Make a Wish Come True......

We were invited to come to a "Make a Wish" celebration for our friend's son. Trey is an adorable little guy who has struggled with a serious heart problem his entire life. He has hypo-plastic left heart syndrome. (I hope I got that right) This poor kid has been in and out of the hospital ever since he was born and has undergone many operations.

I snuck this picture from Robbie's blog :)

April and Robbie (Trey's mom) grew up together in our neighborhood and now they live in Idaho. We don't get to see much of them but I adore this little family. Trey's grandma just happens to be my best friend. Trey is Karah's "PRINCE"!

The girls helped me prepare some corn on the cob to take with us for the barbecue.

Such good helpers.....

April and Shawn let me tag along with them to the celebration because Howie was working and not able to come along.

They had a huge wind and rain storm right before we arrived but everything was cleaned up and ready for the BIG REVEAL by the time we drove up. We got there just in time.
Trey's WISH was for a secret hideout (I believe) and so someone made him this cool tree house with a slide for him. Trey stayed inside his house until it was all constructed. Finally it was time for him to check things out.

When Trey came out of the house I think he was a bit nervous or uncomfortable at first. Lots of people had gathered to share in his special day. This family is really loved!

His big brother Tyler and his dad escorted through the rows of cheering friends to his new tree house.

His mom ready to capture this special moment in her son's life.

By the way....She is an awesome mom.

Ben checking things out....High atop the tree house

There was a special lookout from the roof....

Once inside the tree house Trey did not want to come out. I think his mom finally went in and prompted him to come down the slide.

I loved watching these two brothers play together.

They have such a close friendsip.

There was a climbing wall on the side of the tree house.

Taking a closer look.....

Uncle Lance helping him up to the top....

All the kids had a great time just playing......

Lyssi and her silly face.......

Karah kind of stayed off to herself while the huge crowd of kids played in the tree house. She also just clung to my leg each time Trey came past her. She was acting so shy. I asked her if she wanted to go play with them and she said, "I just want to watch, Trey."

She finally came up to me to see if I would ask Trey if he would take her to "their own hideout with no other kids around." She acted like she was kind of jealous of all the other kids. She wanted him to herself!!!!

I told her that she would have to ask him herself and she looked terrified. I'm not sure what was going on in her mind but it was kind of funny to watch. She honestly acted like a school girl with a HUGE crush!!!!

Once she got Trey's attention and asked him to take her to "their" hideout he told her the sad news. He said that the chickens had all died. (the next door neighbor's dog got in) SAD!! I gathered from listening to the both of them, that the hideout Karah was referring to was the chicken coop. She had told me a few months ago that she found the boy she was going to marry. It was while she was visiting their farm and he took her to his secret hideout. She had told me that he was a PRINCE! I had to take a picture of Boo in the spot where she found her FIRST LOVE! Who would have thought you could find a man of your dreams in a chicken coop! Go figure!

We enjoyed some yummy food and some great company!

April, Robbie and Liz.....

Luke (Trey's little brother) takes after his grandma, Siri!

HE LOVES CHOCOLATE! Mmmmmmmm!

I have a picture of Luke exactly like this one taken a few months ago at Evan's funeral. He is standing there with a plate of chocolate cake with the same expression on his face....totally enjoying himself.

Luke had a great time playing in his truck and playing in the sandbox.

He is definitely ALL boy!

We found him trying to drive a REAL truck! YIKES!!!!

He is all smiles.....He looks like he is in heaven behind the wheel

April and Lolly (Trey's baby sister)

She was passed around from one person to another.....

She loves her Aunt Sarah....

Someone brought a cake for the barbeque.

It said "Wishes do come true"

It was a hit with the kids.

How many more pictures....Can we just eat it ALREADY!!!

After the kids ate cake they all went over to the trampoline to play. I was just watching and noticed that I could not see Karah and Lyss anywhere. They weren't with their parents and they weren't with the kids. I set out to find them. When I came around this big patch of long grass I heard some little whispers.

There was Boo and Lyss hiding......

They had picked these dried weeds and made a little hideout with them. Karah told me to speak really quietly so that "He" couldn't see her. When I asked who "He" was she said "I am watching my prince and I don't want anyone to see me." Trey was jumping on the tramp right next to this patch of grass and she was spying on him.

It cracked me up so much. I think we have a STALKER here!

I love how she was squinting her eyes the whole time. I think she thought that would make her more invisible or something. SOOOOO FUNNY!!! You can't tell in the picture but she had these dried weeds stuck in the ground all around her to camoflauge her from Trey.

What girls do when they are in LOVE!

Once Lance came out to play with the kids Karah decided to join in. She is kind of funny that way. She is extremely shy around kids she doesn't know, but when adult are around she feels more comfortable.

Lance played for at least an hour with all of the kids....

They loved it!

Betcha can't guess who Karah picked when it was her turn :)

They played almost till the sun went down. This is a cute video clip of Lance playing with the kids. They were all GIGGLES! He is a great guy! He had to have been exhausted.

Once the sun went down and most of the people had left to go home we spent a little bit of time visiting. Siri seemed like she was really enjoying her grandkids. She lives in Cedar City so a drive to Idaho is VERY long. I think it would be so hard to be that far away from MY little ones. I would NOT want to go home!!!

The kids had fun playing with the toys that Trey received from Make a Wish. They really got spoiled. It seemed like Christmas in September :)

Trey coloring with his "Grammy"

Boo watching Trey create his masterpiece.....

He let her add a little to his picture.....

It was such a nice visit. I am so happy that we were invited to share in Trey's special day.

Trey is quite the fighter. His illness has him in the hospital so much and they have had some extremely SCARY times. They have wonderful doctors that care for him. Trey is blessed with the most awesome parent around. They have so much faith in God and it never waivers. They have struggled with the death of a sweet baby girl and then deal with the ups and downs of Trey's health issues. That is a lot to deal with on a daily basis and they do it wonderfully. What a perfect example of trusting in the Lord in all things. Thanks Robbie and Ben for your beautiful example to us all. It was so nice to watch Trey today and see him running and jumping and playing along side his friends and his brother, Tyler. He is in our prayers for continued health and strength. I am so happy that his WISH CAME TRUE!

Karah is right.......He is a Prince!

And we LOVE him!