Travis' Surgery

Miracles do happen! Prayers are answered! We felt them all today! Travis is recovering beautifully! His surgery was 3 hours long, and it went wonderfully. He woke up fairly well, and his pain has been pretty much under control. He said his pain was nothing like it was while he was in the hospital for his pelvis! His nub is doing well. He sometimes feels that he has an itch on his shin, or like water is dripping on his leg. Those are just nerves firing, trying to reconnect in the upper part of his leg! His spirits are very high, as he's been joking with nurses about his nub. I am so so so proud of my brother! He is such an inspiration to people. He is so strong and happy and I think twice about complaining about stupid little stuff in my life!! God certainly does hear our prayers! Sometimes, as we can testify to, those answers are not what we want to hear, but He will ALWAYS carry us through the trials He asks us to bear!

The latest on Travis...

I just got the news from Stephanie. Because of the damage that his hip has caused his leg to deteriorate to the point of no return. He had some tests done to show that his nerves and muscles will not be coming back to life.

They have decided, with the help of Heavenly Father, that it is time to amputate Travis' right leg. They will cut it right at the knee, keeping all of the femur bone. They will rotate the calf muscle into the quad muscle so his future stub will have enough tissue and cushion. They are VERY optimistic about this surgery! Since it will be a clean cut, Travis should heal very quickly and well. He should be able to start walking on his prosthetic within a month!

This means, that Travis might be able to run again! They say that his severe limp will go away because it is not cause by his hip, but his dead leg!

The surgery will be on Monday, January 12th. He goes in that morning to get it done. I'll be praying for you guys!!!

Some Random Photography that I did recently...

Happy Halloween!!!

There has been a lot of Halloween costume discussion going on at our house! I mean, it only comes once a year so how's a girl to choose just ONE costume? Poor Kaycie, she had so many ideas and in the end....decided that it was last years costume that her little heart desired! We were going to go with the bumblee bee idea. We got a cute little costume for her and the morning of Halloween she tried it on and I think I made a little too much 'fuss' over how cute she was and it just ended up embarrassing her! She told me 'But mom all the kids at school will make fun of my stinger!' OOOooohhh it was darling!! I tried to convince her that her costume was perfect and nobody would tease her but she had her mind made up! So she ran upstairs...dug through her trunk of dress ups and came downstairs with the costume she wore last year. I have to say that when I bought this costume last year I was convinced it was the cutest witches outfit ever!! She ended up looking adorable of course and I wore the wings to her class party and then our dog, Ginger wore it Trick-or-Treating! Hehe!! Kyleigh was a black cat. She was convinced since last year that she would be a cat this year. She was so dang cute!! They still like to wear their costumes around the house.

We went to dinner at the Olive Garden with some friends then Trick or treating in the neighborhood....It was actually warm enough!! We decided that we should take advantage of this because we may never get the chance again! This crazy Idaho weather!! It's just plain confusing!

Girls Just Wanna Have FUN!!!

We arrived a little early to the girls' cheer practice and so we decided to have a little fun and dance around until it was time to start. So the girls and a couple friends started dancing and cheering and making silly kissy faces next to the cheer kiss wall. The pictures turned out so cute!

Oh Happy Fall!!

We just love Fall around here. And if it were to stay this pretty all year long...that's ok by me! We also love to decorate the house! We spent yesterday pulling out some decorations and making the house festive. The girls get so excited for Halloween as soon as it hits October....it's full Halloween mode around here!

Update on Travis

Just wanted to give a quick check in. Travis was discharged from the hospital on the 29th of September, but was readmitted last Friday. He developed an infection in his right hip where they removed the bone growth. So, he just had another surgery to clean out the infection, and now he's in the hospital waiting for the infection to clear up. They started him on antibiotics, so hopefully in a few days it will clear up! We think he'll have to be there for a week or so, then hopefully back to his apartment near the hospital! He's so tough!!