School’s out for summer!  Brad finished his first year at the new g/t school with a better than 3.5 GPA.  We are so proud of him!  Mickey made the honor roll the past 2 nine weeks!  We are very proud of her also.

We just finished 4 nights of VBS at church.  The message for the week was that everyone is a missionary.  The kids packed food for a group in Guatemala last night.  It was so cool to see a room full of kids fixing meals to be sent off to kids who often go to bed hungry.

Tomorrow I start training for the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco with Team in Training.   Mickey is my team’s honored hero so that makes it even more special.   I will be training to do the full 26.2 miles while raising $4000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  Please visit my fund raising page and make a donation if you are able.  I truly appreciate it!   http://pages.teamintraining.org/in/nikesf09/mjmb@deputyfamily.net The event takes place October 18, but I hope to have my fund raising done by mid-July so I can focus on my training.  I’m a bit nervous about the distance since I’ve only done a half marathon in the past.  Thanks for your support!

Mickey turned 12 years old yesterday.   We had an incredible weekend celebrating.  On Saturday we met up with several family members and friends at Red Robin for a birthday lunch.  After lunch we went to Roncalli High School for their dance marathon for Riley Hospital.  Saturday was a blast!  Then on Sunday we bolted out of church to go to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Riley Family Day.  We had a great lunch, hung out with other Riley families, watched cars go really fast around the track and met up with a couple of drivers.  When we left there we headed to Red Robin again (we love their food and the service in fantastic!) for an early dinner.  We got home in time to watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition’s season finale which was done here in Indy.  It was another fabulous day.  I’ll post some pictures from this weekend and from Brad’s birthday since I didn’t get any of his pictures posted yet.

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Dad, Mom & Mick

Just some pictures to send you into a gorgeous weekend!

I just noticed it’s been a full month since my last update.  Things have been just a bit crazy around here.  In other words, it’s been life usual in the Deputy house.  I’m sitting here thinking back over what’s been going on since last month that blog-worthy.  Both kids made honor roll this past 9-weeks.  We are very proud of both of them!  I had my birthday last month.  Michael surprised me with a netbook computer.  It’s great!  It came in very handy the past two weeks since I had bunion surgery on my right foot and was down for 10 days.  I had to get my foot fixed as I will begin training in May for the Nike Women’s Marathon coming up in October.   Having the surgery now will allow me to train without pain.  Let’s see, what else is happening??  Oh, yeah, Mickey is starting 4-H tonight.  She’s joining the Indy Riders for horse showing.  She’ll be doing the halter class this year (meaning she’ll lead a horse, not ride it) and then go on from there next year.  She and Brad are still loving their horseback riding lessons.  Brad decided not to do 4-H since he’s busy with homework most evenings.    Those are the high points that I can come with right now.  I’ll leave you with some pictures from the past month.

Yes, it’s a very happy Saturday around here.  Mickey’s fever is finally well and truly gone.  I thought it broke Thursday night, but she was still running a bit of fever yesterday.  Today there was no fever at all and her pain was much less.  She felt so well, in fact, that we were able to carry out our plan for Girls Night Out while Michael and Brad had Guys Night Out.  We girls went to Red Robin, then bowling and then to Culver’s for frozen custard.  The guys went to 5 Guys Burgers & Fries and then to Great Times for arcade games.  We all had a great evening.  When we got home we watched National Treasure 2, one of our favorite movies.  It was a happy day, indeed!

I had both kids into the doctor yesterday.  Brad had been battling a sore throat off and on for two weeks.  Mickey got sick yesterday at school with a sore throat and fever.  Brad just has some sinus issues and drainage causing his problems.  Mickey has strep.  She’s had a fever all day getting as high as 102*.  Poor girl has been miserable except when on a Tylenol or Advil high.  Both kids are on antibiotics so we hope Mickey will recover quickly and that Brad will be protected from the strep.

Today’s post is all about Miss Michaela.    We’ll start with last Wednesday.  She and I were on Fox 59 News early morning to do a story with our eye doctor about her new glasses.  Here’s the link to the video: Mickey and Jenny on Fox 59 News. Here’s the link to the website about the glasses themselves in case you know anyone who would benefit from them: www.specs4us.com On Friday, Christel House had their annual science fair.  She planted bean seeds and watered them with either salt water, plain water, sugar water or Diet Coke to see which would grow the best.  She hypothesized that the plain water would work best and it did.  Mickey got 3rd place for the 5th grade!  She was so excited and we were so proud of her.  Here are some pictures from her project:

Finally on Saturday morning, after having stayed up late at a church sleepover, Mickey helped lead 3 tours of the cancer unit at a Riley Info Day.  All the people on the tour loved her enthusiasm and the obvious love she has for Riley.

It’s been a great week for our princess!!

Michaela had clinic on Monday.  Her counts were all gloriously normal and her AGC was 3148!  Praise God!  We don’t go back to clinic till August.  That’s going to be strange waiting 6 months.  But it’s a wonderful kind of strange! :)  Unfortunately Michaela has developed a pretty serious cold in the last couple of days.  She stayed home yesterday and will be home again today.  I just gave her a breathing treatment and it appears to be helping.  Hopefully she’ll be all better by Saturday so we can go to Ball State’s and Purdue’s Dance Marathons.

Brad is doing great!  His horseback riding lessons are coming along.  He is gaining confidence and learning more each week.  He had a great time at SuperStart last weekend at church.  He wants to go to Cincinnati when SuperStart is there in April.  We’re thinking maybe for his birthday, but we’ll see.

The school assembly schedule is winding down for me for Pennies for Patients.  I have just two left to do.  I have really enjoyed this job and will miss it.  Hopefully I’ll get to do it again next year.  I am coordinating Pennies at Brad’s school, so I’m learning another part of the process.  It’s going to be fun!