Most important things first:
A lot of you probably know (or don't know) that my brother Austen accidentally got shot this past week. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts and well wishes. He's doing fine and is home now, trying to think how he's going to run for exec council with his walker :) haha
Here's the story:
We were all out at my family's ranch. Some of us were at the ranch house, some were out riding, and Austen, Larson and my bro-in-law Josh were out hunting jackrabbits. From what I heard from Austen, he had his .22 pistol cocked and was just in the process of holstering it when a rabbit startled him and he accidentally shot himself. Josh stayed really cool while Larson went and got the vehicle. Josh called my mom to have my Dad and Presten head out with the truck and then called 911.
They started toward the ranch house in the rhino and then met up with the truck. They zoomed out to where the met the ambulance. The paramedics looked him over, found an exit wound and they rushed him to the hospital. He got into surgery where they put a scope in to see what was damaged. They soon found out that the bullet went through his liver with little damage, but completely destroyed one kidney so they had to remove it. They had to cut his abdomen and now he's got staples straight down his stomach.
He's home now and doing good. He's walking with the help of a walker but his core muscles are really sore. It hurts to laugh, it hurts to cough, but we know he will recover. He gets his staples out Monday.
We can see God's hand blessing us throughout this trial. -He was with someone. -They had cell service. -It was only a .22 -We only need 1 kidney to live. -It missed his spinal cord by 3 inches. -etc. etc.
We are so thankful for EVERYONE that has reached out and given us well wishes, and offered to help. Thank you so much!
Onto more happier things:
Trey is talking A TON! He is starting to make lots more sense. We're still working a few consonants because right now everything starts with the 'd' sound. "dandma" (grandma), "dammy" (sammy our dog), etc. Anyway it's funny, but so cute.
Travis is just weeks away from walking! So close! He is just my little cuddle bug. And just wants mama to hold him all the time! And (cue Angels singing) he's finally only waking up maybe 2 times a night! Now if I just get to bed earlier then I might feel rested when I wake up!
My brother Presten is engaged to the cutest girl! And they are getting married in June!
My sister Naomi got her mission call to Nicaragua! She's leaving June 25th! :)
Most of you know that Ben and I have an offer on a house. It's a short sale and we've been waiting since OCTOBER to hear about 3rd party approval. We're still waiting but have put a plan in place that we feel is awesome whether we get the house or not. So.....YAY!!!
SO....... I'll just leave you with some family pictures we took in WAY back in October. I don't know what was wrong with me for not sharing earlier!
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