Since it was actually a very beautiful day her in Rockford of about 48 degrees the other day, I invited Matthew and the other grand kids to have a splash in the hot tub.  Kiki said, Matthew was so excited when she asked him he got the biggest smile on his face and gave her thumbs up. He had been waiting for this for a long time, but it just had been way too cold around here.  Matthew loves the water and oh boy he is not afraid at all to  dunk his head. He could live in the water if I would let him. Some day someone has to get a pool for him

May I ask you to please pray for these things for Matthew:

• Speech, speech, speech.. so he can communicate on his own
• That he will stay healthy throughout the rest of this terrible season
• That he will always be protected by his angels wherever he goes

Well, the new year has not started out to well for Matthew. He has been missing school already quite a bit. Of course nothing serious, but nonetheless he is out of school. Hoping it will get better as the weather warms up.

Riding therapy is on break and  will not continue till March, due to the cold weather around here.

Last night Matthew and his family were going to a birthday party at Chucke Cheese. And of course as you may all know that is Matthew’s all time favorite place to hang out at.  On the way there he was so impatient, he wouldn’t even let his dad stop at the red light. It was funny, because Matthew of course was looking at the wrong light but not knowing it, communicated to his dad in no uncertain way, to get going, that the light was green and not red. He sure wanted to get to Chucke Cheese in a hurry. It sure brightened my day when Kiki was telling me about this.

Hope winter is over pretty soon…..!

Hope you all had a great start into the new year. I can’t believe Matthew will be 9 this year. Wow! His speech is coming along slowly but surely. We are so excited, as you can imagine. As long as we speak very slowly and very clear he tries to repeat what we say. I love when he says his prayers.  It is so touching to watch him, he shuts his eyes and folds his hands and he starts talking. We don’t know what he is saying, but we know who he is praying for, since he will say our names and they come out pretty clear.  He will raise his hand and point at times too.  We are so proud of our boy and know that our God has a lot in store for him.

May God’s blessing be with you throughout this new year.

Oma Margit

Matthew and his family wish you all a  very Merry Christmas and a Blessed new Year.  Thanks to everyone for your support throughout the year!

May God bless all of you! Hugs from Matthew & Peyton

Matthew received his first quarterly report card for 3rd grade.  He has all A’s , B’s  and one C in physical ed.  Yeahhh, we couldn’t be any prouder.  He loves his school and it shows! Keep it up Matthew…..!!!!!

Yes, Matthew is fine again.  Thank you for your prayers. As he gets older he is really handling his illnesses much better and it seems they pass faster too.  Hopefully he will have a healthy winter.

After having a bad night of vomiting several times the night before last, Matthew is running a fevor of 102.6 right now. Hopefully it is something simple that will fix itself pretty quick. He doesn’t want to miss school Monday since it is field trip day.  So maybe we can all say a little prayer for Matthew for a speedy recovery! Thanks everyone!

The kids and their big lips! Opa got these at the Cracker Barrel and thought the kids might get a kick out of them. It sure brought back memories for him ….!      November 2007

Matthew and his cousin Noah Labor day 2006

 Matthew and his cousin Ashley they are both 8 years old. Actually Matthew is 3 weeks older! What a cute couple.