Bridge to Brownies - Jenna

 

Jenna worked on this sculpture all weekend.  The sculpture is the three first grade teachers in her school.  Mrs. Wiehler, Mrs. Friscia and Mrs. Barbour

 After the ceremony.  Jenna is now a Brownie.

 The whole group.

Cole came to the ceremony!  Best friends.

Memorial Day

 First swim of the season!

 Amelia took this cool photo of Jenna's boots.

 Ava & Amelia fishing today at Fountain Rock Park.

 

Fishing

Fountain Rock Park!

Hugh B. Nolan FCPS Track Meet

 

Ava's PE teacher asked her to run the 800m and the 400m race events today for this elementary county track meet.  Ava did great!

Nats Game!

Here we are after we ran in the rain.. We're waiting for the game to start!

Amelia's Adoption Day Today

On this date in 2004 life finally changed for the better for Dave, Drew and me. This picture was taken at the airport when Amelia arrived and was my first real live glimpse of her. Amelia was finally home! May 18th will always be one of my happiest days.

Dave & Don

And.. this happened tonight in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania....  Dave is very, very happy.

Ava's Spring Band

 

The GVES spring band concert was tonight at Urbana High School.  Ava plays the clarinet. (she is to the left in the photo)

 

A smile for me at the end of the show.

Mother's Day and Ava Iris

 

Had a great Mother's Day.  Here are my cards and gifts!  Jenna decorated the kitchen with LOVE signs for me too!

 

It's Ava's turn to pose with our spring flowers. Here she is with our Iris.

 

And again....

The Mighty

I wrote  this two weeks ago in anticipation of my trip the Colorado for the LGS Conference. The Mighty published it!  Here's the link...

http://themighty.com/2016/04/lennox-gastaut-syndrome-conference-connecting-on-rare-disease/

Ava- Chorus

 

Tonight was Ava's Spring Chorus concert at school. The concert was cute songs about animals.