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Category: Mom’s Blog
Shriner’s Gala
So, a huge thank you to everyone who donated to the Shriners Gala. I think the night was a great success! Ben attended with us. I had to speak, so he introduced me. He was far more comfortable With a microphone than I was! He spent most of the night wandering back and forth between [...]
Call Out for Donations…
Hi everyone! Jesse and I will be attending the annual Al Shamal Shrine Gala Dinner Auction and Dance on May 3rd, 2019. The evening hosts a silent auction and a live auction (hosted by Danny Hooper) and the proceeds raised go to help fund their operations. As you know, I'm a huge supporter of the [...]
What a year 2018 was!!!
Wow! I can't believe another year has flown by. All in all - it was a fabulous year for us! Our whole family was healthy this year; we had no hospital stays, and Ben seems to have somewhat caught up from the gaps in his learning from missing so much of grade one. Here are [...]
Wish Trip – Last Day GKTW
We managed to sleep in a little bit this morning. This was a day to do all of our favourite things and connect (once again) to this wonderful resort we were lucky enough to be able to stay in. Once we were awake, we left our house to find Matthew's Boundless Playground. This was a [...]
Wish Trip – Day Five Universal Studios
As it turned out, Ben was up bright-eyed and bushy tailed! He seemed fine and wanted to go with us. As we were leaving the resort, I noticed a boy staring at Ben (something I notice - and he is beginning to notice). Then I heard the boy's mother rip into him about it - [...]
Wish Trip – Day Four Animal Kingdom
We woke up this morning and got ready. We were going to Animal Kingdom today - something that we had all been anticipating! First off, we ordered the breakfast cart to come to our villa. It was encouraged, and we thought the kids would think it was neat. A little golf cart came rumbling up [...]
Wish Trip Day Three GKTW
Give Kids the World was founded in 1986 by a man (hotelier/philanthropist) Henri Landwirth. He was born Jewish in Belgium and he, his sister, and parents were sentenced to death/labour camps. He spent the years between 13-18 living in labour camps (including Auschwitz). Both his parents were killed, but he and his sister survived. I [...]
Wish Trip Day Two – Disney Hollywood Studios
We woke up on day two to Jesse telling us about his fantastic turkey leg dream…sigh… He said thinking about it the next day was just as good, if not better, than the actual experience itself. The House of Hearts called us first thing to see how everything was going and asked if we needed [...]
Wish Trip Day One
We had a hard time waking the kids the next morning...they were (understandably) a little groggy. I had to attend an orientation meeting at 9:00, which I did. I discovered there that they had booked us on a bus to the Magic Kingdom at 10:15 a.m. I texted Jesse (while in my meeting) to have [...]