Another Sunday!!!

Today was Randy's first shot at a regular Sunday.... meaning he's at the church my 9am and gets home around 5pm. When I left, he was doing great. Walker and all. The doctor told him that he can use crutches, but he's not that comfortable on them and he REALLY doesn't want to re-injure himself.

Friday was his first day back to work. He worked about 4 1/2 hours. Drove himself over and back and was just tired when he got home... no biggie!!! He was so happy to be back. He missed his guys so much and the contractors and all of it. He was a happy man!!! I had a little anxiety about it, since the crash, I had only left him without adult supervision for 1 1/2 hours one time!!! But he did great!!!

Monday he'll work for another 4 hour shift. Tuesday, he has an appointment with a urologist, so he'll take that day off and then we'll see what happens the rest of the week. My family is going to SLC to the temple open house and to the zoo, ect... this weekend and I'm leaving it up to Randy if we're going or not. I think the drive will be ok because we will stop a lot, we would borrow a wheel chair from our friends and when he doesn't want to do something, we can just chill at the hotel. I know Randy is concerned with the money end of it, but we are postponing our D'land trip this year and he'll only be missing 4 hours of work anyway!!!! So, I guess we'll see how he feels about it. I will support whatever decision he makes!!!

Randy still preferres the recliner to sleep, so I've been on the air mattress next to him. Maybe he can transition a little this week. He's doing pretty good, though. I am so happy that he's taken this recovery seriously so he can just heal. He's been a good boy and not over done it. So, wish us luck this week. We are so thankful for all of your love and support.... really thankful!!!!

Today

So, this is where we stand today. Randy wanted to try to go to work today, but I talked him out of it last night. Today is the 3 week mark and I still think it's too early. He CAN drive his truck and my Tahoe. The doctor said as long as he's off of the big pain meds and can physically drive his truck (it's an automatic), then he has the green light. So, we tried it and he was successful. We tried sleeping in our bed again last night and it's obvious that it's just too early to do that. We got up at 3:30am and came back into the big room. Him on the recliner, me on the air mattress. I'm glad he didn't try working today, even though it was only gonna be a couple of hours, it was a long night. He MIGHT go in for a couple of hours in the morning, he's gonna call. We wont even try the bed tonight and I think I might give him some Benadryl to sleep. He's just not sleeping since he got of the pain meds.

Yesterday, we had kind of an issue. Randy was getting out of the shower and I think he almost forgot that he was hurt and tried stepping out of the shower like normal and halfway through that step, his body wouldn't work that way and he missed his footing and kinda slipped. He didn't fall, but it definitely jarred him pretty good. I think it kinda scared him, I know it scared me. He took it easy the rest of the afternoon and says that there isn't any problems because of it. It's just another realization that there is a lot more healing to do. As many celebrations as we have about the good job he's going, he's still broken and will be for a while.

Tonight was stake Bishopric meeting and when he was getting ready, I heard him kinda giggle. When he came down the hall, I could see what he was giggling about.... he was wearing his motorcycle tie!!! He's such a goof. He is, and always will be, a bike rider at heart. You either are, or you're not!!!

I want to, again, thank everyone for you love and support. I know we are going through this trial for really good reasons. I feel blessed to have this happen so we can receive blessings and service from all of our loved ones. THANK YOU!!!! Every comment, note, call, visit, ect.... has a huge impact on us!!!

Happy Birthday Anna!!!

Today marks another birthday for my best friend, Anna. Last year I did THIS POST
for her birthday. I still mean everything I said then plus so much more. She is an amazing woman that I know if I model my life after hers, I'll be alright.

This is us on our first day of 4th grade at West Elementary, ironically almost the exact age of our oldest daughters right now!!!




You've heard the quote, "a true friend tells you that you look lousy when you look lousy and then offers chocolate ice cream therapy".
That's my Anna. She's seen me when I am at my worst and still comes back for more. THAT'S a best friend. When things get really hard and most people disappear, she's the one here holding my hand. Literally, she was holding my hand during a needle biopsy on my breast one day. Randy had made arrangements to take the scouts snow skiing and couldn't cancel, even though Anna had plans to go to the Parade of Homes with her family, she left them to be with me. THAT'S a best friend. There are so many reasons that I love her but the biggest reason why I love her is because she never judges me and is ALWAYS here to support me and my family.

