What a summer!

I was so motivated to keep up this blog with this pregnancy but we sure have had a busy summer... just for journaling purposes, I wil document a few things that happened this summer while the sweet twin girls have been growing inside me. Shortly after my 17 week appointment, we had a bit of a hardship. Our oldest son Vance (age 14) was long boarding down a hill near our house and had a bad wreck. He got going too fast and had to jump off. He added wrong and snapped his lead in 2 paced requiring surgery. The most tragic part is when he was in the hospital the first night, his sweet therapy dog of 5 years went out looking for him and got hit by a car and died. The Next morning as Vance was trying to raise his spirits, he asked if we could bing his dog down to the hospital to comfort him. It was so heart breaking to have to tell him that she had been killed the night before. It is so hard to watch your child suffer, even when knowing its all for their growth. We had so many tender mercies, wonderful doctors and nurses, and sweet service from ward members. Families from church brought meals, treats and games for Vance to play. His surgery went great. They inserted a titanium rod into his eg to help with healing. The rod willl come out after bout 9 months. I am so thankful that it alll went so smoothy!