Bye Bye Spring Golf!!

FIND THE BROKEN BONES
Can you see the two broken ribs on this xray?

(Click on the xray to see a larger version. Look to the back side of the ribs)

This xray is of Adam's rib cage. It was pretty scary for awhile when I got a phone call from Richard Bird telling me that Adam had crashed on his snowboard and was heading to the hospital in an ambulance.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Adam and some guys from work went up to Vail for the weekend to snowboard. They had an epic day on Friday with great weather and spring snow conditions. Saturday started out just as great until my 33 year old, father of 4, husband decided to hit the terrain park and go over three huge jumps. He hit the first two great. When he hit the third he was going too fast and hit it a little out of control. Of course he still had to do the "GRAB" move but when he landed, his board was not where it should be (under him). It was behind him so he landed on the left side of his head and on his left side. He had the wind knocked out of him pretty bad. He tried to slide out of the way for the oncoming jumpers and knew he was in bad shape when he could barely move. They got the ski patrol up there and had to take him down in the sled.

You can see from these pictures that he was in a lot of pain as they strapped him onto the sled.
At the bottom of the mountain, they loaded him onto an ambulance in a neck brace and backboard. They were worried about his spine because of where his pain was. SCARY!!

At the Hospital they did some xrays and further tests and thankfully he only had 2 broken ribs. It could have been much worse so for that we are soooooo grateful. Especially considering how he landed and how fast and high he was going off the jump.

I have never seen Adam in so much pain. The ribs are broken on his back, close to his spine so just breathing is painful but he is being a trooper and thanks to his VICADIN, he is able to move around a little bit.

The worst part of this whole thing for him is of course GOLF!! There will be no twisting and turning for about 6 weeks. We go to FLORIDA in 2 weeks with the kids so we'll see how he does on the rides. He may get DUMBO duty!! Hee Hee Hee!!! We'll let you know!

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday is always one of our families favorite Sundays of the year. There is always a special spirit about the day as we think of our Savior and enjoy the blessings of being with our family. To top it off it is usually one of the most beautiful and sunniest days of the year! This year we loved our Easter Sunday but were sorely disappointed when we woke up to yet another SNOW STORM. What is with this crazy weather?
Despite the weather, we still had a wonderful day! The Adam and I made the kids a pancake breakfast after their easter egg hunt and then we all played with Spencer and Annie's Super Stackers. It's a game the kids learned how to play in PE at school and the Easter bunny brought them each their own set. Now they can play whenever they want. I'll post some pictures of the stackers later.
Eventually it ws time to get ready for church. The kids dressed in their new Sunday clothes and for the first time, Spencer was less than thrilled to be matching his little brothers. He said he felt like a baby! I promised him that the next time I would be sure not buy exactly the same outfits but asked if I could buy him something the same color as the boys. He said that would be fine! I totaly remember when I was around his age and asked my mom to stop making match my sisters. The funniest part of the story is that we got to church and two other boys were dressed exactly like my boys, one being Spencer's best friend! HILARIOUS! He didn't feel so much like a "baby" after that!! But I'll still try to stop buying them matching outfits!:-).

After church we had a nice Easter Dinner with our good friends the Petry's and the Jensen's. We're so blessed to have such good friends to spend the holidays with when we'd normally be spending with our family if we lived close. It helps us not miss family so much on those days!!

Anyway, it was a great day and to all my fans Happy Easter!!