Anna, I hope you have a great day. You deserve it!!! I love you, happy birthday!!!

Our good news....

So we saw the orthopedic surgeon today. It's day 20 and when we saw the x-ray, we could tell there was a dramatic improvement in Randy's pelvis fracture!!! The doctor came in and measured the break.... on day 1, it was a 20mm separation, today, it's only 12mm!!!! That's almost a 50% closure!!! I was sooooo happy and Randy is too!!! The doctor was SHOCKED to say the least. He was glad they didn't do surgery and impressed that it has healed that well so far. He said, "it sucks for my pocket book, but it's great news for you guys!!!". I am so happy right now I can't even tell you!!! So...

*he can ditch the walker, just crutches for the next 2 weeks
*he can go back to work up to 4 hours a day, as tolerated
*no more Lortab, just IBU 800s and Tylenol
*when he can handle it, he can drive his pick up because it's an automatic
*we see the urologist next Tuesday
*we see the ortho again in 3 weeks
*in 2 weeks Randy can start working full time again!!!

While we were at the ortho, one of the nurses popped her head in our room and said, "I saw your bike pictures.... WOW!!!! Impressive!!!" He's like a legend down there!!!

I know that it is because of the power of the priesthood, prayers, fasting and faith that Randy is healing as well as he is. When you have a doctor standing in front of you, shaking his head at the progress that he doesn't have an explanation for, you get an understanding of how much has gone into Randy's healing that we are not in control of. I know that our prayers are being heard and I know our Heavenly Father loves us enough to send us these challenges and the blessings we get from them.

This road of recovery isn't over yet, so please keep him in your prayers. But for now.... I'm going to go do the happy dance!!!


This is the x-ray from June 18th, Day 1.
This is today's x-ray, day 20!!!

And a closer look!!!

Called to serve

I am so happy that I have a husband that takes his church callings seriously. Randy is the 1st counselor in our Bishopric. When he was in his motorcycle crash, he was laying in the ER and whispered, "it's my month to conduct". Not in a way that he was excited to get out of it, but disappointed that someone else was going to have to take some of his responsibilities away from him for a time.

Well, here we are, 17 days later, and he insisted on going to his early morning meetings today. We had to be up by 7:30am (not easy after a long night for me), feed him (even though it's fast Sunday, he's taking pain pills and HAS to eat), shower him (it's getting easier, but I still have to be RIGHT THERE), dress him, including putting his shoes and socks on, in the car, and safely into the church by 9am. It is NOT easy, but it shows the dedication he has for his calling.

He has had a lot of moments that have got him down. There are a lot of things that he CAN'T do that he normally does. He can't ride his bike, drive his truck, drive a loader at work, a cement truck, a water truck, a dump truck, haul wood off the mountain, run his chainsaw, play with the kids, walk easy, ect.... there is sooo much that he can't do right not, but one thing he CAN do is serve. He's still in the Bishopric and he can still do things even if he's stuck at home.

I am so thankful for his example to me. He WANTS to be back at church, doing the things that he normally does. Just one more of the millions of reason that I love him so much!!!

Day 14...

So today marks the 2 week mark of Randy's motorcycle crash. I took this picture of him the day we left the hospital, we were waiting for the nurse to come and take out his IV so we could leave. To celebrate today I'm gonna post 14 (of the VERY many) things that I have learned through this.

1. One moment in time can change your life forever.

2. Helmets are a must when riding a bike. I have never doubted that, but hopefully the riders that know and love Randy will always wear their helmets now.

3. Prayers really do keep us going when everything else looks bleak. I know all of your prayers have carried our family through this. Please keep them coming.

