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continued..... while still in the ER they had decsided you would most definatley need surgery and were hoping for that day, the hemotoma on your chest was still growing so it turned out you had to wait 2 days to have the surgery. the days until surgery were filled with meds and chaos on my part taking turns with my mom staying with you during the day so i could go home and get the kids things and my things for out for the places we were to be staying. finally on thursday he was stable enough to have surgery. oklahoma was on a severe weather advisory for that same evening. the surgery was supposed to take 2 hours. while waiting in the basement where the surgery was done, the tornado sirens started going off and according to the weather a tornado was heading to where we were, around this time nicks surgery should have been completed, the basement hall was flooded with people and pets and all you could imagine this ordeal went on for an hour and it was another hour, hour 4, that the dr came out and told us nick did great that the extra time was due to the bones burning out 3 drills. around midnight nick was back in the room. the next few days that followed were the most rough on nick because he had to endure so much pain and get used to operating on one foot and using a walker. nick was in the hospital for 19 days. finally after seven days in the surgery floor he was moved to rehab and had 12 days of continued therapy. nicks drs said he was not allowed to do stairs so we started staying with my parents once he was allowed home. EVEN MORE TO COME ...

The story of nick on april 16th it was just like any other chaotic morning in our home, nick myself and the kids were all up rushing to get everyone where they needed to go. i left with emma and brylee on the way to vickies at usual time. I knew nick had to travel aways away and i never liked that part of his job, but he loved it, our compromise was that he would call me when he saftly arrived and before he headed home, some reason as i was in the drive way, i just stopped and said and extra prayer for him that morning to keep him safe. 9:00 am i see on the caller id that my dad was calling from his cell phone MY DAD NEVER calls my work phone, i answered and he told me that a man called him and told him that nick was in a terrible accident in percell, he told us it looked like he had a blow out or somthing and asked my dad to call me, we had no other details, i grabbed my cell phone, purse and wrote the number that called my dad down and left, thankfully a good friend of mine drove me to the hospital, i was able to get ahold of the man who had stopped and told me it was a terrible wreck but that EMS was there and nick was conscience, he found out for me that they were heading to norman regional. we now had a destination to head too, we arried at the ER not long after nick had, they had immeadatley done a ct scan to check the large hemotoma on his chest and make sure he didnt have any head trama. once he was out of the ct they allowed us back and for him to get out of his neck brace, thats where they found at 5 in laceration on the under side of this neck, the dr. said it was so large and deep that had it been a 1/2 inch deeper that it would have cut a main artery! SCARY! after the ct we were advised that he had three broken ribs his lung was bruised as well as his heart. not to mention he had shattered his hip and femur and would need surgery. more to come

happy birthday!

Happy birthday to my chloe bug! Five years old where did the time go?! i remember like it was yesterday not sleeping but maybe 45 mins waiting to be taken to the womans center to have my labor induced to meet my new and first baby girl! papa came over to keep conlan asleep and granny rode with daddy and i to the hospital, i was ready to be done with labor by nine am. you had different plans you waited and waited until 2pm Grandma barber happend to feel well enough to be there and a tiny bit after 2 pm with your daddy granny and grandma barber n the room you came screaming your way in to this world. Grey, you came down so fast that you were a gooey covered bruise and choked most of the next few days getting all the newborn stuff out of your body so needless to say daddy and i didnt sleep well. you got to meet papa and conlan right after they cleaned you up and your brother wasnt too sure of you but didnt want to share either. you were a blessing that day and still are! Strong minded, SMART, and beautiful are just a few ways that i would describe you! WE love and cant wait for MANY more birthdays with you!

EASTER !! 2013

I LOVE MATCHING EASTER OUTFIT!!

Christmas Eve was spent at my parents Granny and papa's to exchange presents, the kids got too much as usual but had a blast and made some memories!!  just a few pics to wrap up christmas posts for 2012 .

just to see the way we grow here are a few from 2011

conlan 4 chloe 3 emma 1 brynlee 6mos

chirstmas six months later :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012!!

Lisa took the kids christmas pictures again this year it was much easier than the previous yeat but still a challenge all though you wouldn't be able to tell with these pics.  Emma was all about this photo shoot which is a huge change from 2011 we only had one pic of her alone and she had something in front of her face.

kids and nick and i had a great christmas everyone got all they wanted and more and we had a full week at home together just the six of us, it was great!

Chloe 4

Emma 2 (now 3)

conlan 5 (6)



Brynlee 1 (2)



halloween and fall activities

halloween weekend!!

friday before halloween i was able to get the day off of work and joined our church's mommy and me at the parkhurst pumpkin patch the kids had such a good time playing with all of thier church friends. Conlan climed on the huge tree logs and chloes loved being swung from the huge tree in the hammock, the big green tractor stole emmas attention!! ( pics coming) The hayride was a fun conclusion to the fun before our picnic!
Later on friday night we dressed the kids up and we went to the zoo and trick or treated they had so much fun, they were a litter of pigs we took chelsea too. I had to keep emma and chelsea on track they both wanted to walk and they were new to the trick or treating thing they wanted candy in their bag and in their hand it was soo funny!!

saturday brought a church carnival with a bible walk. this was very enjoyable even to myself what it was is a way of telling very small bible storys with big meanings and making the association with the candy taht was given . for example we "met" jesus and he gave us chewy lifesavers because he is the true life saver. we met the three wisemen and were given the three musketters, it really was neat!! and lots of delicious candy!
HALLOWEEN we dressed all the kids up and went to jimmys and joeys, a church trunk or treat, and a church carnival they got tons of candy and the church supplied nachos and hot dogs!!