ok, I am Crazy!

Ok, I guess by now you all know that we are coming home APRIL 17th. I am doing good to get the 2008 right, much less the month!

We had a great weekend. Stayed in on Friday. Weather was stormy so we ordered pizza and watched movies. Saturday was off to a slow start. Then we went to mall and found earrings for prom. Of course we found lots of other stuff too, but Chris keeps reminding us that he has to have room for him and Eddie in the car (dog). Then after the mall, we traveled to see Eddie. It was a great pick me up for Jaque. They had fun playing. He was excited to see her again. Yesterday we went to the Stone Mountain State Park. I have posted a picture. It was beautiful. All I could think of was my dad, those iron makers and kettle corn poppers. The banjo and fiddles playing - just knew my dad would love it. My dad, aka Papa Danny has not been feeling great. Please keep him in your prayers.

Jaque is getting excited about coming home. She has three days this week, one of which might be in the pool, yeah!!! Her driving evaluation is tomorow. WHAT??? Yep, she will be in a car driving tomorrow. She is nervous about it, so please thing of her 9 AM Atlanta time. On Wed, n we go 20 min north to Ashworth for training with Eddie. Part of that training is going to be outings for dinner, movies, etc. So it will be fun, but also teach them how to get around in public places.

**God is working in Jaque. We came out of the mall one night and were very hungry. We saw Maccino's Italian Rest. Funny thing was we did not want to go to that resturant, but Chris insisted. SO, we gave in. We huffed and puffed, but went anyway. Then we entered and it looked a little fancier on the inside, but we stayed. Then we got the menu and thought ARE WE SURE WE WANT TO EAT HERE? Chris said we can leave if you want. But we were alredy there. So we ordered, and were still hesitant. But we stood strong on our decision. At the table behind us, a man and woman kept staring at Jaque. She said, "mom I think that guy is staring at me" and then she smiled and she said that he just kept smiling at her. Just before we got our food, the lady from the table came over and spoke. She told Jaque that she had a nephew in a chair and he was 26 years old. She said that they could hardly get him out of the house. She gave us his email, and we gave her Jaque's web site. We told her that it would be an inspiration. Not just that about Jaque, but that faith that is felt in our family and friends.

See - God works. Jaque is such an inspiration. Actually, God working through Jaque is touching so many lives. It is the "Jaque" factor. She just has it. In her smile, in her laugh, and in her eyes. And you all are such a blessing to us, every minute of every day. Keep the faith and keep praying. We have come so far together, and we are stronger now that we have every been - all of us.

I will update on the driving. Love ya'll. You guys are great. Carol (Jaque and Chris)