Summer 2010

As you all know from reading about my interests, I love to lift weights. I have for years. Some people in high school would say that I could have etched my name into my high school gym. I was and still am a gym rat, and glad to be. Well, crazy me, I couldn't take a break from lifting weight to save my life. I got so excited to see an Olympic bar and free weights at my in-laws. The excitement ends right after I lifted those weights the first day. I thought I was being helpful to myself or just plain lazy by leaning the 45 lb plates up against the awning in the back yard where the weights were situated. Then, later that evening, my youngest daughter Lyla, accidentally knocked into one of the 45 lb plates and split her right foot open. It was very deep and we immediately rushed her to the ER. Luckily, no extensive damage was done to her foot.

Sadly, the next day we went to Disneyland with my daughter in her soft cast. The strange thing

is that my son Jacob got more attention and help at Disneyland for being autistic than my daughter did not being able to walk. Lyla was so happy to see Mickey Mouse and I was overjoyed that I did not have to wait in line for long.

One of the highlights from our Disney day was that Jacob and his cousin Ian got to be Padawan learners at the Jedi Training Academy. I was down right amazed that they both got picked. I guess it helped that their grandma put in a good word or two for them. I was very impressed with the Jedi Academy show which took the young lings through an extensive training with the light saber. To top it all off, Darth Vader and Darth Maul show up on the seen to make things interesting and gave a chance to take some pretty cool photos. I was also very pleased to find out that James Earl Jones does the voice overs for Vader

which really sounded amazing.