Michael breaks his elbow

So Michael and I have it all planned out to go horseback riding at Shirene;'s. We change clothes and motor over and the horses are waiting. So we brush them and put the saddles on. Then she comes out and we talk a bit. Then she leaves  (everyone is saddled up). I put Michael on a horse and he has my horse by its reins. 

He said, "Mom, I forgot my helmet." So I go back to get it. His horse gets spooked. It is running. I say 'Yell Whoa!" The horse does not stop (his name is Larry, we hate Larry now). Michael, in a picture perfect move, gets bucked off. I am running like mad.  He hits the fence with his arm. He hits the rock at the bottom with his head. 

I get there. He is unconscious. I yell, Michael! He wakes up with a start. His arm hurts, his hip hurts. I am calling 911. He rolls over. I talk to him. He is responding. Did you know now that when you call 911 (since I am getting to be an expert here), it comes up with the address you are calling from? So that was good. I can hear the sirens. They are driving back and forth on the road, looking for the entrance to the house.

I tell Michael about all the things that are going to happen next. Like 9 EMS people show up. I am too busy looking at Michael. There is even a DOCTOR there! He is working on a fellowship in EMS. The big fire truck is there. There are sheriff's deputies. 

They get him a neck brace. They put him on the backboard. They lift him up into the ambulance. I get in the front. Shirene is freaking out. I tell her is it ok. Michael tells her it is ok.

Michael says to me, "Mom, I am glad it was me getting hurt and not you, because you are old and wouldn't heal up."

We get to the ER. Apparently we are listed as  Trauma 1 case because we are there, in X-ray, in CT scans, faster than you can say boo. We have to cut off the jeans because his hip hurts too bad to pull them down for the scan.

The neck brace gets to come off.  We are looking at a broken elbow (right off the growth plate - but that is fine, still in place and still undisturbed). We get sodas. Michael gets a temporary cast. He gets released (less than four hours start to finish). We get in the van, which they dropped off for us, and drive home. 

That is the story. Two days later we go to the ortho doc and get a real cast. It is water proof! It is tie dye! We need to get another sling tonight so his arm is not falling off having to carry the cast around. It will be off in four weeks (more than that and they find it is sometimes hard to get complete range of motion back).

So many miracles. Thank you to those who pray 'for people to be safe' because we certainly were protected.

On-going events

 Here is some of the stuff that has been going on:

1) I bought Michael (and hence Jeffrey) a coconut, which he promptly named "Tim" and cracked open.

"This is coconut water? It is gross!" and "How do you get the stuff out of the shell?"

2) Our puppy looking cute with Ashley. Today was the first day in church with Josh with us. (I played the organ (not perfectly) today, so I was not there for everything). It was nice. I could stretch out my arms and we had everyone in our circle. Josh went off to work, and we came home and put on our p.j.'s

3) Check out this  cantaloupe! It is delicious! This is the FIRST time in decades of gardening that I have grown good (well God really grew it) cantaloupes! Like SEVEN! Maybe I am getting to be a cantaloupe grower!

4) The girls volleyball team from our ward. Ellie is a good server!

5) Josh brought home a scorpion home for Michael this week. Sentence I never thought I would say "If you bring home a scorpion keep a lid on it!!

Other stuff

 Look how cute our puppy is! He is definately getting older though. He doesn't tug on the leash as much when we are doing our morning walks. And check out this tiny egg!

Guess what!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

 Yep, Josh was released yesterday as Bishop of the Tooele 3rd Ward.

He cried during his testimony, I almost cried. It has been a special blessing to our family for the past five years. Onward!! (Brother Clark, Josh and Brother Green - the counselors were changed from the beginning).

Tender mercy

 As I work on my book (In the Meantime) I went and talked to my friend Laura Call about her experiences waiting with her adult-onset epilepsy.

We talked for a while about exactly what she experiences, how she handles and, etc.

And she started having a siezes!! I knew EXACTLY what to do. She ended up siezing for like 45 minutes. At 10 minutes, she told me to call 911, which I did and was totally helpful (if I may say so myself).

Jesse was far away so I followed behind and stayed with her at the ER.

She said to me," See, that is my tender mercy, I have always had someone with me when I have a seizure."

Wow

Other yard pics

 Josh has also welded the supports for the beams for the patagoa (I can't say it and can't spell it - the covering thingie).

The overall yard. Got some tomatoes and like 6 cataloupes! I have never grown that many before. We have three pumpkins from the back and a ton of little ones growing as volunteers in the front flower beds.

Deck

 The deck is done!!!  Here are some pictures of that. Only injury - Josh cut his thumb on a nail and I fell while moving a board and have a HUGE bruise all around my left arm/elbow, one on my leg and side. They are getting better

Deck: lay out support beams, level, screw in siding, etc. Move 32 HEAVY TREK deck boards. Move them again. Move them, cut the edges, and move them back in place. Josh did 98% of all that. Then jammed each board into the other boards while screwed into place. Cut and inset final plank, finish screwing all the nails. 

It is SOSO nice just to walk out the door! The hot tub is just steps away. Once we get a stop into the tub and the pagtota up, it will be AWESOME!! Had Francie over for grilled chicken for our first party.

So much progress!

 There I  have taken tons of photos of the yard, but I am only able to get these on here. Imagine the in between stuff.

The hot tub (prep (two truckloads of gravel, moved by hand), 2 foot trench dug, electrical run through said trench, cute pebbles hand shoveled on top after installment):