Nothing but....Extraordinary!!!

Fleetie's Birthday present from "All The Grandchildren"!!!

The Apache Angels Foundation

New friends we met: "Hailey" Ethan really liked Hailey!!

With Lisa Stadujhar"the best Hippo Therapist",Ethan loves her!




Traveler...aka our future horse!!!



Miracle League: He loves it!!!! WE are so proud of him!!!






Happy Easter!!!


So, were do I begin. This month of April to say the least has been crazy! Between selling our house in 35 DAYS and trying to buy a house in Justin, Texas before May 29th has added some stress in our little life.
Greg left for his UTAH MAN TRIP on April 9th and we had a offer and contract by 4pm that day! Don't get me wrong we are so happy we sold our house, but between everything else...it came really fast!
Ethan and I have been so busy, between all his therapies and Dr.checkups. Plus, all of his public appearances...aka Apache Angels Foundation(thanks Paw Paw and Fleetie for coming)!
Ethan's surgery is pure success, Dr. G said his hip looks great! He is pure amazement. He started Miracle League and he loves it! His good friends Caleb and Nate are on his team. A couple of his old friends from Kooken are on the team also!!

He is doing great on his quad canes and we are working on single point canes. HE is so grown up...he weighs close to 60 pounds and almost 4ft tall! He is so smart...he got a A+ on his assessment at school in Math!! Ethan keeps Greg and I on our feet! He is such a grown-up kid. I know he grew up to fast, but did not have a choice....with all of his stuff! The surgery back in September 2010 for his hip made him have to grow-up and at times makes me sad/happy because he is soooo strong physically and emotionally. Ethan is such a extraordinary person there is nothing about him that is ordinary! He is so polite and respectful...and pure joy! He is so excited about moving to his "dream house"! We are going to get him for his birthday a "miniture pop-belly pig", named "FRENCH FRY"!
It has been a little stressful around the Rine Household but it is getting better! We are very excited but we will be very sad to leave our family and friends that are super close to us!( I am talking 1.5 to 11 miles away)!

I may not blog for awhile but we are doing great!!!


p.s. April Birthday's: Jimmy April 10th, Fleetie 12th and Uncle Jeff 29th!!! Happy Birthday to ALL!

Just wanted to share....from thecrackandthelight.blogspot.com

An Open Letter to all Professionals

Hello? New Teacher, or therapist, or doctor?

Is that you?


Oh hello… I just wanted to chat with you a second. To caution you. Or warn you.




Please, tread carefully.




You see, what you might not realize as you look at me, talk to me, tell me your opinions, our options, our lack of options, and your predictions of our outcomes is that; well… you see that heart?




The slightly broken, definitely bruised one?




Yeah, that’s my heart. My slightly-broken, definitely-bruised heart.




Now, I realize that as you look at me you might see…a confident parent… or an angry parent…or a happy-go-lucky parent…




You might think that I understand everything… or nothing…… or that I have all the experience in the world because I have done this before… or that I know the rules… or that I don’t know the rules and that is for the best….




You might believe… that I am high maintenance… or overreacting… or maybe neurotic… or disengaged and uninterested… or that I don’t really care… or maybe I care too much…




But regardless of what you see, what you think, or what you believe, this is what you should know:




I am broken-hearted. And it doesn’t matter if it is the first day or a century later. It doesn’t matter where in the “grief cycle” I might be. It doesn’t matter if the wounds are healed, or healing, or fresh and new. This heart is bruised. Slightly broken. Different than it once was and will ever be again. And when you speak, or don’t speak, in judgment or not, my heart is out there.




Some of “us” parents… the ‘special’ ones… can be a pain in the ass. I know that. WE know that. But we are fighting a fight we never planned to fight, and it doesn’t end. We don’t get to clock out at the end of the day. We don’t get a vacation from it. We live it, everyday. We are fighting without knowing how to fight it, and we depend so much on you to help us. We have been disappointed, by you or others like you. And we are disappointed in ourselves. We are your harshest critics. We are our own harshest critics too. We are genuinely fearful, and driven, and absolutely devoted. And we also know, we need you. So please, be careful with us. Because as hard and tough as we may look outwardly, our hearts are fragile things.

Hippotherapy can help young and old | News | Colleyville Courier

WE are so proud of Ethan!!!



Hippotherapy can help young and old | News | Colleyville Courier

Little Devil....He is such a great kid!

My Sweetie!!!!

Ethan like I said earlier is doing great!!! Looking back in the at the last 6 months, I never dreamed that he would be doing the great things after his hip surgery. But, he has such determination and fire in his belly that he won't let anything slow him down. He will be speaking on the 9th at the Apache Angel's Fundraiser this weekend!! He will be telling a room full people how hippo therapy has helped him. We sure are soooooo proud of him. To be perfectly honest their are days were SB gets on our nerves. But, it will not define the person that Ethan is and what he was born to be. HE was born for greatness!!!!
p.s. Happy to my Paw Paw Terry he turned 69 on the 31st of March!!!

Field Trip....to Country Critters

Mrs. Jeannie and Ethan ...this is Ethan's Pre-K teacher!


Ethan walking down the hall at school! He is doing great! He is sooo happy that his brace is gone!! Dr.G was very pleased with everything. Dr.G told us that he has never seen a child come back like this after a huge hip surgery. He commented on how Ethan has such great determination! Ethan is doing great with his quad-canes! He is starting Miracle League baseball this weekend. He is on the Pirates...with a couple of his friends.

Andrea's Birthday and Gary Allan Concert

Gary Allan!!!






We had such a great time!! We went Billy Bob's in Fort Worth! WE went for Andrea's Birthday!!! Gary Allan happens to be one of her favorite country singers...and she has convinced me that he is awesome!!! Tommorow is her officially Birthday...she will be 31!!!