Hello All

Been a busy time lately... Our oven went out was out for 19 days and our Air Conditioner went out upstairs on a day it was over 100 degrees it was out for 12 days.. All was fixed yesterday WOO HOO...

The owners came this last weekend and said the painter is coming to paint the outside of the house first week in July. They also said they are selling the house and wanted to give us first crack at it since we have helped fix it up and worked on it some. But we cannot afford to buy a home at this time we have no down payment.

So looks like we will be looking for a place to move soon.

We are leaving for CA on Monday to go to Penny's wedding. (she is like my sister) I love her to death....

Going to try to fit in as many people as humanly possible in 5 days.. Gonna be hard but will do the best we can..

I have a major headache today hoping it passes soon..

Hope you are all having a great day.. Hugs

My new cupcake pan I love it..

Ordered this new pan it puts holes in the cupcakes as it bakes them so you can put filling inside.. Here is what they looked liked going in the oven.. coming out of the oven with the filling inside and all done.. Love this new pan. I made the kind of filling that goes into twinkies with marshmellow...

And it all continues

People REALLY need to mind their own business. I posted something yesterday about Stepmothers day or Step Monsters Day whichever the case may be.. Well someone from our church in CA jumped all over me. Luckily my friends jumped right in to defend my postings.. knowing I was teasing and making a joke. HELLO anyone who knows me knows I tease a lot... !!!!! Anyway this chick deleted me and Aaron today what a hoot.. What is happeniing out there in CA anyway...??? This is insane...

Well once again Bubba is hurt by uncaring people..

Okay time for me to vent before I scream.. I am so livid right now ... and probably a good thing I am not in California right now too.. I would hate to have to run into this person who has hurt my son.

You know I just never will understand how some people can call themselves or claim to be a Christian and hurt a child any child but a Special Needs child who already feels so many does not love him how can they live with themselves for doing such mean and cruel and hurtful things? Aaron has tried to commit suicide several times because of thinking people does not love and care for him and this person know this!

A few months back Aaron's sister deleted him from facebook it broke his heart he was devastated for days. He adored his older sister. But she was told the facebook account was not Aaron's it was mine. Well that is a LIE it is Aaron's facebook account and always has been. He is the one who signed up for it and maintains it. And ANYONE he knows Bubba knows he is capable of having his own account. He is in his second year of Computer Classes at School a mainstream 11th grade class and getting an A in it. So there!!!!! He is not stupid and he can do many things on his own especially where computers are concerned. If people cared and loved him enough to really know him they would know this about him. After his sister deleted him so did many of her friends. He took it quite personally. Aaron has his own Apple Imac computer in his room and all of his game units can also access the web wirelessly so he is on the computer alot and knows how to use it all. (Better than his old mama I might add) he has taught me a few things. Ha!

Well today he went to send his Auntie in CA a picture of him with his two Gold Medals on facebook that he won at the Special Olympics this week and found out she had deleted him. (she is not a real Aunt just someone from church he called Aunt) I looked and she did me as well. I said well son she probably deleted the account and is no longer on facebook. But he went and checked some of their mutual friends and came back and said nope she is still on facebook she has just deleted me from her facebook.

I said what the heck for?????? He said well you know a few weeks ago she posted on facebook she had dinner with Amanda, Christopher, Haley, Ian and Sara before Amanda left for Japan. He said they turned her against me too. He was bawling his eyes out. People can be so so so cruel. They have no ideas what runs through a special needs child mind nor I might add do they really even care for that matter.

I am so upset that once again he has been hurt by such childish behaviours. It is so uncalled for. I mean if she wants to delete me it is no big deal. Go ahead and delete me (which she did) if only we could delete people from our lives as easily as people tend to do on facebook etc.

I think Bubba needs to share some of his medications with some of these people if you ask me. For I am beginning to feel maybe they need the medication even more than he does.

He has more love in his pinky finger than they have in their whole bodies. All he wishes is for people to love and accept him for who he is despite his disabilities and shortcomings. Is that to much to ask for.

What makes this even sadder is it is a church member if it were someone out in the world I could tell him we could pray for their salvation and that God would give them a loving and caring heart. But hard to try and explain such behaviors for someone in their middle 40's and who should know better. All I can say is I am so glad Bubba has such a big heart and he himself would never hurt and treat someone the way he is being treated. And he is the one who is called not of the "NORM" umn... I am seriously beginning to wonder on this one for sure.

Anyway thank you for the rantings Michael is upstairs asleep and I just had to vent to get this out....

Say a prayer for Bubba that he might see that he does not need people such as her in his life. And that she will pay someday for hurting him the way she has.

