Here's a Little Funny

This doesn't happen every night at our house, but when it does this song is soooo appropriate!

Kayleigh's Home

Last Friday Kayleigh came home from Mississippi and her long time friend Marley came with her. What a blessing to have Kayleigh home. She and Marley went on a 'mini mission trip' with the youth from our church. They were able to help clean up an abandoned house, they also went door to door collecting canned goods. On Saturday they spent the night at the church and didn't come home until 6 pm Sunday. Sunday afternoon they went to my sweet friend, Carol's parents house and helped them pack and clean up for Carol's family's big move to Tulsa. They had a great time and learned a lot. And they realized how much they have to be thankful! On Monday Kayleigh and her grandparents, Monna and Pops took Marley down to the Oklahoma City Memorial Museum, then we went to dinner and then back to Bricktown for a canal ride. And of course we had to take Marley to Braum's for the best ice cream ever! What a great time we had! Monna, Pops and Marley left early on Tuesday morning we miss them already! Hopefully Marley can come again she was a joy to have around and Kayleigh really had lots of fun with her!

Kayleigh and Marley - 'the blondes'

As you can see, things have been quite busy around here. Last night was the premiere of 'Bourne Ultimatium' the new Matt Damon movie. It was here in OKC and along with it was a fundraiser for TCC. I believe they had a dinner and then everyone went to the premiere. The tickets were $150.00. They raised nearly $200,000.00 to benefit the children at the Center. Isn't that awesome? The Children's Center also made a trailer that was shown before the movie and guess who made their debut? You got it. Fletcher Burns and his mommy! Even though we weren't at the premiere ourselves we still got to be a part of something rather cool!

Community Helpers week

This week at TCC the children are learning about people in community service. So far we have met a Bethany police woman and today the Bethany Fire Department came with their fire engine and their hose! It was great fun. This morning I took Maddie with me to see Bubba and she was able to see the firemen and spray one of the hoses! How fun! Of course, Fletcher was too small, so she told the fireman she wanted to spray the hose for her Bubba! Then Maddie was able to go to school with Fletcher and Fridays are music therapy day. So she sat right next to her Bubba and sang and played instruments with him. Today they started to practice for the Treble Makers concert which will be August 16th. You all are invited to come if you'd like!

Go, Maddie, go!

Fletcher and Maddie in front of the Bethany fire engine

TCC Olympics

Well, the TCC Olympics went great! Fletcher took 1st place in Smilemania, 2nd place in Demolition and 3rd place in Paci-Rama. Fletcher and his 2 other classmates were called the 'Sweet Peas' pretty cute, huh? It was a lot of fun and we are so grateful to the staff at TCC for all the effort they put into the last three days. I'm sure all the kids had a terrific time. I know Fletcher did! Fletcher's Mimi, his cousins Megan and EmiLee and of course Maddie and Craig and I were there!

Fletcher and Maddie before 'the games'

Fletcher took the gold in Smilemania

Yesterday afternoon I took Maddie and her cousins, Megan and EmiLee to paint pottery at this little place by our house called Clay Biz. We had a great time painting and just hanging out with each other.

Megan, EmiLee and Maddie painting pottery

It was another great Saturday with Fletcher at TCC. Dawn, Kim, Kaleb and Kylie all came up today. We went to the Farmer's Market and then visited with Bubba.

Fletcher and Kylie

Fletcher and Kaleb

Kayleigh is still in Mississippi. We miss her more everyday and we are ready for her to come home! We know she's having a great time. She will be home next Friday and she's bringing one of her longtime Mississippi friends, Marley, home with her. Kayleigh and Marley will spend their time together on a 'micro' mission trip with our middle school youth at church. I'm sure it will be a blast for all involved! Well, enough for now, it's getting late!

Kayleigh, Marley and Anna

We're back...

Okay so this post is a little late. We returned from Mississippi last Sunday night. We had great travel, food and hospitality! There is nothing like good ol' southern hospitality! The girls had a great time swimming and seeing lots of family and friends. Kayleigh is still there and will return next Friday.

It's been a busy week here at the Burns house! Maddie has spent her week days with her cousins and yesterday the 2nd annual TCC Olympics began! Fletcher had the great privilege again this year to 'pass the torch'. Tomorrow morning he will 'compete' in several events. I'm not sure how many he will participate in, but we're definitely ready for the Kiss -a-rama and the Smilemania events! It should be a lot of fun. I am going to take Maddie and her cousins to TCC so they can show their support! I will post pictures from the Olympics later.

Summer Fun Day!

Today was Summer Fun Day at TCC. They had two different areas set up for the kids to be able to enjoy being outside. On the playground they had all kinds of different textures to feel, drums to drum and the swing! Fletcher loves to swing. In the courtyard they had bubbles, an inflatable bouncer and about 7 little swimming pools. This would be the first time for Fletcher to 'swim' He didn't even have swim trunks, so I had to call his friends Max and Zeke and see if they had some he could borrow. His sweet teacher DeLisa sat in a little swimming pool and held him, hoping he would like to kick and splash in the water. Well, we all know Fletcher, he really didn't like the water but he powered right through having a few fun moments! I'm sure it was more fun for me than him. Swinging, drumming and swimming all in all a great day!

Swinging...

Drumming...

Swimming...

Tomorrow we are leaving to take Kayleigh to Mississippi. Please be praying for us as we travel and for Fletcher since he'll be here without us. His Mimi and several of his aunts will take shifts to make sure he's not too lonely while we're gone. I'm sure it will be harder for us than him. We're not used to being away from Fletcher. We hope it will be a nice little break for us. Maddie hasn't been to Mississippi since she was 14 months old. She is very excited to stay with her Monna and Pops! Craig, Maddie and I will return on Sunday and Kayleigh will come home on July 27th. So, that will be a nice little vacation for her.

I will not update my blog until we get back. Thanks for your prayers and I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Great News!

I got a call a few days ago that Fletcher CT scan came back and that the lesion on his skull has NOT changed! Thank you, Jesus! Last Thursday TCC tested him for MRSA and he is now negative and no longer in an isolation unit! Fletcher has been MRSA positive for about 15 months. MRSA is what made him resistant to a lot of antibiotics it was in his trach and at one time it was in his ears. It also caused him to be in a unit with other MRSA kids and anyone who worked with him had to wear a gown and gloves. We are so grateful for this great news!