Happy Birthday Ethan

Always being silly....

....and happy.....

...and showing off...

...and goofy...

...and excited!!!!

Dear Ethan,

I can not believe that you are 11. I remember not so long ago when you were just 4!!! You were only 27 lbs and 27 inches! You are such an amazing, confident, strong & funny kid! I love your jokes, your infectious laugh, your smile, the love you show your family, your determination, hugs, strong will and how sensitive you are to others! You are an awesome big brother and a great role model for Owen! I hope you had a great birthday!!! We are proud of you for learning to ride your bike on you own!!
Lots of love,
Mom

Letters

Kaylea getting her face painted

Ethan riding his horse!!

We received letters in the mail from all 3 kids yesterday!!!  That totally made my day!  Owen says he *mist* us!  Today I got email replies to the emails that I sent to them. They have been horse back riding, swimming, face painting, playing all kinds of sports, including hula hoop :-)  The camp posts pictures daily so we have been viewing those daily.  Looks like they are having fun!!!   

I am excited to see them tomorrow and go to their awards ceremony!!!

 

Campers

Well, I took 3 little darlin's to camp yesterday, until next weekend!!  Can you believe it??  This is the first year for all of them, but they WILL be going back next year!!  When we pulled in yesterday, they had 3 different cheering stations. The kids loved that they were cheering for them!  Then we had many stations to get through to get them signed in and to their respective units.  The 2nd stop, after dropping off luggage, was the LICE check station!  Thankfully they all got through that station with NO issues!!  We have BTDT!!  I was happy to see that they did check the children, so we shouldn't have any coming home.  I was HAPPY that they all seemed ok, when we left them. We were glad that one of the counselor's in Ethan's unit is a young man with CP.  Ethan was shocked to see that he, too, had AFO's. The camp is for children with orthopedic disabilities, so all of the children had some sort of special need.  They are going to have a dance, so they all took their *dress up* clothes. They have swimming, horse back riding, archery, arts and crafts, drama, and of course all kinds of sports!  I think they will have a BLAST!!  All though I miss them, I am glad they had a chance to do camp like every other child!

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