WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS....

Words can not express the gratitude we feel from everyone. I really can't even begin to thank everyone for their hard work and amazing donations. This was really a site to behold. As you can see so many people donated their things and their time to help Joseph in his journey through this life. It's amazing to witness how good people really are and how willing people are to help. It was an overwhelming site of hard work, love, and service. I really can't say enough to everyone that helped. My family and I will be indebted to you forever. Thank you!

The man of the hour. JO JO!

Swinging who knows what

As you can see the garage sell was massive! Thanks to everyone for all the donations, it's was incredible site to see.

Look how many people we had! It was awesome.
The guardians of the cash box!
We even had a pancake breakfast! Thanks Kathy & Gary
My good friend Maren made the cutest aprons to sell at the garage sell too. I wish I had more pictures of all the other people that helped so much. You know who you are, thank you!

Mark Your Calenders

This is a REMINDER about the benefit garage sell we are having in behalf of Joseph my son who has autism. It is going to be Friday the 14th & Saturday the 15th so save the date. It's going to be at my parents house.(accross the street from Mesa High) We have received so many great things from everyone. THANK YOU so much it really means so much to me and my family. It's going to be a great sale with lots of great stuff ( things from Decor Unique too) so don't forget to come and check it out. Also, if you have anything you have been wanting to get rid of we would love to take it off your hands. Again, I can't even begin to thank everyone for all the things you have donated, thank you again. Spread the word!

Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving we spent it at our friends the Cowan's along with about 30 other people. It was a lot of fun and the food was great. The only thing missing was of course our family and the leftovers. So we knew we couldn't do anything about our family but we could do something about the leftovers. We decided to have are own Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday. Todd made the turkey and I made everything else. It was great! It was totally white trash. Instead of putting the food on nice plates we put it in the tupperware so all we had to do was place it in the fridge when we were done. I have to say I loved it that way since it meant less dishes. Todd did such a great job on the turkey, it was so cute to watch how into cooking he was. Now we have lots, and lots of leftovers! YEAHJohn LOVES food. He will eat anything and loves it. He loved the mashed potatoes the most. He also tried pickles on Thanksgiving and loved those too! (he's is mommas boy)
GIVE ME FOOD!
Jo Jo actually sat and ate with us for a few minutes. He enjoyed his pickle and gluten free bread. The kid is SO picky!
Here is Todd with our WHITE TRASH thanksgiving!

The Champions!

The "Stormin Mormons" were the intramural champions for the Big Red this year. They played every Wednesday night and had a blast. I was only able to go to two games since babysitters are hard to come by, but it was fun to watch them play. The other wives may disagree but I'm pretty sure Todd was the cutest one out there! Congrats!

Halloween Night

To Infinity and Beyond! We started off our Halloween night at the commons in downtown Ithaca to do a little trick or treating and to let Joseph play on the playground. He LOVED it and even let me put the thing on his head. Later I decided it was cuter without it so I took it off.
My little Devil. Is he not the sweetest little DEVIL you have ever seen. Actually I think I paid for putting him in this costume last night, he slept for a total of about 2 hours.
Our little DEVIL
I just Love him
little Devil with his Daddy. I love the Binky. We bought for Jo Jo when he was the devil but he wouldn't use it. I'm glad we saved it.

the night continues....

On his way to try this whole trick or treating thing out.
Getting closer....
Yeah, he did it!!!

I think he likes this whole Halloween thing. Look at that grin.

And to another...
When we got home he sat by the window and watched the trick or treaters come. It was so sweet. I really think he enjoyed it. YES, another huge step. It was a fun night for both the kids. I'm pretty sure Jo Jo is a BIG fan of Halloween now.

Joseph's Halloween Party

So this picture is out of order but I'm way to lazy to change it. He loves the scooter and will ride it all over the school. It reminded me of Eddie Murphy in the movie trading places. He was craking me up.

Today Joseph had a Halloween party at his school. They went around and trick or treated around the school. It was so cute and he did so well. He would take the treat and put it in his bag all by himself. ( OK, most of the time he did) After we went back to his classroom and had treats. I made gluten free/ Diary free cookies that he wouldn't touch, I'm so glad I went to all the trouble. I can't wait to see how he does when he really goes trick or treating tomorrow.


After the party his OT, Meg took us to see the OT room. This is his favorite place, as you can see the huge smile on his face. He LOVES the ball pit.
He loves to swing also, I really can't get over how cute/ old he looks in the picture. Look at those dimples, I'm pretty bias but really isn't he handsome? We think so. It was so fun to see him at school having so much fun.