The school we went to also happened to be my elementary school. Here Landon & Tristyn are sitting on my favorite monkey bars. I remember vividly playing on this for our entire recess. It's funny how small it seems now when I stand next to it.
Here's Tristyn with Dan's best friend Ken. We are lucky to be surrounded by great friends who adore our kids. Uncle Ken is Tristyn's punching bag whenever he's with us. She's lucky he puts up with so much.
We don't call Tristyn our drama princess for nothing. She's upset about something and refuses to look at the camera. Kyleigh's doing her best to make her feel better but she was pretty upset.
You can't tell but Dan is riding Landon's scooter down the hill. As we were leaving he just couldn't resist one good ride. Hey, who says you have to grow up...looks like fun to me!
Our little St. Patrick's Day baby! What a total blessing she was...and what 
This is how you see her now. There are no real great pictures of Allie because she refuses to sit still long enough to get her picture taken. She is on the move and constantly curious about everything around her.
Not to mention, she has everybody wrapped around her little finger. How can you say no to this adorable face????
We are members of the Australia Zoo online club which includes a quarterly magazine from Australia Zoo. It came in the mail today and there was an advertisement that if you send them a letter in 25 words or less you could win a trip there. The kids immediately dropped what they were doing and wrote three letters. After they wrote the letters I noticed that the contest is only open to Australians..which, obviously we aren't. Although, the kids did ask why we can't move there so we could win. Here is what they each said:
We have not camped since the summer of '05. Last year I was too lazy and wanted a restful weekend in a hotel. Overall it was fun, but nothing compared to our camping trips. So, for '07, it's camping here we come :)
Landon's favorite things about camping are: hiking, the wildlife, sitting around the campfire and roasting marshmallows.
Our favorite place to go is called Eagle Creek. It's only about 45 minutes from home and up in the mountains. It's also our favorite hiking spot. When we first started hiking there (before children) it seemed to be a spot that not many people knew about..now, it seems the whole world goes there. It is incredibly beautiful with a lot of waterfalls to look at and many trails to explore.
Last time we went, on our way up the windy road leading to the camp a baby bear jumped in front of our car. It was a beautiful bear but also a little frightening because I would assume that mama bear was not far behind. We did hear that mama and baby were also roaming around in the vicinity of the campground but we didn't see them again.
This is how I see her now. Holding James. It's how I cope, how I handle this deep sadness that seems to be taking over at times.
I want to introduce you to two very special people. Tina is an amazing mom who has a little boy with Menkes. When we first found out that James had Menkes and we were in sheer devastation mode, it was Tina that gave our family hope. She is the first one who reached out to me, the first one who told me exactly how life with James would be. She told me how hard it would be but at the same time she told me how amazing life with a little boy with Menkes would be. She was always a Godsend to our family. I was the only one with a computer and the only link to other people in the Menkes community. She emailed me faithfully, updated me constantly and encouraged me passionately. She urged our family to never give up on James no matter what the medical community said.There, I did it! That is really hard.
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