Lets start a way back and update Ben's handicap.
He had been putting in 12-14-16 hour days and everyday his leg was getting worse. After about 2 weeks of soreness and then 5 days of hot, red, tender, can barely walk I convinced him into going to the doctor. We show up, they weren't too worried a sore leg, yeah yeah. She said she didn't think she should x-ray it, but I said would it hurt we are here. So she decided to xray his leg.
Everyone was shocked, even Ben. They had 3 doctors come in and look at the x ray and all decided he needed to go into a boot and get over to a orthopedist asap. So we made an appt. at TOSH and long, long story short. Another set of x rays and they didn't think the pain was coming from the break. All the pain he was having was muscular. He did show signs of stress from the rod, hollowing where the screws are, and eventually he will have to get them out.
Today he is wearing a compression stocking and got a new pair of fancy shoes.
He also decided to go off caffeine, he is now drinking chocolate milk, orange juice, sprite and some crush soda's. Ben has already lost 10lbs!! (in 5-6 days)
I was cleaning up all of my pictures on my phone and on my computer and put all of these pics together (although I did duplicate one) Love that little Addi girl, she cracks me up.
A nice Christmas concert for Alivia and Cooper's choir. 2nd semester choir started yesterday!!
My little lunch date, and you can tell he liked his black beans.
Kessler is doing really well, he recently was sick with the pukies and a fever. It ALWAYS happens when I am at work?? it was nice to sit all day and snuggle with the poor little guy.
Miss Alivia got her Birthday wish a week or so early. She has wanted a turtle for quite some time, I didn't want a water turtle so I was opposed to the whole idea. She had been looking on KSL for weeks and did a lot of research about tortoises. She made up her mind she wanted either a Leopard, Sulcata or Russian tortoise. We ended up finding a Sulcata for 50% off and ended up getting it for her Golden birthday, she turns 11 on the 11th.
This picture below is a 5 year old Sulcata tortoise, I am not sure what we will do when the tortoise is that big??
A few random selfies
a church selfie
New years eve selfie, Ben trying to crush, candy crush!
I am kind of bummed that I didn't work New Years I know that sounds crazy but it all started in 1999, I got stuck in Jackson Hole for New Years because SLC was fogged in and since then it has kind of been a tradition to work, I am not a big party animal anyway. Unless it involves ROOK!
There was a trip I wanted to pick up that I could have taken the kids with me, I still regret not doing it. Next year I will plan ahead!!
Ben annoyed (he really wasn't annoyed, more so that I was taking pictures) I loved watching Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin.....it was hysterical actually!
Kessler trying hard to stay awake!
Another church selfie with my sweet baby girl!
Ben got a few gift cards this year for some sporting good stores and so we were browsing on some things he wants to add to the boat. Kessler and I took a ride on the ferris wheel while he was browsing!
January means annual safety training for Andrea and my friend Deb!
In 8 hours we had to
save a passenger having a heart attack with the AED and doing chest compression's and rescue breaths
4 pilot/flight attendant scenarios
passenger in the bathroom upon landing
landing gear failure
flaps failure
drunk passenger
We then sat through a smoke filled cabin, that always freaks me out!
We then did all of our drills
Door operation
Fire fighting
Prepared a cabin for a water landing
Evacuated an airplane on the water (mine was sinking) ahhhh:/
We then had another round of scenarios
Emotional support animal
deaf passenger
prisoner
Unaccompanied minors
E-cigarettes
Infant on the wrong side
Airplane Preflights
Hyperventilation
Overall SO,SO glad to have that over with!!
