November 2012

Blake and Derek continued their tradition of winning at the annual Reflections art contest.

We decorated for Christmas right after Thanksgiving.

Halloween 2012

Here are some shots from Halloween.

We hit the Nightmare Express train this year. A local family has a train that runs around their property with really elaborate decorations. (That's a big understatement.) The kids loved it.

Texas Trip 2012

It's been a long, long time since I've posted so I'm going to try and catch up quickly. Last October we went on a road trip to Texas. I attended a conference for work but we made a big vacation out of it. We stopped at a lot of places on the way there and on the way back. We also got to spend a lot of time with Grandpa Slief and Grandma Yim. We took a lot of photos....

We stopped at Carlsbad Caverns. 

We stopped at the "Hole in the rock" near Moab.

We stopped at Arches National Park.

Brandon fell down and skinned his knees.

We also stopped at another arch.

We went spent the night at Mesa Verde and then visited this site.

The "littles" did some shopping in Texas. It was no surprise that Katelyn came home with a stuffed kitten that she named "Texas Kitty" and Brandon got a cowboy rope and a sheriff's badge with his name on it. 

On Our Way to Brandonland

Brandon has been planning for almost a year now to build an amusement park around his future home, which of course will be right next door to wherever we live when he is a Daddy. He calls it Brandonland and has some very big plans for the place! He is constantly adding new attractions. Every time he comes across something cool, he says "I'm going to have that at Brandonland". He talks about who he will invite and he is pretty serious about his plans.

It will have an Oswald's roller coaster, it will go through the Oswald's town and then to "the other world" where you can see Mickey Mouse. Then when you come out of the ride you will see them in costumes. You can bring your dogs, and if they don't want to go on the rides, there will be a place where you can leave them and they will be fed. Brandon says "its very awesome and there's going to be all of your favorite costume friends at Brandonland, even Mickey Mouse and even Donald and even Princess Lea and even Darth Vader and even Skywalker. There will even be a Star Wars roller coaster that will go through Star Wars Land." There will also be a movie theater and a Tower of Terror. He says he is building it because he wants people to have a fun place to go so his kids and dogs don't get bored. He is constantly planning more things for his future Brandonland. He is going to be a very fun dad!

Our team name for the upcoming Run to Walk for Now I Can is "On Our Way to Brandonland" To me Brandonland represents all the hopes and dreams of my amazing boy. Now I Can helps him gain the mobility and confidence he needs to overcome some of the physical challenges he has. Each runner who commits to run for Brandon will contribute $5 to his therapy there. So join us on May 18 "On Our Way to Brandonland" You can go to http://www.nowican.org/runtowalk to register.