I am amazed at the beauty surrounding me. Virginia is a canvas for God's creativity today. I took some pics...enjoy.

a four month summary!

I can't believe it has been so long since I blogged. Summer has been so busy. Mom fell and had a compression fracture in her back and spent time in the hospital and in a nursing home for rehab. She is home now. I am trying to figure out how to get her to the poles (she wasn't home for early voting). I am going to ask for curbside voting. We shall see. It seems to be very important to her to vote this election.. So I am on the mission.

Halloween was good. Brady was a mighty knight and very self-controlled about his candy. He even decided he had enough after about 13 houses and asked to go home. Amazing. I have never had a child that thought he had enough candy.

Matt found out about 2 weeks ago that he is being transferred to Atlanta. We have only been in VA for 6 months so moving was a big surprise. The good thing about it is that we will be closer to family and the bad thing is that we will be far from Jay and Jane. We will really miss being near them. I know Brady will especially miss them. They will just have to come to Atlanta ALOT.

We had lots of company this summer and that truly kept us going! LeeAnn, Thomas and Andrew came, Nan and Abbe came, Dustin came, Taylor came, Vanessa, Ayden and Casey came, Marianna came, and Jack came....I think that covers it. We loved every visit!

Brady started kindergarten with flying colors. No shadow at all in class with him. He has two full months of good behaviour. We are so proud of him. He is also learning in the group setting at as any typical child would. I was a little concerned about this because his entire life has been one on one therapy - but he is not having any problems...way to go on the generalization programs!

We have a new consultant and a wonderful college student doing therapy with Brady. After a whole day of kindergarten, he only needs a few sessions a week. We mostly do homework and follow up on classroom subjects.

Brady rides the regular school bus with all the kids. It is a highlight of his day. He loves it. I met more people at the bus stop than I met all summer. It is a good social time.

Ok so I will be talking to you all. Check out my facebook. I would love to chat with you there. I still have my myspace too. Take care and God bless. Until next time.....M

Alas, no bread tree.

Ok, yesterday Brady mixed and baked unleavened bread in Sunday school. Sooo now he knows where bread comes from. ( as opposed to trying to grow the bread tree). He seemed very satisfied.
Miss you all
M

Well we are completely into growing things and springtime. Brady grew three beans in a cup that I am pretty sure were from the tale of the giant. So we transplanted them into a bin and wala! Brady's Garden was born. He is also taking a shot at growing peanuts. He is so proud.
We have also seen baby birds and rabbits around our house.

Our friends from NC, the Bullards, were here on vacation this week. We had some quality time with them and their son, Jacob. I babysat Jacob for 2.5 years before all of the therapy began. He is 6 now. He slept over and the boys were so cute together. Time apart didn't matter at all. And I got some good Jacob love. Jacob new thing is Star Wars, so Matt was instantly admired for his knowledge.

Last Weekend, Dustin came for a visit. It was so WONDERFUL to have him here. We went to Busch Gardens and rode all the rollercoasters. It was great. Just being with him makes me so so happy.

We are getting very excited for Jay and Jane to be here. Looking so forward to spending time with them.

Well that about catches up.

One more thing. Brady was scraping the seeds off of his hamburger bun the other night. I asked him if he didn't like the seeds. He said he did, but he was going to grow a bread tree!

I love it.

Colonial Williamsburg

Hey there, We hit Colonial Williamsburg in a 100 degree heat index. But we made it long enough to see some very cool things. The actors are so engrossed into their roles and very knowledgable. It was a good experience. Not sure a 4 year old appreciates much yet, but we had a good time together.

Got the pics of LeeAnn's trip to see us.

Ok, I posted the pics! Enjoy.

Friends came to visit!!!

LeeAnn, Thomas, and Andrew Lee, our across the street neighbors from Spartanburg, came and spent three days and three nights with us while Matt was in Atlanta. What a great feeling to have close friends near. We went to the pool, we went to the Yankee Candle outlet (where Santa spent one on one time with our boys) and downtown Williamsburg, and we spent 8 hours at Busch Gardens with all three kids. They were great. No problems, no meltdowns and no sunburns (except me).
I can't wait until our next round of company! Dustin is scheduled to come in two weeks, and then my in laws are coming with their moving truck and my brother for a moving trip/visit.I will post some pictures when LeeAnn sends them. She was much better than me about having the camera handy. Hope all of you are doing well. Mom is so much better. Thanks for your prayers.