It’s once of those staff-crunch times at Down Home Ranch. We’re all doing double and sometimes triple duty as we deal with unexpected staff departures and unfilled new positions. Like the Food and Wellness Coordinator. Changing our “food culture” at Down Home Ranch has been a challenge, to say the least. We once again have begun…
Home at last
Neighbors at last, Sterling & Jerry walk over to Isaiah House It’s finally happening. The guys are spending their first night in Isaiah House! Right now it looks a bit like a scene out of a reality show about hoarders. Joseph House is cleaned out of stuff, but Isaiah has a ways to go to…
No problem, really!
Here we are in San Antonio at the National Down Syndrome Congress Annual Convention being held at the J.W. Marriott Hill Country Resort. Jerry and I came down Wednesday, the staff arrived Thursday, we all went to pre-conference sessions yesterday, and Gena and Travis brought the Ranchers down yesterday afternoon in the bus. What a change from…
Improv at the Ranch, wanted or not
Sterling tries to make Kyle laugh I told Marci, who has bravely agreed to take on the 17th summer of Ranch Camp this year, that I wanted to start spending chorus time on coming up with games, songs and activities that we could try out to use during camp on the Ranchers–you know, see what…