Group Effort

Tuyet is back from Southern California and her dad is on the road to recovery. Time is what it takes for all to heal. I have to recruit help on the babies as they are a handful. Even Ged pitches in to help clean them up after the bottle feeding........drool fest. After the babies are done drinking their milk they commence to suck on each others noses for a while. Aaron, Boo, Buggies, and I went fishing on the Snake River on Sunday, lots of fun but Aaron is scared of heights and wouldn't get near the edge to take the picture (just like his mom). Myles on the other hand would hang from his toe nails over the edge with a huge smile on his face.

Myles' New Therapy

Hey All,

Wanted to let you know that Myles has a new therapy for his hands. Bottle feeding three baby calves. They are a couple of weeks old and are smaller than Ged (Myles' dog). We have to bottle feed them twice a day with a half gallon bottle each. Poor mother cows who have to put up with all that pulling and pushing!! It was hilarious bringing them home in the back of our truck. The brown one is a girl named Cinnamon (I call her Cindy) and she belongs to buggies. She will be the beginning of our new herd. She sure is a honry little thing. Myles can't feed her yet as she shoves the bottle in your stomach or other places if your not careful. So he is feeding the smallest of the boys for now. The other two are steers and will end up where "filet" and "mignon" (our last two bottle fed cows) ended up.... in our freezer. I'm not sure if we have named them yet as I want "Porter" and "T-Bone" and Myles wants "Timon" and "Pumba". Myles spent the night in their pen the first night they were here. I don't think that he will do that again as they stood over him all night and drooled. He was one big slime in the morning.

All for now, time to feed the babies.

No Father's Day Celebration

I think that America should create a "No father Day" holiday. It will be a day to honor all the children out there who have absent fathers in there life. These children must live with all the pain of seeing there friends have a loving and caring father and all the questions in their souls as to why their "dad" doesn't want anything to do with them. They seem to endure or accept this on a day to day basis with dignity and sorrow. Father's day really throws a curve ball on these children as a day of constant reminder that there dad doesn't care about them, or worse, when they beg their dads to come over on father's day and then they sit and wait all day without a show or call. Children are an amazing lesson on forgiveness and hope. I truly hope and pray that dads everywhere will realize HOW TRULY IMPORTANT they are to their kids. My never ending love is given to these kids and pray that they know that they ARE important and very very loved. Maybe we should change father's day to "Heavenly Father's Day" so all children can enjoy a day of celebration and not sorrow.

Saturday June 16

Yesterday went as well as it could have in regards to Aaron. We seem to have a reprieve for a while, at least physically, not sure about emotionally, as the next court date/jury trial will not start until the first of October. Myles has just left to spend the night at a friends house (yikes). This will be the first night of him being away from me at night since mid February. He is totally excited and I am in total anticipation of a sleepless night! We are still having a lot of trouble with his elbows healing but I fear that they will be an ongoing pain in our butte and we decided to not let his elbows hold him back. Aaron, Tuyet, Myles, and David golfed nine holes yesterday. Buggies did great until about the sixth hole and decided to kill the ball to his elbows demise. He did finish the course but with pain, at least he is trying. Tuyet went back down to California this morning to be with her father again. He seems to be going through a lot of what Myles went through minus the Hemophilia. He contracted an infection, a blood clot, and went through the delerious stage. Tuyet's family was kinda freaking out over all of this until Boo told them that it was "normal" for a burn victim to experience these things. Funny how things are sometimes.
A very big HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all those wonderful dads out there. May your day be filled with love, family, and laughter.
With love,
Sherry

Myles' Bowl'a'thon

Hey all,
I wanted to let you all know that the Hemophilia Foundation of Idaho is having a bowl'a'thon to benefit Myles. It will be held on July 14 at the Nampa bowling alley. Hemophilia chapters in other states have heard about Myles and are going to become involved. I guess anyone, in any state, who is interested can enjoy a day of bowling to benefit buggies. Here is the website for his bowl'a'thon. www.nampabowl.com and just click on the Myles Ganley benefit. If you are interested in this you can also contact the hemophilia foundation at
Hemophilia Foundation of Idaho,
Phones:Office: 208-344-4476
Toll free: 866-453-4476
e-mail: idahoblood@velocitus.net
It should be a lot of fun!!!! Any questions you can contact the foundation or me at sjgmcg@msn.com
Myles has been working real hard on his therapy for his hands so he can start bowling again by then. Keep your fingers crossed.
Lots of love
Myles, Aaron, Tuyet, and me

The Chefs Behind the Scene

I found these pictures in my camera this morning. THE PARTY PREPPERS!! What a team.

