April 21 - LaRue Gliding With Paul

Many Faces of Paul

This is my Best Friend's youngest ...  she was pregnant with him when we had our car wreck 5 years ago.   These pictures were taken just before his 4th birthday.

Paul is a HAM.

Paul has Downs Syndrome - He's healthy and quite the problem solver.  And he LOVES to make others laugh.   

These pics were taken one evening while he was brushing his teeth and practicing making faces in the bathroom mirror.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Katie and Bethie

The cake

The card that Joel made.... can you guess B's favorite animal?

Piling on couches to open presents.

She's been begging Vannan for that game for years - and now it is hers!

B is always cold, she loved her new shawl.

She loved her new hat too. She LOVED her new Bible Card wasn't THAT funny Kendra. Snuggling Paul

Love the smoke from the candles. Aunt K cuts HUGE servings of cake. Since she was given spoon and fork, she used one in each hand.

Playing after the party. The whole front yard looked like this.

Saying Goodbye to guests.

More playing in the driveway.

Esther and Paul - Feb 21

LaRue is quite the "Mommy".

So one day when Esther wasn't eating,
her mom says, "Do you want Ruezy to feed you?"

Esther giggled.

"Yes!"

And so LaRue fed Esther.

Meanwhile,
across the room ...

Paul had "stolen" Joel's favorite hat.

Really it is much too small for Joel.

And Paul looks so cut in it.

 

 

What a HAM!

 

I love the sketched look.

Ok ... all done now.

And for the record ...

Steve and Karen and the kids
are now living in their own house.

They still need to get most of the furniture out of storage ..
and they really need a bunk bed for the girls room.

But they are eating and sleeping there.

And trying to get back to normal.

"Whatever that is..."  says Karen.