We are back home from the State Special Olympics

We just spent the last 3 days in Stillwater for the State Special Olympics. Aaron competed in the Softball Throw and the Shot Put throw.. He WON GOLD in both events.. WOO HOO for Bubba.. he did awesome.. We were so proud.. All of our kids from Alva did quite well and many of them brought back some Gold Ribbons actually..

I will post some of the pictures I took..













After I posted the pictures at the hotel last night our friend in California made this for Bubba isn't it awesome...??? Thanks Desi

Gotta love Oklahoma

Okay so we gave up Earthquakes in CA for Tornados in OK...

Yesterday was a bad day here in Oklahoma. There were about 30 tornados throughout the state. One minute it was sunny here, then it would get dark and start raining or hailing.

In Norman, Oklahoma they were were hit hard. It is awful and some lives were lost as of last night 5 were dead have not heard this morning yet the total loss. But it sure looked awful.

This morning so far here the sun is shining but that does not mean anything cause that could change within minutes around here. I have never seen weather change so quickly in a place seriously.

We are just now beginning tornado season. Oh joy.. (NOT!!!!) LOL

Here are some photos of what some of the damage done from yesterdays tornado.
In one of the photos below check out the size of the hail.. some were as big as softballs...

Tuesday Morning

Good morning all sorry I didn't post last week what a week it was. As you will read below how many people were ill and in the hospital and had accidents etc..

My friend Pat Yates went into the hospital in CA. She was not doing well at all and we really thought her time on earth was done. But a miracle happened and she is home now from the hospital. Please continue to pray for her health issues however.

My adopted Mom, Evelyn is under going further treatments for her Cancer so please still also keep her in prayer.She had her 75th Birthday last week but spent most of her Birthday at Loma Linda getting Chemo and Dr visits.. She is a VERY special person and we love her dearly. And thank God for putting her and her blessed family into our lives. When our family walked out on us they were there to fill in and pick up the pieces. We are so very blessed to have them. And it is awesome having 3 sisters. (smile) Pat, Penny and Pam.. I need to change my name umn.. something with a P.... let's see oh you know what I have been called Punkin all my life so just call me Punkin then I fit right into the Yearsley Clan. Yep that be me Punkin Yearsley. Ha!

Aaron had a bad week last week too he had a respritory infection and had to be put on 4 different medications. He is doing better yet still has a bad cough.

A co-worker of Mike's fell off a ladder at Walmart and broke his ankle and will be off work for a couple of months it looks like.

A teen from the church here in Alva was helping his brother with a roofing job and fell through a sky light. He broke his arm, wrist, ankle and hurt his back as well. It was a miracle it did not kill him when he fell. So God was sure with him. But he had to have surgery and is still in the hospital. We went on Saturday to Enid and saw him. His name is Cody please keep this young man in your prayers as he heals.

I went to the Dr and had blood work done and got my B-12 injection and a Migraine injection. My blood sugar continues to drop at night just out of the blue so so weird. So she is trying to figure out what is causing this. Still no answers as of yet. However the one blood test did show I needed to increase my thyroid medication. I have been on thyroid meds since I was 11 years old.

I called to check on my mom and my sister informed me she had been ill all week with some sort of flu bug. She was in bed so I did not get to speak with her. She had been running a temp etc. She is not in good health even when she does not have the flu and secondary kind of issues going on. So also please keep my Mom in prayer that she will feel somewhat better soon. She also suffers from COPD which makes life hard on her.

School is almost out here actual school days left is about 10 days I think. Because next week we leave on Wednesday for Stillwater, Ok for the State Special Olympics for 3 days. Bubba is doing the Softball Throw and Shot Put Throw. Hard to believe the school year is almost over with. And next year Bubba will be a Senior. WOO HOO.. Never thought that would happen I am so very excited for him he has worked so very very hard on this all.
He is doing Drivers Education now in school and is hoping to get his Permit this summer we shall see... (smile) but where there is a will there is a way.. !!!!! We go back to the Cancer Dr later this month. So continue to keep Bubba also in prayer he has been such a Trooper through all his sugeries and treatments and Dr appointments. I am so so so Proud of him.

Well I think that updates you for the most part.. As for Mike he is still working like crazy.. Once school is out he will pick up another couple of days a week at Walmart he is hoping.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week. God Bless.. Hugs to all who is reading this..

Elijah and Bubba

Andrea had a class today in Woodward about 80 miles from here. She dropped off Elijah a little after 7 am this morning. His Daddy came to pick him up a bit ago. Was a lot of fun having him for the day. We ALL love this little dude.

