February 2024

Happy Birthday Sibshops of Utah County!

We celebrated our 20th birthday at Sibshops today with a super fun birthday party.

Birthday hats were a must.

Looking good with the hats and ready to party!

We checked in with one another and did some introductions and got to know one another better. We love making new friends.

We played a ridiculously fun party game of cup stacking with balloons. 

To celebrate this awesome anniversary, we pulled out some old time capsules created in the past. Then we worked on creating our own time capsules. 

While we didn't bring out any real candles (fire hazard after all) we did make many birthday wishes. Each Sibshopper took some time to identify birthday wishes they would make for their sibling with special needs as well as a couple for themselves. 

You can't have a respectable birthday party without some cake and ice cream.

We had a great party celebrating Sibshops of Utah County's 20th! Here's looking forward to 20 more! 

November 2023

 November 2023

October 2023

 Welcome to our October Sibshop.

As our friends trickled in to the workshop, we created some slightly spooky masterpieces. 

Today's Sibshop was a little out of the ordinary and we were so grateful for it. We love when Debbie from the USDB comes to present and do a deafblind simulation with our Sibshoppers. The kids get the fantastic opportunity to learn more about deafblindness and to experience it personally with a fun, but challenging, simulation.

Each Sibshopper gets the opportunity to be led and to be a guide. 

It's not an easy task for either role. Guides bear a big responsibility for safety and care.  The led must trust despite despite discomfort and uncertainty.

Thanks Debbie for helping us have a great time while building skills, empathy and compassion.

Spooky Snacks were on the menu for the remainder of the workshop. A little lunch followed by some Halloween krispie treat decorating.

These monster treats seem to be too cleverly decorated to eat. 

Looking forward to November and the final Sibshop of the year 2023. See you then!