Justin had a great year in 2010. Hard to believe  he turned 30 in June. This year he celebrated with a party

with some close friends at home. Joining us this year was his aunt and cousin  from Kansas.

 

While they were here visiting he was able to go on a few  other adventures  as well , such as 

riding the boats at the River Walk, movies, and lots of eating out at his favorite restaurants and shopping.

He also went out to Fiesta Texas , Morgan's Wonderland and attended our SA  MISSIONS minor league games

with fireworks, one of his favorite summer activities!

 

One of the highlights of the year is that we joined a hiking /dog group, and with our  litle dog in tow

we found new parks and  attended  hikes with picnics, and potlucks!

Some of the parks we hiked were at the zoo and ,Mcallister, OP SCHNABEL, and Eiesenhower

and even over at  New Bruansfels!  It was good excercise and alot of fun!

He attended bark in the park/ hike/ movie with hotdogs!

 

Because of our new affiliation with the dog group, we found someone who asked us to join them

in parades with the dog. 

The first was the Comal County parade , which Justin really enjoyed as he hadn't ever been in a parade before!

 

Since he did so well,  we decided to find him a costume, and since SNOOPY is his favorite cartoon dog, we 

found one that fit well  and he wore  it in  Boerne  and Helotes Christmas parades.

He was a huge hit and he became somewhat of a hero!  Kids loved it!

Beneath that costume his personality really shined. Everyone  was amazed at the transformation. 

He really enjoyed being SNOOPY!

And he made everybody happy being SNOOPY - he even had a SNOOPY DANCE!

 

As luck would have it, we also found a baseball team this year and he became a member of the LONESTAR

CO-ED LEAGUE! Teams of adult men and women, made up of all different ablitites!

It was another great find. Justins was elated since its his favorite sport!

This was his first time ever on a baseball team! So that was alot of fun for him!

 

They played two months out of the summer, every Sat for an hour, behind Incarnate Word High School, and the

girls from the Incarnate Word and Trinity softball teams are volunteers to help them on the field, so no one

gets lost, and everyone hits, runs and everybody makes a home run! It is spectacular! One of the best things

ive ever seen as far as group sports for the disabled anywhere Ive ever lived. They also gave the kids

free football tickets to Incarnate Word Football game and had a tailgate party for them before the football game!

 

He had such  a great time playing baseball ,he  made some new friends too,so he is really looking foward to

playing again.

 

Its nice to have the blessing  and continuence of the CLASS PROGRAM, which provides attendant care and

Recreation Therapy and Massage therapy, which keeps his daily  living and routine in check.

 

He still swims and plays on his computer,but this coming year he will  be looking forward to more baseball

games and being SNOOPY  again!

 

Over all, he had great year and  has done very well.  

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ZIO realy is the magic dog, I feel like he brought us a lot of luck

and led us into new adventures and territory this year!