Here are some pictures Bubba got him to go to sleep was so cute.




In this picture I swear he was saying to me. Gramma Judy I did not do it...Uncle Aaron did...

Bubba is home now

I brought Bubba home from the hospital a bit ago. One of the tests they did on him was called a Polysomnography. It records a variety of body functions during sleep, including electrical activity of the brain, eye movement, muscle activity, heart rate, breathing, air flow through the nose and mouth, and blood oxygen levels.Also this test checks for possible seizures during your sleep as well.

The tests showed Bubba has what is called Moderate apnea. There is Mild... Moderate and Severe.. Moderate apnea is defined as 15 to 30 episodes of apnea or reduced airflow to the lungs every hour with 80% to 85% oxygen saturation. Bubba fell into the 20 -25 episode area in a one hour period.

After seeing he did indeed have Apnea he hooked Bubba up to a (CPAP) (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) which is a machine worn at night which increases air pressure in the throat, keeping tissues in the airway from collapsing when Bubba inhales. It delivers air through a mask that covers the nose and mouth. The technician said that although he fell into the moderate area he need very little air to keep the airway open.

So now we wait for his Doctor to get the full report and order a machine for him to use at home.

Prayer Please

~~~♥ ♥ ♥~~~As many of you know Bubba has not been feeling well since his treatments and such since surgery 2 months ago. He went to the Dr yesterday she ran a couple of blood tests. The hospital called a bit ago and the Dr wishes him to be put in the hospital overnight for further tests and study. So I will be taking him to the hospital later today to be admitted for an overnight stay for tests. Please keep him in your prayers while in the hospital and away from his Mama.. (harder on me than him) cause he will be sleeping as I lay awake worrying.....~~~♥ ♥ ♥~~~Thank you Hugs

Hello Friends

Well it is Friday hope you all had a good week. Bubba has not felt well this week been kind of a rough week for him... Physically and Emotionally.. I had to pick him up from school 2 days this week. His teacher always keeps me posted on how he is feeling and she called me a bit ago and said Ms. Judy I think you need to pick him up. Said he was feeling weak and he was pale. So I went and got him. He came home and put on his jammies and went to bed.

Last night Andrea brought Elijah over with Bralyn (Bralyn is Elijah's big sister) Elijah is the baby at the church here in Alva that Bubba adopted as his nephew. He was born last July. He couldn't come over on Aaron's BD cause he was throwing up. So, Andrea brought him last night and brought Aaron a Toby Keith CD for his BD.

Elijah can always get a smile to Bubba's face.. they are buddies for sure. He is so good with babies and little ones. He keeps begging me to have another daycare. Ha!

Here are a few pictures I took last night..

Look Uncle Aaron how big I am getting!












He was cracking up at Uncle Aaron

Bubba helping to give him his juice



Bubba with Bralyn


He liked the bow off of Bubba's present

Bubba is 17 today

Wow where has the time gone? I took 6 large Pizza's and Cupcakes I had made and sodas up to his school today for him and some friends and favorite teachers etc. We had a lunchtime Party in Ms. Smith's class one of his favorite teachers I might add. She had the room all decorated for him. She is awesome.

Here are a few photos of the lunch..

This is Ms. Cindy Graham and Ms. Marlo Smith with Bubba his very very favorite teachers..







This is Mrs. Pfleider his Computer Teacher he adores her and the feeling is mutual I might add... (smile)



Some of the kids had left already so they would not be late for class but I got this one picture of him and some of his friends who came...




This is Bubba with Ariel, Timothy, Tabitha and Moriah. Timothy, Tabitha and Moriah are the Pastor's kids they are Homeschooled but came by for Pizza with Bubba for his Birthday....


Bubba and his friend ShaDee










Bubba and Ariel



Bubba with Me.. I love this kid

A new beginning.. Welcome Mr. Cooper

My sweet sweet Patrice had Cooper last night.Patrice is the daughter that God forgot to give me. (smile)... Pat was so sweet she kept texting me while Patrice was in labor letting me know how dilated she was and what was going on. Then she texted me when he arrived. He and Patrice are doing great. I am so thrilled for Ben and Patrice and also thrilled for Nathan he will have a little brother now to play with. How exciting for them all. Just wish I was close enough to spoil the heck out of him. (smile) I will have to do it from afar for a while I guess. But am so happy to be called Gramma Judy. And of course Uncle Aaron was so very excited this morning. He knew she was in labor last night before he went to bed. First thing he asked when he got up am I am Uncle again yet? Did Patrice have the baby? So he went to school very excited and I am sure today he will tell anyone who will listen to him his sister, Patrice had the baby last night.
