Road Trip to Tennessee!

We spent 33 hours of drive time to make it to our Tennessee destination.  We stopped only to eat, sleep, use the restroom with the exception of a needed park stop. We experienced a first as the hotel we reserved for the night had no electricity. The employee who worked there had to lead us by flashlight up stairs to find our room. Sawyer said he felt like we were in a haunted mansion. We didn't have many options as it was 1am when we got to the hotel and all other hotels in the nearest city were booked for the night.Needless to say, it was a night we won't forget.

Dallas' Graduation from Highschool June 2019

 

CAP Honors Dallas' Hard Work!!!

 

Piano Recital

Brayden has been taking piano from Sharalee for almost a year.  He loves music and has enjoyed learning more theory and the foundational steps for piano playing.  He was able to show off his progress at the recital with his 3 cousins who also take from Sharalee.  He really is a natural musician and I can't wait to see how God is going to use him.

Delayed Entry Program

Dallas has joined the DEP with the Marines. Yesterday he was at MEPS in San Diego and by late afternoon, he swore in. We are proud of him but dealing with many mixed emotions. He will succeed wherever God calls him but we will surely miss him if he is far from home. He still has the possibility of ROTC at CBU so we will wait patiently to see what God has in store.

Josiah and Alyssa's Wedding

We took a road trip to Colorado so that we could attend my nephews wedding. Providence braved the trip with the wheelchair and crutches. It was wonderful to see many family members as well as be part of s God honoring wedding. On our drive home, we got to see some snow in Utah. Dallas stayed home so that he could attend the CMCA Homecoming Dance.

Knee Surgery for Providence

On September 28, Providence had knee surgery for an injury that happened in April.  Her last CT Scan revealed that a bone fragment, attached to some cartilage, had broken off. She could occasionally feel the fragment get stuck within the knee joint. Surgery took close to 3 hours. The surgeon cleaned the area where the bone had broken off and then triple secured the bone back in place with darts, stitches and a fiber type of glue. Unfortunately, he could not do this arthroscopicly but had to cut into her knee. The anesthesiologist gave her a femoral block, which really helped with pain management during recovery. She is on non-weight bearing status for 6 weeks. She has handled the process beautifully!