A very bad day

Last Monday the 20th of June started like any other day, Jordan tennis, Ethan school, Alex to gym and me to work. I was on lunch break when my phone rang, caller ID said it was Alex's coach, Jami. I thought that's weird why is Jami calling in the middle of practice. Jami said Alex had a accident on the tramp doing a double back and had hurt her neck and back and needed to go to the hospital. This is not something a Mother wants to hear. My heart sank. I rushed out of work and to her gym. The two are really close, so it only took me 5 min. But, my heart was in my stomach imagining what could be the effects of a neck or back injury. I became very emotional and almost cried on the way. So many thoughts were rushing through my mind. But, I do remember having a peaceful feeling deep inside. Well, I arrived and Alex was laying on the trampoline awake and talking. The coaches had been monitoring her and did not move her off the trampoline where the accident had occurred. She was having a hard time moving her limbs and squeezing my hand or feeling pinches. I felt sick inside and said a whole bunch of silent prayers. I wanted to cry right there, but did not want to cause Alex any more worry or make her scared in any way. I remember thinking I wanted to get her to the hospital as fast as possible. The ambulance came and strapped her in a neck brace and backboard, so she could not move, it was such a very hard thing to wittiness. I had the awful thought that maybe Alex, my very active, physical daughter may end up paralyzed in someway. When I asked Alex to squeeze my hand she just moved her fingers very slightly. When asked to move her leg, it just moved a fraction of a inch and she thought she was moving it alot. I honestly thought that she may be paralyzed in some way. It was a nightmare imagining her in a wheelchair. When we got to the hospital and into a room, I had a second to run to the rest room, because I felt like I may puke. I had time alone to pray and boy did I plead that she would be ok. Alex's sweet coach came to the hospital also and was with us most of the time. By the time the doctor came in she was doing better and had all the feeling back and could move fine. She had a bunch of xrays and the doctor found noting to cause real worry. I felt so much gratitude and relief. She has been very sore this week and has of course not gone to gym. Alex is dying to get back to practice and back to the gym. She had a hard time being down for a week and was bored out of her mind. She watched a lot of movies, tv, facebook and even read a little. She loves gymnastics. I am not so sure about it, I think I will have a hard time watching her at gym and during competitions. I was so thankful for Heavenly Father protecting her and helping her. Alex has always been a daredevil and She has been protected so many times in her life from physical harm, I know without a doubt someone is watching over her. Chad was up flying at the time and the hospital had very bad cell coverage, so by the time he arrived at the hospital we were just leaving. My dear friend and VTeacher brought us dinner that night. Although I told her we were fine, I was very grateful for it, I felt so emotionally drained that day.

Jordans Samoa Project

This is a project Jordan and a classmate did for a Geography class at school. It was all about Samoa, he did a great job on it.

Herriman High Tennis

Jordan made it on the Herriman High tennis team this year. Herriman High just opened this year, so this is the very first Herriman High tennis team. It is exciting having a brand new high school. Jordan will attend the high next year. Here are some pictures of Jordan playing tennis.

The 3rd grade spelling bee

Ethan is in the third grade at His Elementary School. In the school there are 4 different year round tracks and two to three classes per track with a total of 9. Every class sent their two top spellers to represent the class in the spelling bee. Ethan is the top speller in his class so he was chosen to compete in the bee. Here he is at the beginning of the spelling bee with the top 18 spellers in the third grade.

One by one the kids got eliminated and then there were two, Ethan and Abby.
So Ethan ended coming in 2nd out of the entire third grade. Here he is with his teacher Mrs. Lewis, who is a wonderful teacher.

Here Ethan is with his medal. Way to go Ethan. Now Mom can ask you how to spell different words. The final word he missed was heritage which he spelled herritage.