A Weekend Adventure

We had a fun long weekend exploring southern Utah. I love the beautiful sights and am thankful to God for eyes to see the beautiful world around me, legs to walk and explore, and family to walk with me. I am also thankful for Nathan's iPad, without which, I do not think he would have come along for the "little" hikes we took.

Finding Joys in Autism

Cute Nathan! Who knew that the little mirror in the car could be so amusing? This is one of the blessings of autism: seeing the world through a perpetual child's eyes. The other day I drove him to the library and he found the mirror in the car and sat and made faces at himself the entire drive there. Lets just say that I had a hard time not giggling the entire drive there. So sweet! Finding the joys!

Late Start Blues

Late start: Most kids are sleeping in right now--my sweet son with autism is having a meltdown because this is not how the schedule goes on a Thursday morning. Sigh! I will make it. Good luck to all parents of special needs kiddos and Sp. Ed teachers today!

Nathan Shoots Some Hoops

Sometimes your kiddo with autism does something and you think--"I didn't know he could do that." We had one of those moments this weekend when my husband handed him a basketball at my parents house last week and he ended up sinking a few baskets. Cool!

A Big Thank You

This is what thanking teachers, aides, paras, therapists, peer tutors, etc looks like when you have just one special ed student. Thank goodness for a photocopier! It takes a village--and I am so thankful for all of them. Peer tutors got candy canes :). Teachers got cookies. Whew! Got those delivered today. Major check!

First things First

I think I'm getting old because for the past month or so I've been waking up about an hour or so before my alarm...maybe daylight saving threw me off. I don't know. I have to admit, I have enjoyed taking advantage of the quiet of my home in the early morning. I use it as "my time" of prayer, meditation, and scripture study. It has helped me start my day off a little better. And yes--I have often had to catch a 20 minute nap before my kids get home in the afternoon:). Putting first things first.

Decorating the Tree

We decorated the tree on Sunday. We don't have a fancy tree. It has homemade ornaments and ones we collected over the years. Yes, I did get a little teary eyed missing my missionary son Jordan (who I will finally get to talk to on Christmas). Ours is a memory tree. We put ornaments up and say, "Oh remember when we visited The Alamo, or Bryce Canyon or when Jordan made this." Sweet Christmas-time. It is a time to remember how good God has been to us!