Summer Vacation Plans Changed...

So a week before our trip to Utah and Idaho, Clint hurt his back, which has become a normal thing over the past 12 yrs...so he starting iceing it, taking meds and resting it....but it just kept getting worse instead of better. By Sunday night he couldn't move without major pain. Monday he stayed home in hopes of resting it one more day to help it....but Tues we ended up in the ER. The MRI showed a major L4L5 disc bulge and a floating disc fragment. We met with the surgeon on Weds and surgery was scheduled for Friday, the day before we were to leave for our trip. To say the least, we never even starting packing our bags.

Although we were disappointed, we're grateful that Clint was able to get everything taken care of and is home recoverying. Thank goodness for modern medicine. This is Clint's normal spots during the day. To say the least he has plenty of time to check and respond to emails. He has a long way to go for a complete recovery, but each day is getting better.
After surgery you usually always come home with some cool new gadgets.....I think the boys will play with the back brace more than Clint will use it:)

A great upside to the story is that my brother Duke and his beautiful wife Morghan came to visit us. It's Morghan's Birthday today so we had to have to cake!!!! Happy Birthday Morghan! Mom and Dad we'll eat a piece for you too and honor of your Anniversary.
We're adjusting to not going to Utah and Idaho....that just means more beach days and more baseball (pretty rough, eh?).

End of School Fun

Last Day of School...Finally!!

I'm not sure if they're more excited about school being over, or getting a gift from Mom and Dad? Either way, mom is really HAPPY that school is over. Yaah for summer!!

This is Brevin and Jeret with their violin instructor. They had their Spring Concert along with 45 other students. They got to perform 3 songs(just the 2 of them) at the beginning. They did such a great job! They have learned so much these last 2 years of lessons.

At Brevin's 5th grade promotion he received the Gold President's Award for Educational Excellence. There was only 1 other student that achieved this award at their school. We are very proud of him for working so hard this year.

Jeret received an award for Excellence in Math. He really does enjoy Math and loves to be challenged. Good Job Buddy!