I love you all and thank you for keeping us up to date on everything and keeping us in the loop and in YOUR FAMILY. Love you and miss you ALL and I LOVE MY NEW grandson Mr. Cooper. HUGS to you ALL



What a great Big Brother Nathan is going to be... Just love him to pieces..

Update on Bubba

Aaron has been doing pretty good been able to stay in school most days. Had to pick him early one day last week but for the most part doing good. I am so very proud of him. Even with his surgeries and all he has remained in good spirits most of the time. He is such an awesome kid. I cannot believe that he will be 17 in just one more week. My baby is a Handsome young man whom I am quite proud of. Amazing all the things he has overcome and learned to adapt to. I mean the mental disabilities and other issues he has been dealt in life was enough on his plate but then to have this terrible illness with tumors hit him this year. WOW is all I can say. And through it all he still remains the sweet spirited young man I so adore.

Many of you have emailed and asked if things have changed in the family trials.. No.. nothing has changed.. and even though all of all he has been going through and trials of him not having his sisters in his life he continues to try and deal with that.... and I must say for the most part he does well. He never even speaks about Sara anymore last thing he said about her was Mom she is just a lost cause. (oh the wisdom this child has been given) When he first got ill and knew about his tumors and all he was going through he did pray at night Amanda would contact him. Yet, she never did so he said the other day well I know now she just does not love me at all anymore and does not care if I live or die. He said so be it!!!! (just broke my heart he had tears streaming down his face as he said it) so even though out of his mouth he was saying it is finished, in his heart he was feeling something else. He said I was hoping to see Haley one more time before I die. I said sweetie you are not going to die anytime soon and I pray you see Haley again someday also.. Then he picked himself up and said, Mom thank God we have the Yearsley's for "OUR FAMILY" and I said yes, Bubba indeed we do. I said God knew we would need some family in our life so he blessed us with a Wonderful Family with them. And they love and adore and accept Bubba for the way he is despite his disabilities, anger, outbursts and all. They love him for HIM... just the way he is the way that GOD MADE HIM..

Last night he was talking about Patrice having the baby (she is like a sister to Bubba) Cooper was due a couple of days ago, so he should arrive anytime now. She has a boy named Nathan whom Aaron is Uncle Aaron to. And now he said I will have 2 nephews Nathan and Cooper. So even though they are in CA and us way back here in Oklahoma we are still a big part of their life and always will be. Hey that is what TRUE FAMILIES are like. And as I always have said you don't have to have the same DNA to be family..
So to me I will have another Grandson born anytime. I do wish I could be there for when he is born but I know I can't be so I will have to wait for pictures.. (smile)

I love my(adopted Yearsley sisters) Pam, Penny and Pat.. Penny is getting married in June we would oh so love to go to CA for the wedding.. Continue to keep Mom Evelyn in your prayers she is still having chemo and radiation for her Cancer and is having a rough go of it as of late. Bill had his heart surgey and seems to be doing pretty good. We miss you all and Bill's Special Kids which was oh such a LARGE part of our lives in CA..

We pray someday to be able to come back to CA and be a part of Bills Special Kids again but right now we have to concentrate on Bubba's health and getting him graduated. He is doing so awesome in school.. Still being mainstreamed for the majority of his classes and even though he was out alot because of surgeries and treatments he has made up the work.

So continue please to keep us in prayer.. As we continue to struggle not only with the daily life of Autism and Bipolar but also for his health from this past surgery.

GOD IS GOOD.. Hugs N Prayers to you all...................

Here is Bubba with Nathan.. when we flew back to CA for the wedding last year..

Mother/Daughter Fellowship

In May the Ladies at the church here have a Mother/Daughter Banquet well this year they are calling it a fellowship because instead of the full meal we are doing Veggie Trays, Cheese and Cracker and Meat Trays, Fruit Trays, Chips and Dip and Lots of goodies for Dessert. The theme of the night is MOM SWEET MOM.. so been making all the things to do with Candy etc..
We are using these colors so bright and Springtime..



Here is what I have made so far...


These are the Centerpieces



These are the Candles I made for the tables




These are some of the Lollipops and Big Butterscotch Candies I made for the walls..







I made these for the Walls for Decorations of verses fitting for the day...






These are Hersey Kiss Roses I am making for each table setting they are tied to the napkins and silverware..








So that is what I have done so far.. I will take pictures the day of the party so you can see it all put together on tables etc. Then you can see how colorful it all really does look.

Hope you have a great day...............Hugs