walking for shae

okay, so my hello program decided to stop working half way through the list of pictures i wanted to post. i tried to add this one to the end of this post, but here shae sits right at the front! i may as well introduce him then...shae just turned 7 a few days ago. he got a ton of cool stuff for his birthday. his favourites include: an ant farm, a lighted globe that reflects star constellations onto his ceiling at night, and a pop up book about dinosaurs. later on in the day, after this picture was taken, shae's other front tooth wiggled it's way out of his mouth and was traded by the tooth fairy for a two dollar bill. shae was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was really young. he has been such a trooper through all of the needles and tests and being told what to eat and when. it is because of shae that we all went walking on sunday morning...

so, on sunday the JDRF (juvenile diabetes research foundation) walk went really well. a lot of people showed up and just with our walking team alone, we raised over $2600!! it was only a 5km walk, but it felt really good and we had a great time. we went out for lunch afterwards, then promptly came home and vegged on the couch until the evening church service.

i saw a hummingbird right close to the window this morning when i was talking to my mom on the phone (we have regular tuesday morning "dates"). it was bright green and had a red head. later, i brought oliver out onto the front deck to explore for the first time while i watered and picked tomatoes and deadheaded my flowers. oliver nearly got ahold of a little lizard scampering up the wall. i wonder what he would have done with it? when i brought him back inside he cried by the front door for a long time! oops, maybe showing him what's all out there wasn't such a good idea. we don't want to let him out because there are so many coyotes out there, not to mention the flea factor.

again, i feel really quite boring, not much else interesting going on. josh still talks in his sleep on occasion, and i would share, but don't want to pick on him for lack of anything else to write. oh, but you must check out leah r's blog. she is back in the blogging world, now living in thailand. her most recent blog is far from boring.

i'll stop yammering now so that you can all click on her link.