Marty's Stroke

Right after we went on the Nature Trail Marty had a stroke. It has been a long haul. It has been seven weeks and he is still in the hospital. When he came in they had to remove the right part of his cerebellum to keep it from closing off his brain stem. There should be no effects on his mental abilities, but his coordination and balance was severely affected. He is improving quickly, but still has a very long way to go. Marty still struggles with speech and swallowing. He also cannot sit or stand unaided. We are all hopeful that he will make a complete recovery. I thought I would include a photo of him with the kids. This was taken in the ICU about four weeks ago.


The kids visiting Marty on his birthday




Neilson's came for his birthday too. Amber helped the kids make this great banner for him.




Peter wanted to snuggle up with his daddy while he napped.

Summer Fun

I am finally adding another post. I am just not cut out to be a blogger I guess. We have had a very interesting summer. I thought I would start out our adventures with our trip to the Cress Creek Nature Trail on Memorial Day. I got online and found a nature trail nearby. It was at the South Fork of the Snake River right by Heise Hot Springs. The kids were excited to go, but I didn't have a very good map and it took way too long to get there. Fortunately I had put a movie on for the kids so they didn't care. The trail was very deserty at first, but the view of the river and surrounding farm land was incredible. Rachel whined for the first part of the trail. It was hot and dry and she wanted to go home. Eventually we got to the creek and the trail became very green. At that point she perked up and we had a great time.