald House. So I went to check it out. Blogs by Mandy looks interesting and I was looking at some of her work and ran across Sweet as Punkin Pie.

Sweet as Punkin Pie is having a great toy giveaway sponsored byAllChildrensFurniture.com, who carries everything from kids furniture to toys. Giveaway ends August 28th! Go check it out. I did and I thought it was pretty darn cool. Maybe I will get lucky and win something for Jonathon. I really like the Little Tikes Handiworker Workhorse Workshop.

Summer Activities

Spent the day at the Marysville Train Park/Water Park with Early On and they provided lunch. We had alot of fun.

I also met a new mom today who has started Northern Western Area Group for families of children with Special Needs. We got invited out to a different local park tomorrow morning in Emmett. I think Jonathon and I will go. It would be nice to meet and become friends with other people that have some things in common with us.

Here are some pictures of our day today.

Wordless Wednesday

Hand Me Downs are Great

What ya got brothers?
OOOOHHH A Tent for ME!
Ok Andrew, Let me get in here
This is fun Kenny!
Huh? What?
Thank you Kenny! What a great Big Brother!

Some people may say that we are pack rats, but we say that we just know how to hang onto special items that one day will come to good use and make someone very happy!!!!!

This tent has been in our family since Kenny was 2 years old! And he just decided that it was time for Jonathon to enjoy and start exploring the world of IMAGINATION.

Beach Day!

Spent Sunday at the beach celebrating August Birthdays with family and friends. Here are some pictures of Jonathon enjoying the day.

Our garage sale days

I packed up all of Jonathon's clothes and toys that he is done with and we decided to have a garage sale. This started yesterday AND needless to say we did not do well at all.

We had one customer all day AND that was my neighbor who bought a huge coffee cup for $1.

This is our weekend for the 4 day Memphis Days. (which is garage/yard sales everywhere) Now last year I was able to be right in the middle of the event uptown at Gilbert's grandmas house. But this year she is recovering from major surgery and just wasn't up to us taking over her front yard.....So I decided to hang signs up around town and down a few roads out here in the country. It's not going very well. We are about 1/4 mile out of town, down a dirt road about 1/2 mile.

Hoping that today will be a better day since it's friday. We are trying to make money to take Jonathon to the zoo before summer is over.