Sunday afternoon we decided to take our visit with McGavin down to Gardner Village and just walk around and feed the ducks.
When asked to comment about the day, Mandy said “it was nice”. I guess that pretty much sums it up:
Later that evening we went to Colton’s Dad’s house for a ghoulish dinner! We had witch finger breadsticks and a witches brew that was pretty good. He’s always cookin up something good. It must be Halloween time.
So every Sunday Colton picks up his disabled brother McGavin and we take him out for a few hours. Our visits are short but we sure do love spending time with him. We usually take him to a park and walk around and just relax. McGavin loves going for rides in the car and being with family.
Last Sunday we had the entire family join us at the park for a picnic and we had a lot of fun together. Jewelya and David brought everything for sandwiches and we even had a good family soccer game afterwards. Good times!
Visiting our brother McGavin on Sundays is one thing we absolutely love. He’s a lot of fun to be around. Last week we took him to Wheeler Farm and walked around a bit. He had a fun time laughing at the geese. We still believe that they were communicating to one another in a secret language not understood by us. If you’ve been around Mac you would understand.
This week we walked around Anzak Park and then down to Crestwood Park. Colton tried to get Macadoo on a swing but he wasn’t in the mood. He liked going over to the bridge and listening to the loud rush of water going by though. He was really happy. Let’s just say we got “Mac Attacked”. We love you McGavin!
McGavin is Colton’s older brother. He was adopted at birth by Colton’s mother Jewelya. McGavin is a very special person and Colton and his family have loved taking care of him. He is really funny. He doesn’t speak and his hearing isn’t very good but he sure let’s you know when he’s happy! Colton does a great McGavin impression. Lately it’s been difficult for the whole family to see McGavin due to some issues but Colton arranged a visit to take him for a drive up the canyon. McGavin loves riding in cars! As you can clearly see:
We Love You Macadoo!
On Sunday the family got together to celebrate McGavin’s Birthday! With Brooklyn and Kyle in Oregon and Ash and Spence and the boys in California it wasn’t a big party. Man we sure do miss everybody. The party was pretty funny though. Mom as usual went over the top in “Star Wars” decorations and even tried to get us to tattoo our foreheads to match her and Mac.
The best part was the trivia game that mom had us play. She cracks us up! She would ask questions like: “Did Mac ever get baptized?” which isn’t a bad question, but then she would follow quickly with “Well if he didn’t get baptized then what did we have instead?” Haha. Before the game started though she made us stare at past photos of Mac and said the questions would be based on those photos. She would then ask us questions like: “What was McGavin’s given name at birth?” LOL. Colton asked “How are we supposed to know the answer to that from one of those photo’s Mom? Seriously.” It was just pure chaos. But Mom made light of the situation and Danielle and Colton ended up tying in Mac Trivia. Afterwards Mom would tell us funny stories about McGavin as a boy. One of our favorites was when Mom and Dad went to the movies with him. After coming out from the movie they found Mac at the concessions with both hands pressed up against the glass and slobber coming down everywhere. The employee scared out of her mind behind the counter and says “I think he wants some candy.” After dinner we took Mac home and during the car ride we rolled the windows down and turned the music up because Mac loves it. He was pretty happy because he put his head and both arms outside the window like he was flying and wouldn’t stop laughing. It was hilarious. The best part of it wasn’t seeing how much fun Mac was having but instead seeing the reaction on the people’s faces as we passed them in the carpool lane. Oh Mac we love you buddy. Thanks for all of the good memories and many more to come. Happy Birthday Buddy!
