Matthew's Favs from Christmas.

Happy Birthday Brogan!

Brogan turned 3 today!

The Best Christmas Gift

Just what every cowgirl needs! 
A head lamp to to wear when helping Jackie
with chores in the dark.

Merry Christmas!

Mallory- 12, Hannah- 6, and Matthew- 10.

Snow Day.

It snowed last night, so school was let out a day early for Christmas Vacation.  Matthew and Hannah were eager to get outside this morning to play in the snow. 

They spent a good chunk of the day outside cleaning our vehicles off, making snow angels, and just enjoying the day.

This gave Mallory plenty of time to recuperated from her
knee surgery but also from the nasty stomach bug
she got once arriving home.

Surgery, Again.

Mallory had surgery today to remove the plates in her knees.  The plates have done their job correcting the deformity and since Mallory is still growing, it has become pertinent take them out.

Surgery was short and went as expected.  No cast this time around. With having both knees worked on, I was not fond of the idea of two casts.  We chose to work on some preventative measures instead to keep Mallory from picking at her incisions.

As always, Mallory charmed the hospital staff.  The nurses loved her.  She impressed them with her resilience. 

Mallory's Christmas Program

Mallory had her first vocal music program for middle school this afternoon.  She has been so excited to participate in this event.
Sometimes the excitement can be too over stimulating for her, so this year we kept everything pretty low key.

Mallory handled herself very well.  No meltdowns, at all.
She walked to stage and actively participated.
You could really tell that she enjoyed the songs and knew the words to them.

She participated in the actions and dancing that were involved.
She did it all with a smile on her face.



Always the social child, Mallory looked for every opportunity to wave at someone she knew in the crowd.



I owe a lot of the success to one of her para's who was ever present throught the program and helped to keep Mallory on track and grounded.