Jan 18-24

Monday, January 18 - Today is day 1 of a fitness challenge I'm taking part in. I just really need to lose my Ricki weight and I'm not super motivated to do it. I like my sweets! :) This was my original weigh-in photo (but my weight is conveniently blanked out)!  

Tuesday, January 19 - Today was eventful. In the morning, we had our sweet little friend Bridgette over to play with Ricki. They are cute friends...unless she wants to play with Ricki's toys. Then Ricki turns into a little baby monster! :) Early in the afternoon, I got a call from Ryan saying that his dad was in an accident with a saw in his basement and could I please run over and find out what is going on. I, of course, hopped in the car and ran to their house. The fire department was just spraying down the driveway from all of the blood. Come to find out, he nearly cut his hand off! I relied on Erin Coles, Tami Hansen, and my mom to take my kids while I went to the hospital to be with Simon & Viv. They took him into emergency surgery about an hour after he arrived by ambulance to IMC. The surgery was to take anywhere from 2-8 hours but it ended up being 7 hours when all was said and done. Poor guy! The great news is that they were able to save Dave's fingers. They didn't think they'd be able to; especially his pinkie. There were a lot of miracles that happened this day!

 

Wednesday, January 20 - This x-ray shows a little of what Dave went through. It's just crazy that they could even put his hand back together again! I have more gory pictures but I can't just post them. They give me nightmares! :) Our family went up to visit Dave and we were able to talk to the surgeon. We thanked Dr. Mackey for all he did to save Dave's hand. He really is an AMAZING doctor!! We're so glad Dave will be okay!

 

Thursday, January 21 - Jessie Price told me a few weeks ago that our enrichment night was coming up and that we were focusing on recording our own story through scrapbooking, journal-keeping, blogging, etc. It kept coming to my mind that I needed to help. That I may actually have something to offer for this activity. So I texted her and here I am...giving a little talk about journaling and blogging. It was a really fun evening and I learned a lot of good ideas for keeping my own personal history. Photo Credit: Regina Campbell - upon hearing that I keep a photo of the day blog! :)

 

Friday, January 22 - I had the wonderful opportunity of going to the hospital and spending time with Dave while Viv went home to shower and have a moment for herself. Dave should be going home at any time but his blood pressure keeps dropping (from lack of blood in my opinion) and he's in so much pain. They got him up and went for a walk while I was there and I got to sit next to him and visit for about an hour. In this picture, he fell asleep looking at a beautiful bouquet of flowers Viv's work sent for them. Everyone has been so amazing through this! Their neighbor across the street is already arranging dinners to come to them for the next week! More and more miracles everyday! 

 

Saturday, January 23 - Jenni had an extra ticket to the Hale Theater play "Beau Jest" so she took me as her date. BJ wanted to attend one of the boys' last basketball games. We went to dinner with just us 6 adults (my parents, McCullough's, and us) then the boys went home while we went to the play with my parents. It was really really fun! I enjoyed the play, the cookies, and the company very much! Meanwhile, Dave came home from the hospital. Wahoo!

 

Sunday, January 24 - I love that my kids love each other. Zack was lying on Ricki's chair and I needed to get her clothes out to dress her so I set her next to Zack. When I turned around, this is what I found. They were very cuddly and lovey so instead of dressing her, I took a picture.