I hadn’t realized it has been months and months since my last entry. The McLarens are doing well and Glenn is doing great. Here’s a recap …
March:
After returning from SLC we started up baseball season with Lego playing on the Padres. He loved playing catcher and enjoyed the season. Lego also celebrated his 8th birthday with a Sonic X birthday party. It was tough to pull off but it was alot of fun!
In March we also experienced a sad loss with the passing of my “birthday buddy” Aunt Berta. She was a beautiful lady with love in her heart. She died of mouth cancer on March 13th. She never smoked a cigarette and had been in great health. It was diagnosed a year before at a dental check-up and she just couldn’t beat it. We will miss her dearly.
April:
Easter Sunday was a wonderful day celebrated with my parents, my brother, David, and my Aunt Lucy. We had an egg hunt for confetti eggs and goodies.
Easter Sunday 2010
It was also Laser’s 10th birthday! He celebrated his birthday later in the week with a party with his buddies playing football and hanging out. The “Backyard Birthday Bowl” made sports history.
I attended the Women’s ACTS Retreat in Boerne, TX for a 4-day retreat. It was a beautiful experience and gave my faith a boost! Spending four days focused on my relationship with God was a special opportunity. Glenn held down the fort and even had the house clean and laundry taken care of when I arrived home.
Bookworm went on a campout at Enchanted Rock near Fredricksburg, TX with his Troop (343). Glenn went with him and climbed Enchanted Rock to the top. These are the kind of memories I’m thankful Glenn is here to make with his boys.
Ziploc Omelettes...Bookworms specialty.
May:
Busy month for everyone! Lego made his First Communion. It’s so hard for me to see my little guy growing up. He looked so handsome in his suit (that was a little small, but was passed down from Bookworm, to Laser and finally to Lego.) What a blessed day!
Princess celebrated her 6th birthday. She loves horses and wanted a horse themed party so we had a Rodeo Princess party with barrel races and roping.
Rodeo Cowgirl!
June:
Princess had her first dance recital. She performed with her ballet/tap class a lyrical dance to “The Power of One”. My favorite part was getting her ready. She was my very own little Barbie doll. Hair, makeup and costume! So much fun!!!!
Glenn got a JOB! Glenn received two job offers the day before he and I flew to Salt Lake City for his 3-month check up. Both jobs were good opportunities but he accepted a position at eSupply Systems in San Antonio as Operations Manager. He’s enjoying the work andstill learning the ropes. It has been an adjustment going back to work for him. Working 8 to 5 while he is still receiving chemo treatments every other week and on meds has been hard but he is glad to be working again. His checkup was once again a success with complete remission still the status quo. We’ll be heading to SLC again in August for his final 3-month check up and if all goes well, he’ll be able to stop chemo treatments and just maintain using meds.
It snowed in SLC the week before we arrived!
Father's Day 2010
Cub Scout Day Camp for Laser and Lego was blessed with cloudy skies and a rainout day. I volunteered only one day and thank those who spend the week out there. Corralling boys in the heat and humidity is a chore. Laser and Lego had a blast crafting, playing games, getting wet and learning about nature. Scouts is really a great experience for boys.
Laser hit a bulls-eye at archery!
Lego has some crazy fun with friends!
The following week Glenn and Bookworm headed off to Bastrop to the Lost Pines Scout Reservation for a full week of tent camping and adventure. Bookworm told me it was a good thing I didn’t go with all the daddylong-legs and scorpians in the shower areas. So thankful Glenn was able to go! Camping is not my thing and I can’t imagine spending a week in a tent. Bookworm did have the opportunity to climb a 60 foot wall and repelled down. He was the only one in his group to get all the way to the top.
Bookworm is half way up the wall.
He made it!!
Princess really wanted to go to Vacation Bible School at our church, Sts. Peter and Paul. So I thought, well if Princess goes, then I’ll put Laser and Lego in VBS and Bookworm can be a junior high helper! That will leave me with 5 mornings free of kids…for me, unheard of! But it just didn’t happen. I opened my mouth and asked if they had enough adults helping out and naturally I ended up volunteering to help out. So I became “Parable Paulette” for one week leading the bible story for 1st and 2nd graders. Princess came to my class each day and that seemed to make her proud. In the end, I’m glad I helped out.
Princess at the VBS morning skit.
So, there it is. The McLarens have been busy but thankfully all has been well. Our summer is ending early as we begin school in July but the fun never stops!
Sounds like a fantastic summer! So good to see happy, healthy faces.