What is happening now.

Saturday was a crazy day in the old Albers household. Isaiah and Elijah were supposed to be at church at 8:30 to help Scott set up for the pinewood derby races. Isaiah, Amaris, Madison and Scott took off for the church at 8:45. Isaiah was able to race his car. He did not win this year but had a great time racing and even more fun making his car. When he got home he got out all of his cars. He has one for every year since Kindergarten, the funny thing is every single car has red and black on it.
Madison is working on daily living skills and this weekend we decided a great thing for her and her mom to do together instead of sit at our kitchen table would be to take her laundry to the laundry mat and learn how to use the facility. What a difference this made in our household. The stress of supervising visits has really gotten to everyone. This was a nice "test" to see how they do without supervision and a nice break for us. They didn't do too bad. Maybe we can plan more things like that in the coming months.
Of course since it was the weekend, Dominique was at Alex's house. His home away for home.
Elijah had opening ceremonies for little league Saturday. This is always an exciting day for him. I am so glad Isaiah had something to focus on for himself because he has always dreamed of playing ball and will never be able to. He always gets so sad when this time of year rolls around. We had team pictures, opening ceremony and a scrimmage game. A huge thank you to my mom for coming over and watching the baby so he didn't have to be out in the wind all morning. Sam and I had fun watching the boys play ball and playing catch.
Isaiah is officially signed up for his golf lessons. We did this in faith that our report May 5-6. Will be that we can continue to wait for surgery. It is hard to believe we have managed to wait almost a whole year. Although we have noticed some neurological changes that make us uncomfortable, our doctors are still OK with waiting. So, wait we will.
I finally completed Dominique's transcripts and have sent them off for approval so we can mail in all his college apps. Reserved the park for his party. Completed and mailed all Madison's paper work I have been working on for the past month. Things are moving along.
We have had several different kinds of illnesses going on in the house. Nothing a little antibiotic and a lot of Lysol wont take care of. I am definitely ready for spring!