HAVE A HAPPY TURKEY DAY! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!

We went to Allyssa's Dr. appt. this a.m. and it went very well. The psychologist is very nice and was very good with Allyssa. We pretty much went over the issues that Allyssa deals with daily and what as Parent's of a special needs child, we deal with and that took up our first appt. HA! We go back on Dec. 16th, so hopefully we are on our way to getting the tools we all need to improve our daily life!!! Thanks for all the Prayers, and continue praying for Allyssa and our family as I continue to keep all of you in my prayers!
We are heading to Ramsey this evening when Bob gets home from work. Thanksgiving at Mom and Dad's tomorrow with my brother's and their families. Looking forward to the time together. And so very Thankful that we can all be together, I know how fortunate we are to be able to gather together! We will be in Ramsey until Sunday afternoon, and then we head back to Poplar Bluff. Enjoy Your Thanksgiving Day, and Give Thanks!

FRONT OF THE CLASS HALLMARK MOVIE

Most of you already know that Allyssa was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome earlier this year. Tourette Syndrome is a Neurological Disorder, it causes her to have several different tics. i.e. eye blinking, sniffing, coughing, toe curling, tongue clicking, a clucking sound, saying things over or having someone else say things over and over until it sounds "just right" to her, jumping, (just to mention a few, ha ha! But really Allyssa has had all of these tics and then some, at one time or another and usually has mutiple ones going all at once, right now she mainly has the blinking and one I forgot to mention, stretching her mouth open and kinda to the side, and her toe curling. In addition to the tics Allyssa also has trouble with impulse control and Obsessive Compulsive thoughts. These are not actually caused from Tourette's they are associated behaviors that sometimes accompany Tourette's. Some people only have Tourette's (tics) and some have Tourette's Plus, which would be these accompanying behaviors. Allyssa has little patience and is easily frustrated when her Tourette's Plus is at its worst. Allyssa has done very well dealing with this on her own, I have read anything and everything I can get my hands on or find on the internet to help her and us any way I can. Our first Psychologist appt. was scheduled for Jan. 12, 2009 here in Poplar Bluff, that was the first available but tonight I got a call from their office and there was a cancellation for tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. so we will be taking that appt. Thank God, hopefully this will give Allyssa additional support and help! And yes, Her Mom and Dad too!
So if any of you think of My Precious Allyssa during your prayer time, all prayers are appreciated, as Allyssa's view on this has always been "God has made me Special!" Okay anyway the point of this blog is to inform you that Hallmark has chose "Front of the Class" book written by Brad Cohen who has tourette's, to be the Holiday movie for this year. It is suppose to be very good, but also very emotional...have your tissues ready! It will be on CBS Dec. 7th at 9/8c. So if you get the chance I encourage you to watch it, the more educated society gets on this the better quality of life these children and adults who have this Neurological Disorder will have. They will not suffer at the hands of uneducated parents, teachers, peers, etc. any longer. Thanks for listening to me vent! I'm sure you'll hear more from me on this matter in the future. As it is very dear to my heart!

HOMECOMING 2008 PENNSYLVANIA

Chris and Rachel both went to Homecoming this year. Chris is 17 yrs. old (almost 18 in Dec.) and A Senior this year. Rachel is 14 yrs. old and a Freshman. Rachel's Daddy took a quick glance at these pictures and hung his head saying "She doesn't look 14!!!" It very hard on Daddy's

to see their "Little Girls" growing up.

Chris and Rachel getting ready to go to their Homecoming Dance.

Rachel's 1st Homecoming.

OUR LITTLE CHEERLEADER...GO MULES!!!!!

Allyssa got to be a cheerleader for the Poplar Bluff Mules PeeWee Football team this year. She had alot of fun cheering at the games which were on Monday evenings for 1 hour. How exciting watching her have so much fun with all the other little girls! Allyssa's favorite was cheering in the pouring down rain at one of the games!!! The season started the end of Sept. and went for 6 weeks. Although Allyssa did have fun with this, she doesn't seem to be as "into" it as I was when I was a little girl. I think she would of rather been playing football than cheering. :)

MORE DEER SEASON 08 PICTURES

FIRST SHOTGUN DEER SEASON 2008

Bob had a successful hunt on Saturday. He killed this big 6-point buck. He was happy! We got to Ramsey Friday night late and he hunted Sat. morning with no luck, but Sat. evening he was able to bring this guy home! Allyssa and Heather went out to deer camp Sat. around noon, and stayed until 11 pm that night, And back again on Sun. around noon. Allyssa had alot of fun on Sunday because all of her cousins were there to play with. Once again, we all had a good time sitting around deer camp and listening to all the stories being told!! We left deer camp around 6 p.m. Sun. evening to head back to Poplar Bluff. :(

A Better Blog Page

Just wanted to let you all know that I think this site is going to work out much better than the other one. So sorry for all the trouble but now you can check in on our doings at http://bhcras5.blogspot.com Some of you I hadn't even notified about our new Family Blog Page, so you don't even know the difference! And to those of you that I had notified.... Please be patient with me as I am trying to figure this whole blog thing out.