Camp here we come...

Well, we have finally made it to our normal summer destination...summer camp for J! This is his 5th summer to attend the 3 day Day Camp, not quite ready for overnight yet (neither one of us is, ha!)

This is exciting in so many ways:

1. He is going to the place that stole my heart so many years ago, the place I worked for 6 summers and even talked T into working 1 summer.

2. He gets to try things he hasn't tried at home (such as ropes course elements...although now we CAN do those at home once it cools off, woo hoo!)

3. He sees other kids with disabilities, realizes he's not the only one sometimes asking "why do I have this?" and learns a little more every summer that the possibilities really are becoming endless if you just try...

4. We get to visit with family.

5. I get to see my "old" (not age, mind you...watch it out there!) camp friends...the ones I worked with back in the day who are still around this area.

6. Best of all...he is slowly learning why my "old" camp friends are still some of my closest friends...b/c of the things we did together at camp, the things we learned, the fun we shared. He's starting to experience these same feelings from a wonderful place.

He is a bit bummed that his favorite counselor won't be there this summer, Mr. Paul. Mr. Paul worked there when I did, so he finally decided to take a summer off, well deserved! But we will miss him. We also wish T could be here all week with us, but we are always happy to see him on Friday!!!

So...I most likely will not blog again for a few days, but I will post when I get the chance to show you some pics! After these 3 days of camp, we (T comes in Friday to meet us!) get to spend a day playing w/Batgirl and her family and then head to one of J's new favorite amusements parks, then J & I are heading to the valley w/Grandad to chill at a hotel for a few days (and to make sure Grandad stops every so often on his way home to walk around for his clot...since Grandma can't go, we're taking over! ha!) Whew!! But it will be an awesome 10 days :)

I also have a prayer request for you all...Sunday evening, I was walking out to get an old Wally World recycle bag out of my car. I had a recycle bag I had washed with a Mexican blanket (that's what we call them...cuz we get them in Mexico)...so it isn't the prettiest of shopping bags, lots of fuzzies all over it. Anyway, I noticed some smoke coming from across the street, then noticed flames. The flames didn't look intentional, plus we have a burn ban currently (and we had 5 separate fires on the highway by our home just the day before!). I called T out to take a look and he ran over to check with the neighbor. Sure enough, he & his wife had been napping and he had no idea. It was a small shed that had some old paint cans, something sparked apparently with the hot dry weather. They got it under control and watered down well.

(This picture was taken after T said they had it under control, I promise I didn't start snapping pics until I knew the fire dept. wasn't needed!!)

We are just thankful. Thankful that we saw the fire, thankful that T's forestry training included controlling fires, thankful that the wind was not blowing towards the rest of the tree line by Mr. L's house and so thankful for that old WMart bag of which I had become a bit embarrassed to take into stores! Never again will I be ashamed of my poorly washed shopping bags! My request is more for Mr. L, not just the land or fires. From what I remember, he has had heart problems in the past and he's in his 80's. T tried to get him to go in and rest but he wanted to help. Just pray that he recovers well from this. He seemed a bit shaken up after they finished Sunday evening.

Now, here are just some pics from the last week for you to enjoy :) Hopefully next week, I can finally blog a bit about the amazing bible study I've been doing w/ LPM blog. It's been so perfect for this season in my life...learning to speak truth in my "thought closet". More on that later...but check out their blog if you want to hear Beth Moore every other week. And this week in Flylady...the main bathroom and laundry room. I actually did the missions all yesterday since I knew I'd be gone, just to make myself feel better. I now have 3 daily "habits" set up that I do everyday...Make the bed, Swish & Swipe (which is July's "habit" to learn) and shiny sink (ok...that last one happens 5 out of 7 days but that's way better than it used to be!). Check out flylady.com to see what I'm yappin' about :)

My poor boy has not ever tried a Twinkie...he begged me to buy one, so I finally sucumbed, and unfortunately, he loved it!

Getting fitted for new braces..he's decided on yellow ones this time, with blue velcro. They wrap his legs in wet sticky tape that hardens, much like a cast, mold it to his feet, then cut it off. This is the mold they use to create the rubber braces. We'll go back in a few weeks to get the finished products! And how cool is God...the man who did his legs this time, has a grandson w/cystic fibrosis so we got to tell him about Texas Outdoor Child, the group that took J hunting...now they are hooked up via e-mail!!

SEE??? Anti-procrastination day last week...I really did work on a quilt...it wasn't J's but I worked in piecing the one for mine & T's bed. Now I'm in the groove again to get it together :)

Hope you all have a great week!