Family Blog

We had huge amounts of rain and hail on the kids first day of school!  Ethan started middle school and Aiden started at Tope, where he gets to find out what it is like to be the new kid.  Lucky for him, his cousins, Thomas, Nicholas, and Estella are going there too!

Here we are visiting Jazzy and Edmund and family in Idaho.  It was an impromptu, unplanned trip because Jazzy had a stroke and I wanted to see her very badly to make sure all was Ok.  I got to see her kids and help a little with her new baby, Caleb.  The kids had fun with Jonathan and David.  Jazzy was doing better than I expected, and she is home from the hospital now and able to care for her babies.  She does have to take it slow and conserve her energy, from what my mom says.  It might be a long road for her, though, especially if she ends up needing surgery.

Last Wednesday I got in a car wreck on Patterson.  I was not at fault so the other driver got a ticket for failure to yield.  I think I was going about 40mph and did not have time to break when I saw her.  My car was completely totaled.  From looking at the car, I am amazed I did not have any real injuries.  I did get banged up a bit, as you can see from my bruises.  The mark on my arm is an airbag burn.  I also had a burn on my finger.  The small bruise on my shoulder was from the seat belt.