I have started going in and helping my Aunt Darlene with my cousins, Brenda and Lane. I just want everyone to know what amazing people they are. They have been in wheelchairs for about 33 years with a degenerative condition known as Spinal Cerebellar Atrophy. I am so inspired and want to be a better person because of how they live. They are literally trapped in their body and I have NEVER heard them complain or get upset. I get mad at some of the dumbest things. I am learning as I get older how precious life is and how short it is. They are such a wonderful example to me and my daughter and I feel very lucky to have such a great friendship with them. We were heading to Ogden the other day to go shopping and I was going to take a ton of pictures and this is the only one I got (sorry Brenda) but Lane was ready to go and he kept us hoppin all day. On that note I have to vent...we were trying to find a parking space in the mall on Friday and there was not ONE handicapped parking space available. We drove around and around waiting for someone to come out, no one did so we found a handicapped space for the building next door and started to get out ( a long way from where we needed to be) A big yellow truck pulled in next to us in another handicapped space-all 3 of the people in the truck got out and walked into the mall..it makes me crazy. My 73 year old aunt who has to get 2 people out of the van and into wheel chairs couldn't find a parking space and people who don't really need them are parking there. I didn't get to upset, but was a little disgusted. We got back to the car a while later and were just getting Brenda and Lane in the van to eat lunch. The yellow truck was gone but another car pulled right into the handi space...a little girl, a mother and another lady got out, looked at us feeding Brenda and Lane and said "Oh, we parked in a handicapped spot" and kept on a walkin. I WAS SO DISGUSTED. They should be ahsamed of themselves. I learned a lot from that and decided we all need to be a little more considerate of others!

I went in to take pictures of Kennedy sleeping the other night and when I went in Rufus was sleeping right beside her and Shasta was sleeping on her legs! I have tried and tried to get her to let the dogs sleep on the floor or in their room downstairs and I guess it's just not going to happen, so they all sleep in my bed (Kennedy, Rufus and Shasta) and we have a slumber party every night!