Back to the doctor

I took Ron back to the doctor today where they discovered another break. This one is in the back of his ankle. He was feeling pain on the opposite side of the surgery side so took another x-ray. The doctor says it does not appear to need surgery but it needs to be cared for gently for the next two weeks. They put him in a permanent cast and in two weeks will cut out a window to remove the stitches them plaster the window over so not to remove the whole cast.The doctor had good news. What was going to be an 8-9 week process with the cast looks as though it may only be about 4 weeks.. We were so excited to hear this.Things are going well and we are learning to adjust to this one legged thing. It has shown our whole family just how much we take our legs for granted Please continue to pray for Ron.

As I type this post we are in the second day of Ron having a broken leg. I'm not so I am handling things the way I should. I am exhausted and very overwhelmed.I am not sure if I will be sane when all of this is over but I do need the lord's help in a special way.
Ron has been putting a metal roof on a house about 10-15 minutes from our home. It belongs to an elderly couple whom we have grown to love in the past two weeks. Well..... we were hit with heavy winds and rain for several days straight and Ron had not been able to get the whole roof done before the weather set in. He covered the unfinished part with a tarp to prevent any leaks
Thursday morning after working at the Sheriff 's Dept all night and just getting to bed the home owner called and said he had water a couple of inches deep in the kitchen. Ron and Allen jumped up and went rushing to get the tarp secured again. They worked in the pouring rain for a couple of hours. It was a mess.
He told me after he got home that there was no way it would come off this time because they had used twice as many boards to anchor it down. The rain continued day and night. Around 12 midnight the phone was ringing again with a very frantic home owner telling Ron that the tarp had blown off again.
Once again he went rushing down to the job to fix the tarp. I am sure by now you can guess what happened next. Ron slid from the peak of the roof down a valley and hit a 2 by 4 he had put there to hole down the tarp and it snapped his leg bone about 3 inches above the ankle. Thankfully my daughters boyfriend was there and was able to help get him off the roof. By this time it was after 1:30 in the morning and I was sound asleep in bed. The phones were all out in the living room so I did not hear them ringing
The next thing I know, I am waking up to Shandalin (who has not lived here for over two years) standing beside my bed saying"MOM.....MOM".She proceeded to tell me what had happened and that they thought he had broken his ankle/leg.They were taking him to the hospital.
We were there till about 5am.
He will have surgery Wednesday morning to repair the damage.They will have to put a metal plate and screws in his leg. He is in a tremendous amount of pain.His foot is very swollen and now his leg is swelling. They can't operate on breaks like this when there is so much swelling because the surgeon said he would never be able to get the skin to meet to be able to close the incision. I guess that makes sense but it sure does torture a person who is in this much pain to have to wait so long to get things fixed.Please remember him in your prayers. We are told that we have a very long road ahead of us. He will be out of work for many weeks and be in a cast for at least 9 weeks. Physical therapy will also be needed.
This is about to kill Ron. He is very stressed that he is so limited to what he can do. I am having to pick up all the slack and I will be honest... I am feeling very over loaded. I am trying to trust the one who knew long before we did that this was going to happen. Why he choose to allow it I will never know. I know he is in control of each of our lives and that we will look back on this experience and see it as a stepping stone along lifes way. God has been so good to us and I choose to trust him. The timing was all bad. Christmas is right around the corner and we have children who will be expecting surprises but God knows all about it. Please pray for our family as we journey through this process of getting Ron back to normal. Pray that God will give each one of us the strength we need. I will try to keep updates about him through this blog.

Third one is a buck!!

