Monday, February 16, 2009

Some fun pictures

It's been a while since i've blogged anything here, so i thought i'd share some fun pictures from the last few days.

Last week Thursday we too Brenden for a follow-up evaluation at the Hope Centre ~ in Quill Lake. On the way home we saw this most interesting "invention" driving/skiing along in the ditch. It must be something like a snomoplane ?? You might need to click on the picture and enlarge it for a good view of it. Also along the drive, some fun bales...
Btw, his appointment went well and we are seeing some good progress. We learned that Elizabeth Harms has written a book with some of her life experiences (especially with her son and his special needs) including a few other testimonials as well... very inpirational book.
Today we had appointments with the naturopath in Sherwood Park... for Brenden, Janique & me. So it's been a busy few days (expensive too ~ but probably well worth the cost). All three of us seem to have some similar issues (low iodine, too much histimine), but not all affected the same way, and each of us needing slightly different supplements.
Now to get everything together and ready for Brenden's newest program (there are always a few changes as his progress continues at different levels)... so that's what i'm off to get working on...

Sunday, February 1, 2009

forgot to mention

Last week Tuesday we went for a lovely drive (minus a bit of "not the greatest" weather) out a bit more than an hour drive, to check out some violins and get a "second opinion" on the ones we've been renting. This homeschool family... the older two boys have a home based business selling violins, and we were very impressed. They ended up selling us two very nice violins ~ we weren't sure if we'd be buying one or two, but we decided/agreed that Reagan is close enough to ready for a full-size, and they had a second full-size to offer to us for a good price, so we went with it! Actually, the second one sounds very nice. It is old (which is often a good thing when it comes to violins). When i was playing it the other day i was trying to identify the smell... and the violin smells like the Western Development Museum! The case that came with it actually looks a bit antique too... It should be good huh? Lol...

If you're ever looking for a violin, we would recommend these guys (and you don't have to drive out ~ they do more email/phone/mail order).