Sugar Cookies

Jorie and Josh had a blast making sugar cookies the other night. Aside from a little help from me, they did most of the work themselves! They were so proud!

Rough week for Ryan

Kind of a rough week for Ryan this week. He has been home from school on and off all week due to a mild cold. Mild enough not to turn into a dangerous situation for him. But, just bad enough that he wasn't feeling up to going to school until after lunch each day this week. Mornings are usually hard for him with any illness. He has been struggling with pain in his right foot from his broken leg back in July. From having to hold his leg and foot still for so long; it really caused his foot to be EXTRA tender and sensitive. This makes transfers, the removal of clothing and putting on socks/shoes extremely painful for him. As Ryan gets older and the disease progresses; we are seeing him lose more and more abilities. And lately, it seems he has quite a bit of pain as well. Mostly pain during transfers. We have to treat him like a raw egg most of the time so as not to injure him. This morning, I was in the other room and Ryan and Josh were in the den together looking at the computer. Within minutes of my leaving the room, I heard yells coming from Ryan. Apparently, Josh had pulled Ryan's right arm down and away from his body. Not fully understanding just how weak and fragile his older brother is; this really hurt Ryan. He was in tears for about 15 minutes afterwards. For a while there I was afraid we might have another serious injury. From examining his arm and shoulder area, it doesn't look too bad at this point. We are hoping that it will heal quickly! Transfers are already such a scary experience for him and we don't need another injury! In the meantime, I am trying to explain to Joshua just how fragile big brother really is. It doesn't take much to hurt him. We are hoping for an illness and injury free week next week and are looking forward to Thanksgiving and family!

SanFrancisco

Steve and I were able to get away to visit Sanfrancisco a few weeks ago. We had an amazing time!!! It rained almost the entire time we were there. But, there were a few breaks in the weather for us to visit Golden Gate Bridge and Stinson Beach. Steve proposed to be at Stinson Beach 10 years ago and we had never been back since the day he proposed. It was fun visiting again and finding the exact spot where he asked me to be his wife. He even got down on one knee for me again. :) We enjoyed our time away and came home refreshed!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween. We had Grandma and Grandpa over to help us carve pumpkins on Saturday. My dad is much better at pumpkin carving than I am and he helped carve Ryan's pumpkin for him. Jorie wanted a kitty cat pumpkin and Ryan and Josh had faces in theirs! Halloween afternoon we had Ryan's friend, James over to hang out with him. Sort of a tradition to have James over and the two play video games and talk about school and sports. I usually order them their favorite, pizza!! I am thankful that we have James as this used to be a sad holiday for Ryan. Never could participate much in Halloween activities. Jorie and Josh trick or treated up and down our street and got plenty of candy! Jorie was a kitty, of course to match her pumpkin! And Josh was Tweedle Di from the movie Alice in Wonderland! We ended our evening getting together with good friends!! Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween!

Happy Birthday Jorie!!

Eight years ago today, we welcomed a beautiful baby girl into our family. Jorie Leanne Berhar was born on October 18th, 2002! She was a perfect 7 pounds 7 ounces. We have been blessed with this little girl in so many ways. Wow! Eight years! Hard to believe! Happy Birthday Jorie! We love you!!

Pictures, pictures, pictures!!! ;0)

I haven't been very good at posting lately. But, here is a post worth posting!!! I LOVE photography. Always have. But, love getting my kid's pictures taken professionally and I don't do it nearly as often as I used to. When Ryan was a baby, I took him in every 2 to 3 months on the dot! In fact, when he was really young, I think I took him in even more often than that. However, after Jorie and Joshua came along, those trips to the photographer grew less and less. And I figured I could take just as good of pictures with my own camera anyway. But, I don't have a studio or the perfect lighting nor do I always have Steve and my mom with me to help make the kids smile and cooperate! I was happy with how these turned out. What do you think?

Ryan pics and update

It's harder to get good shots of my 14 yr old these days. But, here are 2 from the other day before school started. I liked the contrast between the red hat and green shirt. Doesn't he look handsome? Please remember to keep Ryan in your prayers as we are entering cold/flu season again. This time of year is always more stressful for me as I try to protect my kids from illness while still trying to let them be involved in as many activities as I can! ;0) He has had a cast or brace on his right leg since the first part of July when he broke his femur and today he might get to have it off for good!! We are excited. But, a little nervous too to have that protection taken away. He will be handled like a raw egg for the next several months most likely as to not re-injure his leg!