A New Look for Spring

Here is Ciara sporting her new 'do, her new glittery glasses, and her month-old pierced earrings ( a little visible in second photo).

St. Patrick's Day 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Madigan Clan

I was able to capture these shots of the girls before we headed into the van for school.
We missed the lad :o( Hopefully he'll be more awake after school.

"Whatever will come my way,
whether good or bad, may I accept it calmly,
and always give thanks to God, who has ever
shown me how I should believe in God,
unfailing and without end."
St. Patrick

Conservatorship Hearing

Friday, March 11, 2011
Pasadena Courthouse
Conservatorship Hearing

All went well. It was brief. Brendan slept through it and then had a look of "That was it?"
It was a bittersweet, yet necessary step in Brendan's journey into adulthood.

Here he is with our attorney.

The fam after the hearing.

A rare shot of Brendan and Mom.

A Day at the Beach

Today Brendan went on a field trip with his class to clean up Seal Beach. His teacher sent the following pictures, which I can't seem to get in the right order. She said that Brendan kept saying, "beach - swimming - shorts". Poor boy wanted to go swimming :o( Not only was it a little too chilly in the OC for that today, it wasn't part of the trip. Looks like Mom will have to bite the bullet and take the boy to the beach during his Spring Break next month. (If there was only some way to do that and bypass the sand...)

Enjoying lunch at Ruby's with friends after the beach clean up.

Working hard.

Enjoying the ride on OCTA.

A boy at the beach.