JONAH'S CAMPER TOUR

 Unknown to us, Jonah took the Ipad into our camper to record a video tour of our camper.  If you watch the video of a real tour of a camper, you can see he closely copies the real one.  I think a camper company would be wise to hire our guy!  He's awfully cute :)

THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING SWEETER!

Baby J was over to play this week.  

These are some of my most treasured photos!

STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE

The boys are in the high school choir.  

This choir won a first place at STATE Solo and Ensemble this weekend!  

What a joy to watch the boys participate with their peers.  It is so encouraging to see their fellow choir members include the guys and help and guide them without even a second thought.  

We are so thankful for the choir director making an environment where this could happen.  

It was a fun and proud moment to see our boys on a college campus and then singing their way to first place with the choir!

World Down Syndrome Day 2026

Today, 3-21-26, we celebrated World Down Syndrome Day!  Actually the boys wore their Tshirts to school yesterday to help promote Down Syndrome awareness so it's been a 2 day celebration.

Helping the general public understand and feel comfortable around individuals with Down syndrome is a win-win.  It brings joys to our kiddos to feel included and accepted, and we believe others are blessed when they interact with individuals who have an extra zest for life!

Here are some great photos showing what our boys have been doing at school this week.

Jonah and Ben went shopping at our village supermarket for classroom snacks.  Here Jonah is comparing produce prices. 

Jonah learning how to use the microwave.  His preferred school snack is cheese tortillas. 

Ben got to participate in a object lesson in History about the dust bowl.  His aide said he did a great job interacting with his typical peers.  

Ben learning how to wash dishes after their cooking class.

The boys wearing their 3-21 Tshirts.

VERY GOOD FUNCLES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING!

Definition of Funcle: like a regular uncle only more fun.

Doesn't that sound like our dynamic duo?

Seriously, the boys are really good uncles to their nephew, especially Ben.  Ben knows how to talk and play with Baby J.  He is very appropriate with his volume level and is very gentle and careful with the baby.   

Jonah struggles in these areas, but his love for the baby is still strong!  This past week, Jonah really enjoyed Baby J because we were able to have the baby on my lap at the piano and Jonah playing his guitar.  Jonah's dream of Baby J being a member of our family band is coming true!

I love these photos.  Baby J is army-crawling now so he is getting into people's space.  The boys were watching their after school show, and the little guy came over to visit them.  I love how Ben interacts with him so sweetly.  A side of Ben we don't always see.

In regards to looking forward to the spring, we have some cool things happening.

1. Water park hotel night as our spring break!  The boys are so excited to spend the night away.  My hope is to relax in the lazy river...

2. Job Olympics: the boys will be participating for the first time both for themselves, and I believe the first time for our school district.  We are very excited for them to be able to have this opportunity.  Our school district is amazing!!!!

Click HERE for news story about Job Olympics

IT'S BEEN A WHILE!

No news is good news is the theory, and that's actually been our reality.  

I haven't posted for quite a bit because things have been running relatively smoothly with the boys.  School is going great, and they are healthy!  

Ben's dental surgery happened on 1-5, and it went very smoothly.  The mystery is somewhat solved as to why Ben all of a sudden got infection in his gums when he's always had great dental checkups.  The dentist thinks the 3 baby teeth that were refusing to come out were causing a great place for bacteria to build up.  Now that these 3 teeth have been pulled, she is very hopeful Ben's gums will get back to their usual healthy again.  That was a relief to hear.

Special Olympics basketball starts up this week.  A big commitment each week but well worth the opportunity for the boys to exercise and have fun with their friends.