Tonight didn't disappoint. This was a local restaurant instead of a chain, and the food was spectacular!! The cook, though, was the real story. He was perhaps the most manic, hyperactive, "all over the place" cook I have ever seen...and it was hilarious!! I wish the short video I took did him justice...but it's the hilarious quick things he said under his breath that made him so funny. Here you can see him creating a fire at the table...he looks like he is in "fast-forward" mode. If you listen really closely you can hear him singing part of the "Hell's Kitchen" theme song...
We sat with a family that lives here locally, and they let us know about a wonderful park here in the area. We have been in dire need of a park with swings of some sort. This is very important for Cade -- he actually needs swings to be a part of his "sensory diet" each day. We were excited to learn that not only does this park have swings, but it also has an indoor pool that we can visit in the afternoons.
Utah Park did not disappoint. The kids had a ball climbing the enormous climbing wall, playing in the sand pit, riding the swings, and sliding down the enormous slides. Of course when we arrived I discovered I did not have a working camera...that's the story of my life. But it was great...and we are so glad to find a sensory-friendly park so close that we can go to let the kids unwind a bit.
After the park we pushed our luck and took the boys to get ice cream at the local Dairy Queen. Both of them enjoyed an Oreo Blizzard...this was about more than Cade could take and he spent most of his time walking around the sidewalk and checking out the scenery while Eric, Kai, and I ate our ice cream. But we so needed this night away ...it was great to head out like a "normal" family, if only for a little while.
Eric is headed to the Denver Airport tomorrow morning early to plead our case regarding our airline tickets. We were able to get a wonderful letter from the STAR Center, and we are so hoping that we are able to get our tickets changed with a very minimal additional cost to us. Please be praying in the morning that we get the one ticket agent that will have some compassion about our situation -- we know
God has put so many people in our path on this trip, and we need tomorrow morning to be another one of those occasions.
Sandy, one of the dear friends we have met here, and her daughter Anna are leaving tomorrow. I have so enjoyed getting to know her, and I will miss her not being here. It is amazing how quickly friendships form here...we begin to count on each other as we go through the tough times here. Please pray for Anna...she suffers from extreme anxiety that has caused her to be unable to go to school or leave the house. Hopefully she has learned enough coping mechanisms while being here to get her over this hump in her young life (she is 15), and she will be able to start school this fall with her friends.
Cade has 2 therapy sessions tomorrow...this is the first day he has had 2 sessions in the same day. Please pray that this will be effective and that he will be able to handle both sessions. The progress is so slow and we want him to get every benefit that he can here. If he is able to do well tomorrow Julianna will be doubling up some of his therapy sessions next week. She feels this will help his motor planning and ideation skills, both of which he has such a deficit in.
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