Pool party!!

Our Wish Granters with Make-A-Wish threw us a pool party, to send us off on our trip!
We aren't leaving right away, but very soon. :)

When we arrived, there were boxes and boxes of pizza, huge bowls of chips, candy, and stuff to drink.
Anthony was excited about the pepperoni on the pizza, and he rediscovered his LOVE of chips.

Natalie, Katie, Kelly

A bunch of teenagers in the bouncy house.

Maggie and Shyanne

Courtney, Lilly

Josh--my children were in HEAVEN with sodas available.

John and Lisa, wonderful hosts.

I didn't get a picture of our Wish Granters together. :(

Katie, Kelly

Daniel

Daniel's talking to Anthony on Andy's shoulders.

Anthony was loving climbing the rock steps on both sides of the house.

Anthony hiding behind one of the balloons.

Anthony swinging with John.

Banjo, the cutest little dog. :p

Brian (doing the smoulder), Natalie, Katie, Kelly

I wasn't going to let Anthony swim since he hasn't been feeling great.

But, he acted fine at the party, so I got out the swim diapers Kelly brought.

He was so happy.

In the beverage container...

The awesome cake from Safeway. :)

Teenagers

Lilly tried to get Anthony to eat cake, but he was most interested in holding and looking at Buzz (that was on the cake). The frosting that was on the decoration turned A's hands blue, and they were still blue tonight!

Anthony was so happy to have a cup of chips--to eat, put in the cup, pour out of the cup, then put back in. :)

Lilly and Courtney seeing how long they could stand in the ice after getting back home.

The longest was 100 seconds.

Our whole family feels thoroughly SPOILED already, and we haven't even set foot in the airplane or Florida yet! Our Wish Granters were very generous and outfitted us with some fun and tasty things to help entertain us on our upcoming trip.

Thank you to those who support the amazing Make-a-Wish organization. You help bring joy to families like ours, who haven't had a huge amount of fun with their diagnosis.