NEW AND UPDATED POSTS - YEA!!! Can you believe it?

Yes, I know it has been awhile since I posted anything. Life gets so crazy busy! I will try to catch up so things will be out of order (pretty much like my life)! Enjoy!

BEAR LAKE

I really needed to get out of town for fall break. Our wonderful friends, Nick and Annette Ivins (and Ryan) offered their family condo in Bear Lake. Who can pass up Bear Lake? We just relaxed the whole time and had a blast. Thanks Nick and Annette! The scenery was absolutely stunning with the autumn colors and smooth blue lake.

This is the position Nick and Brock were in about 50% or more of the time. What were they doing, you ask? Wii and Playstation 3! They were in heaven.

There were games to play for the rest of us too!
Every night was movie night.
There was an indoor pool...
Craig was so thoughtful and did the dishes and started the dishwasher. The liquid soap did say "dishwashing soap" on it. Um...but it didn't say for dishwashers on it, hun. I hear from the kitchen from Craig, "I think we have a problem" as the suds spilled out onto the floor.

We decided to play tennis...I have not laughed that hard in a long time. I sat out at first to record the play and it was a comedy. Craig was serving from behind and hit Justine in the bum. Mariah either didn't have her contacts in or there was a hole in her racket because she just was not connecting up. Craig again hit from behind Justine, the ball hit her racket, and then bounced back and hit her in the forehead. I have never seen that before. She thought it was pretty funny. Brock didn't hit the ball so it hit him, right where it really hurts. He was on the ground crying while we were all rolling on the ground laughing.

We were terrrible at tennis. We spent more time hitting each other with balls and chasing balls then we did actually hitting the ball to each other. Oh well, it was good exercise and fun.

You can't got to Bear Lake without getting a raspberry shake!!!

ANOTHER NEW POST ON THE NEXT PAGE....FOOTBALL INJURY AND DRAMA

Football Injury and Drama

Brock's team was playing their first playoff game and they were excited. About 10 minutes into the game, Brock made a great tackle but ended up hitting his head on the ground. He came out for a few plays and then went back in. Another great play and another hit on the ground with his head. This time he was crying with pain and didn't get up. An ER nurse on the sidelines checked him out and his neck hurt so she said not to move him. The ambulance was summoned and they went to work on him. Knowing how much ambulances cost, I thought we should have just thrown him in the back of the car and taken him to be checked. I kept that opinion to myself as I didn't want to look like the unconcerned mother. LOL

They totally taped his head to the backboard and strapped him down. He couldn't move even if he wanted to. That backboard later became a "sore spot" literally for Brock later on. I felt like someone in a very bad parade riding in the front of the ambulance and waving to people as we left.

The doc wanted to make sure everything was okay so he sent Brock for a scan.

Brock's teammates were very upset that Brock was hurt. He is usually the guy leading them in their cheers and pumping them up. There were some tears but they dedicated the game to Brock and came back to win.Because we waited so long to take off the neck brace, it actually started hurting Brock the most. He was so glad to get it off after finding everything was okay and also glad to hear the team won.

We appreciate the many phone calls and inquiries into Brock's welfare. What a great bunch of people we get to call friends.