4. I am amazingly blessed to have the husband I do.

5. When times are hard, your best friends step up instead of step back.

6. Caretakers need more credit for their work.

7. Patients need more love than care.

8. When someone offers to do something for me, say "thank you" instead of "no thank you".

9. Lawyers are a WONDERFUL thing to have in situations like this.

10. The saying about "getting back on a horse after being bucked off" is the same with a biker.

11. Love can be felt through actions more than I ever knew.

12. Our children are really affected by the mood we chose to be in.

13. Our parents will do anything for us. Even when it means traveling half way across the state to be here for us, or if it means agreeing to take our kids for who knows how long until daddy gets out of the hospital.

14. Our trials make us stronger and teach everyone lessons in the meanwhile.



Randy has kept this smile on his face most of the time. He rarely has got down with his mood. There is so much more I have learned, but above all is how madly, deeply, and uncontrollably in love I am with my husband. I can't tell you what a blessing it has been to be with him almost 24 hours a day for the last 14 days. It's not always easy, but the closeness we have felt overcomes all of that. I have forgot what it's like to flirt so much. He's always pinching, winking, patting and whistling at me. It's been so fun!!! I can't believe I just called all of this fun, but it has had it's moments that I will treasure the rest of my life!!!

Thank you sooo much to our family and friends that have been here for us. The McInnes family came over tonight and mowed our lawns (yea, Heather's 20 weeks pregnant and she was doing MY yard work!!!). Paul said something to me that tells you what kind of friends we have, he said, "it's one thing to ask what needs to be done, and it's another to drive by, see that the lawns need to be mowed and just come over and mow them.". I can't express how grateful I am to be blessed by such wonderful friends and family. I haven't deserved any of the wonderful treatment that I have got... BY FAR I have not, but maybe I can be THAT friend someday. There are some that have gone way, way, way beyond what was ever expected or asked, but to you I thank you with everything I am. You know who I am talking about right now. We love you guys and will treasure you forever.

Randy's on the mend. We go to the orthopedic surgeon on Tuesday and hopefully see some good improvements on x-ray. Again, thank you for your comments, prayers, service and everything else. None of it has gone un-noticed!!!

Have a good 4th of July weekend!!!

New pictures of Randy's crash.

I just got these pictures. They are from the police at the scene. We were in Hurricane today for Randy's aunt's funeral, and I went by the crash site to see it for myself. It was very.... well.... I don't know. It put a knot in my throat. It made me feel like I did when he called and told me he was in a crash. Then it's followed by anger. Anger for that other driver and how in a blink of an eye, he changed my life and hurt my husband. It was hard for me to see where Randy was and that I wasn't with him. As a team, we go through most things together and I wasn't there when he was hurt. That bugs me.


In this first picture, look where the bike stopped and then look where the Explorer is.... Randy rode, with his head in the back of their car, almost THAT WHOLE WAY!!!! It wasn't until they stopped that Randy fell out the back of the Explorer. Pretty disturbing.

















































































Everyone wants to see the helmet, well there it is. I think everyone assumes that it's cracked down the middle. When you have an $800.00 helmet, it takes more than going through a window to crack it!!! Even with his visor down and sun glasses on, his face was covered in glass that looked like glitter. I tried brushing it off (wondering why there was glitter on his eye lid) and cut him. I still feel bad about that. The helmet visor is broken, the vents are broken and there are lots of scratches and paint chips from the impact, but it's like a car seat, once it's in a crash, it's trash!!!















In the police report, it estimates that Randy was going 30 and the other guy was only going 10mph. It was BARELY out of the intersection. There is no reason he shouldn't have seen Randy, other than he wasn't looking. It makes me wonder if he was texting (which our lawyer will be ceasing his phone records to find out), or if the 2 dogs in the car during the crash caused too much of a distraction. It all bugs me. Absolute carelessness.




All in all, I am so glad to have my husband with me. He should be hurt so much worse, he could have been killed. I'm so glad he was wearing a good helmet, thick pants, gloves, work boots, his visor down and sunglasses. My life could be totally different than it is now. I know there were angels watching over him, no doubt in my mind AT ALL.