Faith's Adaptive Skiing Adventure

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I am usually all for Faith trying something new. Years ago, though, I drew the line at adaptive skiing. I knew that Dreams in Motion does an annual event at Huff Hills (North Dakota's largest ski area), but I was too afraid to let Faith try it. I just didn't know how she would do being strapped down so tightly, especially with her high tone and issues with her left hip.  At her day program, some of her friends had been going for years and Faith thought it sounded like so much fun. So, this year, I decided we should give it a try. Since there are only 20 spots available for this event, I got her registered the morning it opened up.  Lots of fresh powder at Huff Hills  As the event drew near, I knew I needed to get snow pants for her (since she had none) and make sure I had all the right winter apparel to keep her warm. That was also one of my biggest concerns is her getting too cold, which can cause her tone to increase even more.  As the day approached, she was...
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Fun with Family

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I loved the shocked look on my friend's face on the 4th of July when upon asking, "So did just your dad come down for the 4th?" And I told her, "My parents live in Bismarck now." In March of this year, my dad officially retired from the oilfield after 35 years, most of those years spent driving an 18-wheeler.

Shortly after his retirement, they officially became residents of Bismarck. In fact, their home is just down the road from my younger brother's place. They still have their land and their home in Watford City though so whenever my dad starts missing home, he can always go back to visit! They were blessed to have met some great people to rent their home out to who moved here from California to work in the Bakken.

Welcome to my parent's new place! (I made that sign in high school!)

My youngest sister, dad and me on Father's Day.

Besides my parents moving here, my youngest sister also moved here from New Town. So now with the exception of an older brother in Montana and a sister in Nebraska, my whole family lives in Bismarck!

This past week, my sister came up from Nebraska and my sister-in-law came out from Montana. My parents had a family get-together at their home this past weekend where I had a great time visiting with siblings, in-laws, and aunts. I didn't see too much of the kids as the youngest four spent most of the time outside and the older ones hung out in the basement.
 
Family time

Our sister-only evening - supper at the Walrus!

Unfortunately, Faith wasn't up to seeing everyone at once, so she and daddy stayed home from the get-together. I found it worked better to just have people come over to our place in smaller groups and to visit with Faith as we sat downstairs on the patio of our apartment complex.

This is our new nightly summer tradition - I come home, we have supper, watch Wheel of Fortune and then gather all of our stuff to spend the rest of the evening outside on the patio. It is practically dark outside before she wants to come back inside! I love this new tradition as it is so relaxing for me after a stressful day at work.

Faith with her auntie and cousins and from Montana

Faith with her funny cousins from Nebraska

All in all, Faith is having a great summer, and we look forward to spending more time with family now that most of them live so close by! 

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  1. Alana TerryJuly 19, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Happy summer to you, Faith! So glad you're getting lots of family time in!

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