Steven's excited!!! He can't wait 'til August 14,
which is his 47th birthday. This year (2011) he's having a Wii party at home and
inviting a few guys over for sandwiches and drinks, chips, games and a
movie. Last year and the year before, he had large parties, one a 50's
theme and the other, a Casino theme, so this one will be rather quiet, in
comparison.
Steven continues to work at LARC where, during the
mornings, he spends his time at the Mardi Gras Bead Store on Johnston
Street, and afterwards returns to the LARC campus for lunch and work on
their gumbo bowl project. He loves his jobs and never wants to miss a
day, knowing his paycheck will suffer if he's absent.
He recently joined the Action Krewe Civitan Club and
attends monthly meetings and most of the other events sponsored by
the Club. In June, he accompanied the group on a tour bus to New Orleans
for a visit to the Ronald McDonald House and he's looking forward to doing lots
of other interesting work with his Civitan friends.
Steven still participates in Special Olympic Bowling and
also bowls every Monday afternoon at Acadiana Lanes with the "Perfect
World" Bowling League. He has a personal care attendant who
accompanies him there each week and on Friday evenings, his attendant
takes him out to do fun things like going to the mall, to movies, eating out
(a favorite pastime), or going to meet friends for dancing at
Randol's.
Steven loves to spend time at home, too, just
"relaxing." He entertains himself for hours listening to his
music on his iPod, playing his guitar, watching TV, and drawing. He's
very fortunate to have two sweet sisters, Mary Ellen and Libby, and one sweet
brother, John, and their families who live close by and constantly spoil
him, so he always looks forward to their visits. He's especially crazy
about his youngest nephew, Grayson, age 20 months, and Jolie, 3, his
cousin, and they love their "Uncle Stevie."
Another hobby of Steven's is rigging up various
costumes. He has a huge collection of various masks, capes, hats and wigs
stashed away in his room, and you never know what character is going to
walk into the kitchen or den when company visits.
At this time of the year Steven's beginning to look forward
to the opening of the football season. He's been a diehard SAINTS fan for
years and when they won the SuperBowl, he was ecstatic! He loves to
collect the schedules of all the games from the newspapers and is glued to his
TV whenever the games are on.
And before long, we'll be busy trying to decide what
our team theme for this year's Buddy Walk will be. Steven and
his "buddies" have participated in the local Buddy Walk since it
began, and we're looking forward to participating again this year.
We are truly blessed to have Steven in
our family -- he's by far the most popular person in our family, that's for
sure -- and we thank God every day for sending us one of His
"special kids" to light up our lives. |
