Signing in the Sand – Beach Trip with Lauren

June 2008

Great grandma Kupstas started our summer off with a BANG! She took our whole family to Myrtle Beach, SC for a week off. What a wonderful adventure!
Due to generous donors we were able to afford having Lindsey come down from Canada to work with Lauren in the strange and exciting environment. Lauren learned so much! She was on the beach, in the ocean, the pool, children’s museum, pet a live monkey and tiger but by far her favorite was the bungee jump! Yes, even though my heart was beating out of my chest we allowed her to be strapped in to a bungee jump and go flying through the air from a trampoline! She adored it!! She signed “MORE!” It was amazing to see her HUGE smiles and I know we would not have been brave enough if our intervenor, Lindsey, wasn’t there to support Lauren and explain what was happening. Lauren was completely excited and we even went back for a second day! Once again, we experienced how the world opens up for Lauren with an intervenor by her side.
(Check out pictures from the beach in the Photo Gallery.)