Summer is here! We were at 102 degrees when I got off work today. We also had 20 MPH winds - which is pretty windy for us. It is also Rodeo Week - which means I am wearing jeans and long sleeve shirts to work - wrong week for that! The picture above is Alli as Special Kids Day at the rodeo. They bus the kids in and let them ride the horses, feed them lunch, etc.

Alli starts Horse Therapy again next week. They put her in the true Hippotherapy (Alli and a Therapist and two other volunteers) this year. She didn't do well last year in regular horse therapy. She needs the one-on-one with a therapist. (Regular sessions are 3 or 4 kids in a session.) Unfortunately - that is the expensive therapy! Regular therapy is $20.00 a session, and Hippotherapy is $60.00 a session. The Regional Center is working with us to possibly cover part of the costs, but they will probably get everything figured out about the time the Spring sessions end.

We also invested in a treadmill for Alli - although AJ is the only one that has used it so far. A co-worker of Ralph's had a Nordic Trac treadmill (original cost $1,200) that we got for $400 - not a bad deal. Now, to actually put it to work! To be fair to Alli (and me!) we have been swimming a couple of times this week already, and most days this week, I didn't get home from work (to stay) until after 7:00. That really cuts into the exercise time. I did get the dogs out for a walk tonight after I got Alli to bed. Tonight was the fist night I didn't have something going on after work. With the heat - swimming sounds a lot better than the treadmill! AJ just finished running a mile on the treadmill, and is headed out to the pool as I type!