Holy cow....Where has the time gone?!?! It seems like I was just posting, and yet, it was 2 months ago. Well, we had quite the summer. It started with our relay that I talked about in the previous post. Friday, June 10th, Justin was riding in a rodeo in Rigby. We were going to head to Stanley as soon as he got off the horse. We had it all figured out that we would be at the starting line with about 20 minutes to spare...therefore, arriving at about 11:45 p.m. Well, needless to say, the horse had other plans. Justin got hung up and ended up having his shoulder dislocated. The EMT's at the rodeo were of little help and so we high-tailed it to Idaho Falls to the ER. He was in a considerable amount of pain and there was no way to help him. They took us straight back and got some medicine in him. After 3 doses of morphine, he was still in pain. The doctor came in and said they were going to have to put him under conscious sedation to get his shoulder back in. They gave him medicine and he was out for about 10 minutes. They popped his shoulder back in and when he was waking up, he was saying some of the most hilarious thing. He said that his nap was going down in history! They had to watch him for about another 45 minutes and then we were able to leave. April called me at 11:30 as we were walking out of the hospital and wondered where we were. She didn't want to believe me that we were still in Idaho Fall...4 hours away! We were supposed to be at the starting line at this point. We jumped in the car and cruised on over to Stanley. It was dark and I was driving on a road I had never been on. We got to Stanley and started down the road where the relay was taking place. We were going to meet up with our team and be on our merry way. Well, we made it and it was my turn to run. I changed in the parking lot and barely had everything on when Angie crossed the line for me to go. I told everyone to take care of Justin and off I went. I ran my first leg, and then it was Justin's turn. We all knew this was going to be interesting since he was in a sling and his leg was pretty buggered up. He limped for about 1/2 mile and then decided that he couldn't handle it. Luckily, my sisters were awesome and took over his 2nd leg. Amber ended up running close to 15 miles!!We crossed the finish line, ate, and then headed home. At this point, I had been up for over 24 hours and still had to drive home. Needless to say, the drive home was very interesting. I had to pull over for about 10 minutes because I was falling asleep with my eyes open! We finally made it home, showered, and Justin took his pain medicine. It was definately a good experience to run the relay. If only Justin would have enjoyed it as much as we did!!
The finish line. We were all way tired and so excited to be done!! It took us just under 12 hours to run 62 miles! Justin looks a little out of it. He slept most of the day! He had to wear his sling for 6 weeks and keep his leg elevated for about 2 weeks! We are sure glad that is over.
On another note, we have had a busy summer. We have been going to Downey a lot on the weekends so Justin can help my dad. He has really been enjoying it!
We had a family reunion the end of July and it was so much fun. They had these huge water slides to go on! They were a blast. The only bad thing is that if you are going to fast, you hit the tires at the bottom. It never felt good when that happened. Thanks Tami for such a great reunion!!
All of the ladies tried to make a train and go down the slide. It took us a few tries to figure it out but it was really fun.
The next weekend, we went camping with my family to Bear Lake. Justin had never been there and so this was a new experience for him. We used to go a lot when I was little, but I haven't been back in years. We camped up Emigration Canyon. It was so pretty and so nice to be away from the water at night. The first night, we were laying in our tent and saw a big storm coming our way. It rained quite a bit during the night. Nobody got too cold though. We got up Friday and headed to the lake. We were there all day! It was so fun. We were all worn out by Friday night. Saturday we went to the Minnetonka Caves. They are amazing! I can't believe that it all exists underground!
These are a few of the formations inside the caves! Amazing!
We are now just trying to settle back in to the swing of things. Justin starts school in a few weeks and I'm still trying to find a job! Hopefully something will happen soon!!
