Of Grace, Gifts, and Gratitude

Grace Christmas was wonderful.  All the kids and all the grandkids except Caitlin, who could not get away from work and studies to travel to Texas, were here.  We had an early holiday with the Welches, who needed to be back in Kansas for the actual day, and then the two Austin families came out…

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“10K and a quarter a day”

Maria, Mike, & Marci at Family Day Today was Family Day.  We invited the families of our Ranchers out to meet new staff, hear a “State of the Ranch” address, and learn more about the roller-coaster we suspect we’ll all be boarding sometime in the next 2-4 years as our nation confronts the fact that we’re–oops–out of…

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Planes, Trains, Buses, Shuttles, Monorails But No Automobiles

We did it.  Thanks to grants from the Lower Colorado River Authority, parents, and a First Baptist Church of Woodworth, Woodworth, LA, we were able to travel to Walt Disney World for the National Down Syndrome Congress annual meeting and convention, taking 11 residents with Down syndrome to attend the simultaneous Youth and Adults with DS…

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