Time flies so we are having fun!! Mikey has been hanging with Brian A (one of Tommy's employees) during the week. Last weekend I was out of town. Tuesday night this week we went over to Orlando to have dinner with my sister, Jennifer who was in town on business. We ate at the Wolfgang Puck restaurant, and then walked around Downtown Disney. This weekend we have no major plans, but hope to go see the new movie "Splice".

another busy weekend

Wow how time flies. We spent another busy weekend, Saturday Mayfaire event at the lake with fireworks, live band, food and friends, and yesterday was Mother's Day. Without a doubt this Mother's Day takes on a very special significance. Brian came over from Tampa and we all went to see the movie Ironman 2. Later we grilled out over at Steve and Lynnette's. Today Tommy and Mikey will be celebrating their birthdays out at Tommy and Lynne's in Dade City............, Tommy's 50th and Mikey's 20th!! Happy Birthday!!!. Later this week Mikey and I are flying up to Va Beach. My mom has been ill and in the hospital. We hope to help her out some with the transition home. She evenually will be needing surgery. Here is a picture I snapped last night of the kids. xoxoxo Les

JDRF walk, state gymnastics meet, and canoeing

Its been a busy but fun weekend. Saturday morning we participated in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation walk, helping to raise money for a cure. Saturday night was Morgan's state gymnastics meet (9.0 on vault--6th place, and 9th all around) and today the kids, Petey and I went over to Tampa and we rented canoes and explored a portion of the Hillsborough river. Zoom in to see the gator, we didnt go closer.... These pictures were salvaged from my camera, which ended up IN the river, along with me!!!! Camera drying out as we speak, we shall see if that works.......Mikey continues to improve every day. Attaching pictures!!

time for an update

Mikey went to Cleveland with Tommy and Lynne to visit with Omi. They left last Wed. and returned Saturday last weekend. From what I hear Mikey had a good time, including a night on the town with Saburo (thanks Sabby!!). Saturday night was a quiet night at home, and on Sunday we got some housework done, then met Brian at the mall and did some shopping and walking around. Sunday night Sabrina came and visited Mikey. She brought "Buttercup" her teacup Chihuahua puppy. Petey (our dog) was slightly territorial about her food, but very curious nonetheless about Buttercup. Mikey had a therapy session Monday and the therapist tells us after this Friday (tomorrow) she will be discharging Mikey. She gave him a test naming various pictures and he did really well. She gave him the same test at the beginning of therapy and he only got about half or them right, and even then it was with hints, like "it starts with a b, you ride it" etc.....for bicycle. This time he only missed a couple. In June we begin another insurance policy year, so we may be starting again then, we shall see..............

Happy Easter

Morgan is in NC visiting Jennifer Rick Jake and Olivia so its been quieter than usual around here. Not having to go to the gym has freed up our evenings, and the weather has been so pretty. We have been taking Petey to the park, and she absolutely loves her daily squirrell hunts. The gators are out too. Today we spotted 3. Mikey pointed out 2 HUGE gars in the shallows, and there was a big old turtle sunning himself in the weeds. Here is a picture I took of Mikey with Petey today. Yesterday Irelan and Ian were here, so we celebrated Easter a day early. Mikey was very helpful hiding the eggs for the boys. Later today we are headed to the airport to pick up Morgan

Sun and Surf

Last weekend we went to Port Richey for a gymnastics competition, then to Tampa with Brian to the International Mall (store called Adrenelina with indoor surfing!!). Morgan and Brian surfed, and Mikey laughed lots at their wipeouts. Mikey can be heard commenting that Brian "will not make it past 5 seconds" which is about right!!! Video attached.
Next we went into downtown Tampa, and checked out a park right on the Hillsborough River near the University of Tampa. Brian wanted us to see this ampitheatre. Its very small, so it worked like a ampitheatre should and amplified our voices. There was one little spot where we had to stand to get it to work right. The weather was FABULOUS!! Here is a picture I snapped of the boys.

cooking and travel

Mikey cooked us dinner on Saturday--we had "hamburger helper" philly beef strogonoff. It was delicious. On Sunday we traveled up to Jacksonville to visit Rachel (Scott's daughter) who is in the Navy and getting deployed soon. We went over to Jacksonville Beach and ate at Joe's Crab Shack--a quite famous area restaurant on the beach. Its Spring Break, so the beach was pretty chaotic even though it was windy and cold (for Florida). While driving we played some memory games, guess games like "I'm thinking of an animal that starts with the letter A". Mikey would have us guessing and guessing until we gave up and then he would say "I dont remember" when we asked what his animal was. It was hilarious, and he thought so too. Sunday night Brian came to town and we stayed up late watching old videos of the boys when they were maybe 5 and 2. We laughed sooooo much. Yesterday he had speech therapy and occupational therapy. I picked up Morgan from school so all 3 kids went for these appointments. Its rare that the three kids are all together..........The occupational therapist suggests that Mikey carry a pocket planner to write things down, like where he goes, what he does, etc..... We played Battleship, and Mikey and his therapist beat Brian/Morgan's team. We are told that his benefits for outpatient therapy are almost exhausted for this policy year. I am going to check to see if we can resume in June when a new policy year begins again. In the meantime we are paying close attention to what they do in therapy, and how they do it, so we can do the same at home. I think its fairly intuitive things, like playing board games, word games, and we already do that.