Will's New Dig's

I don't know if I can adaquately discribe the emotional roller coaster that I have been on for the last month. Seeing your first child leave home is scary enough without throwing in any special needs. But we feel abundantly blessed to have Will in this unique center that helps young men with high functioning autism and other disabilities to learn some independent and social skills.
I'm pleased to report that Will is very happy there and has all ready made some progress. He has a super attitude which in itself a miracle. He has friends! Wow, so long he has wanted friends. He has his own room as do all who live there. There is a cafateria that he eats at and he also has a fridge in his room.

He loves to play volleyball. He plays every night and some lunch breaks. He also works at the center doing various things from jantorial duties to shoveling snow. His favorite thing to do is workout in the gym. He has a gorgeous coach in her 20's that I'm sure adds to his enjoyment.

The main reason that I can keep my sanity while living an ocean away from my boy is because of these 2 amazing Aunt's of his. Susie and Will have always clicked she is so good to him.

And Linda was the one who found this center in the first place, she is about a mile away! Thank you my dear, dear sisters I love you and appreciate you beyond words!

The Beanie Baby

Maddie is such a cute baby! She is so smart too. And I'm not bragging it's the truth!

Here Maddie is modeling a darling "Winnie the Pooh" outfit.

Hanging out with the girls.

Maddie on Christmas Eve.

The Best Christmas Surprise

Gordie and Carol drove up from California to visit Dad before he headed back to the middle east.

Carol and Akayleia

Rambo Meg's!

Aren't these 2 adorable, recently engaged. We lovingly refer to them as Bra-sley.

Grandpa's 81st Birthday

Aunt Julia put together a wonderful Birthday party for Dad with balloons cupcakes and even John Wayne toliet paper. She had her singing group come by and sing for us some Christmas songs.
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The cousins.

This adorable Santa is part of Julia's singing group.

Gwen thought that he was the true Santa and she told him that she shared her favorite dress with her friend Kate.

Texas!

We made our first stop in the US at Grandy and Grandad's house.
We had such a nice visit. We really loved visiting with them.










Doing puzzles with Grandy is a highlight each trip.















There was a new arrival on the ranch, Aunt Lana would come over every morning to give him a couple of bottles. Jay and Gwen had a lesson on how to feed a calf from a bottle and they were surprised how strong of suck he had.










We love Hobo! The dog that talks.

Will's last day's in Angola

Just a few pictures of Will's favorite things to do here.


















Look at those muscles!!














Will was the family video checker outer, he would check the internet movie data base on the movies he checked out to make sure they were worth our time.











Will working in the LIS library. He did a great job, Ms. Margaret said she will really miss him.