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It has been several years since Doug and Claire Fogelquist were presented with the idea of choosing something for their son, Monte, through Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.

To receive a wish through the foundation, a child must be diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition such as a progressive, degenerative or malignant condition that has placed the child’s life in jeopardy.
"It is kind of bittersweet that you qualify," Claire Fogelquist said.
Her 8-year old son, Monte has cerebral palsy and it bling and deaf and relies on a wheelchair to get around.
She and her husband talked about everything from a trip to Disney World or Mexico and even thought about a room makeover for Monte's wish.
"We always went back to how much he loves to swim," Claire Fogelquist said.
Her son is highly sensory oriented and being in water allows Monte to move freely.
"The best way to understand Monte is to be blindfolded and have ear plugs in," she said.
He is also "wired" differenly, his Mother said, explaining the way he holds his neck and arms is much different than most other people.
Several months ago, the family finally turned in their request for Monte to have a hot tub as his wish.
"We wanted something he could experience everyday," Claire Fogelquist said.
On Thursday, April 22, Monte's hot tub was installed at the family's Branson home. "It is absolutely amazing to think of the things her will be able to do beause of this," said Doug Fogelquist.
Wyndham Vacation Resorts in Branson helped make the wish come true.

We're in the newspaper...and Online!

We got interviewed for the local Branson paper, here's the result:
http://www.bransontrilakesnews.com/news/article_38dd7c66-4f1d-11df-a9b9-001cc4c002e0.html

Happily, it's not bad! The picture is even pretty cute. What do you think?

Always nervous to wait and see how you'll be represented by the media... :)

Monte's Make a Wish!

I'll post more pictures soon, here's a teaser...Monte's getting his Make a wish granted this week!

Allison's Wedding Pictures!

Ok, so I'm SO not a photographer, and my camera in just a simple Nikon Coolpix, but my sister-in-laws set up such fun shots, I had to take some too! I've had some requests for pictures, so while you wait for the really good ones, here's mine...