Idaho is So Beautiful

We had a pretty good rain yesterday which makes for a spectacular morning. Idaho is in full swing and looks like Ireland (I think because I have never been there). I watched the sunrise this morning to unveil the fields that had been so thirsty being very content. The smells of all of the different crops being grown around us are a symphony for the nose. All of the baby cows were running around and playing. I truly love the sunrises as it always seem to be "a fresh new day" with endless possibilities. Myles swung a golf club this weekend and says that he is starting to feel his groove again. He loves his new clubs that Uncle Ned/Ed gave to him and seems excited for the first time to play a round of golf or, at least, going to drive some balls. Tuyet got home from So Cal yesterday from being with her father. He is having some troubles (the infamous burn infection) but hopefully will respond to the antibiotics. With him having a very high temp they decided to not take any donor sites and used cadaver skin for now. She is going back down there next weekend but wanted to come home to be able to be with Aaron for court on Friday. Our reunion with her was very emotional as Myles, Aaron, and myself knew first hand at what she has been going through with her father. A few months back, we wouldn't of had a clue. When I asked her if her "knowing what was going to happen" was a good thing, she said not at first but it is now. I don't think that her dad enjoys the daily torture chamber (wound care) any more than Myles did. She told Myles last night that her father said to tell him that he is very brave. Will keep you all posted.................

Our Crash Course in Life Continues

Isn't it amazing how we do not truly appreciate the times in our life when not a lot is going on. We think that life is kind of boring with the same old thing over and over again. God only knows how much I wish that was our life right now. Tuyet's (our angel) father, who is 70, was making a herbal vapor for his allergies on Monday when it tipped over on him. The boiling water spilled in his lap and he received second and third degree burns on his lower extremities. Boo flew down there Tuesday morning to be with her father and family. They are planning the graft surgery for Friday but with his age and thin skin, it will be a difficult procedure. I hope there will be a day soon that when someone asks us "what is new" we will say "NOTHING!!!!". This has been the most unbelievable five months I have ever experienced. I know that good will rise from all of this, as it already has, but a break of about five years or more would be nice. Please send some prayers to Tuyet's dad as all of your prayers have always been truly miracles. Tuyet is part of our family and has stayed by our side through all of this. I am amazed at our continued strength through these lessons in life.

The Day

Today was a very busy, confusing, and a radically changing day. The bottom line is that we are going to court on 6/15 to face the charges. A lot of unexpected turns took place today and I think that we are all still spinning from them. Will update on details later as we are all quite mentally tired and are going to garden, feed animals, things that make some sense to us. Love to you all.
Sherry

The Birthday Pictures

I finally got all of the pictures posted on kodak gallery. I tried to make it so you didn't have to sign in but it didn't work out that way. It only takes a second and all you have to do is create your own account using your e-mail address and a password that you have chosen, it's free. Then we can all share our pictures there. As you can see from the pix, the day was filled with love and laughter. You can view the pix by clicking on the following.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=5vav11bb.1q9vn7c7&Uy=-ejcsii&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=1&UV=716669022672_718036951111
Today, I fear, is going to be a solemn day for us. We have court in the morning (pretrial) and the anticipation and anxiety over seeing Myles burn in the video is weighing on our souls. We had a family meeting last night to talk over if buggies seeing the video will help his healing and closure. We decided to shield him from seeing it, he has reality but does not need a visual memory. As for Aaron and I, we will do what we have to do and keep in our minds and hearts that Myles is alive and is in the room with us. That's all that matters. I know that I don't need to ask as you all have been so wonderful with your prayers and well wishing but say a little prayer for our strength tommorow.
With love,
Sherry