The faithful hunter in our family shot another deer this morning. He was so excited because he finally got his first buck of the season. It was a 4 pointer but the rack was very big. It had a pretty wide spread. He said that he was going to have it mounted. He has an 8 pointer on his bedroom wall but the spread is not nearly as wide as this 4 pointer. He was very happy and we are very proud of him. I am so thankful that God has given Aaron an interest in hunting and being an outdoors man. He loves nature and since he has been implanted he can hear the deer walking through the woods. He can hear things he would have never heard had he not been able to get the implant
Someone else took these pictures and I noticed they didn't get everyone or everything in the picture but I loved Skyler climbing up into the truck with his big brother to pose with him with the deer.Skyler is very interested in hunting also and was able to go with Aaron last week. He hunted on the ground so we allowed Skyler to go. They sat there for over two hours and didn't see anything. I figured Skyler would get very bored and I wouldn't have to worry about him wanting to go back, but not so..... he cries almost every time Aaron goes without him.I love watching the bond that is being formed between the two of them even though there are many years between them. I am so thankful for my kids.
I am also thankful for the venison God has provided for us through Aaron's ability to hunt. This is the third deer he has killed so far and our freezer is getting full.

Cookie Jars

A couple of weeks ago Ron and I had a little date to Cracker Barrel. I always enjoy my time with him as it just doesn't happen that often anymore.I put on my Fb status that he bought me a snowman cookie jar and that I would post a picture of it later. Several people have wanted to see it so I'm finally taking time to put it on here and on Fb too. We have space above our kitchen cabinets to put things and we have decided to put cookie jars up there. There are a few roosters and a couple of baskets too. I think so far we have collected 8 cookie jars. This one here just caught my eye and I absolutely love it!! I love snowmen anyways so it wasn't hard for it to capture my heart.I'm looking forward to Christmas just so I can bring out all my cute snowmen.

24 years and counting

Yesterday was our anniversary and I'm not sure why I didn't post then because we just stayed around the house most of the day. The kids and I got up and went to church and he and the two older boys had a job to do. The rain had eased up but by the time they got there it was at it again so they came on home. I fixed lunch and we all ate then I got into my Pj's and sat on our comfy couch that reclines and cross stitched most all afternoon. He had plans to take me out to eat but because it was so messy out we decided to wait until another night. I honestly enjoyed our day just laying around the house.
He surprised me On Saturday night after we got back from trick-or treating with an anniversary gift. He made me close my eyes and he lead me to Allen's bedroom then told me to open my eyes and there on Allen's bed was a Dell mini laptop computer. I was so surprised I threw my arms around his neck and gave him a huge hug and a kiss.I never in a million years would have thought I'd have my very own laptop. I had seen them on TV and had said several times that I would like to have one. It's green and not much bigger than my Bible. It will be so nice to take with us when we have appointments at the hospital, ect. You can usually plug right into wireless Internet in places like that
I think back over the past 24 years of sharing my life with this man and I can't say it's all been bliss. Is any marriage? We have seen many ups and downs along the way but I'd have to say I'd go back and do it all again. God has blessed me with a truly awesome family. Ron has been a wonderful husband and father to my children. He has made many sacrifices to keep me home with his children. I can honestly say that after 24 years I am still in love with this man whom I call my husband. I hope to spend many more years with him.

trick-or-treating 2009

Tonight was a fun night as we once again went trick or treating.This year Ron was able to go and of course Ethan was just old enough to realize what was going on.It was so fun to watch him carry his little pumpkin bucket and run up to the doors. He would turn around and say " canny"!!! So cute.This year MaKalah went as a lady bug and MaKenna as a leopard.Skyler was a cute little clown.I enjoy being with my family and watching them have fun. I love to hear my children laugh and see the smiles on their faces. I love my wonderful family. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween.

Carving our pumpkins.

The kids have been waiting to carve their pumpkins since we brought them home from the patch well over a week ago. I don't like to carve them early because they will rot and have to be thrown away. We thought we were going to be able to do them last night but daddy had a meeting at the Fire Dept. and he really wanted to be involved in this family event this year so we put it off until tonight.He misses out so much because of his job.
We all had a really good time. Daddy helped Skyler and MaKenna with their pumpkin and it wore him out. It was funny to hear him say that he was glad Aaron and Allen had outgrown wanting to carve a pumpkin this year.lol
Shan made some very yummy pumpkins cookies and brought them over as well. I just love this time of year. The weather has cooled down and the leaves are beginning to fall. I am enjoying all the fall decorations that people put out. It's hard to believe that it is Fall already and that only means one thing.... Christmas is fastly approaching. It will be here before you know it so enjoy Fall while you can. It will soon be gone! Happy Fall!!!