Summer

This is a been a crazy busy summer, just how we like it. Kennedee has been home a lot more since she decided not to do ODP this year. It has been very nice, she can help get Madison to were she needs to be and she can drive herself to soccer conditioning. We went to the DR a couple weeks ago and they did the concussion testing on her and she scored very low. She should be 15-20 % and her brain is functioning at 1-4%. That is 5 weeks after getting kicked in the head. She was told NO soccer until her brain heals. She was devastated and watching her cry made me cry. If her brain doesn't heal she could have permanent damage and she could possibly have a stroke. It has scared her enough to back off. She can condition but not heavy and if she gets a headache she has to stop. We have an appointment to get a functioning MRI next week and that will tell us more. They sent us home saying to RELAX, don't do anything that stresses her out. The test she took was hard on her brain and she had to go home and take a nap. 
The night we came home from the dr she rested and I went to bed early. At midnight I woke up to lights in my windows and my dog whining. I thought that was weird and a few minutes later Kennedee came in and said the police were at our door. I went to the front door and there were 5 cops on the porch and 5 or more on the front lawn. They had our house surrounded, they were looking for the kid who used to live in our house. They apologized over and over and I said I didn't have any forwarding information to give them. And they left. Kennedee was shaking because she had heard them ring the door bell and she came up stairs to see who it was, our front door has glass on it and they saw her and said, we see you, open the door its the police. She opened it to the cops on the front porch with their hands on their guns. It scared her. We laughed after but I said of all days for this to happen. She was supposed to chill and not get worked up. Never a dull moment. 
Madison's softball team has taken a little break but will start up again in the next week and she has a lot of tournaments the rest of the summer. Her coach called me last week to see if Madison would want to guest play with the hot shots. She said of course and we spent the weekend at the park. Her coach said they wanted someone to play outfield and super fast. He thinks Madison runs like a deer. She had a great time, it was VERY hot and she didn't play a whole lot but she learned a lot just from being there. This team is a great team and they won the whole tournament. She got a t shirt and a pretty nice trophy. That made the weekend worth it. The coach told her to keep the uniform so she could come play again. He emailed me today to see if she could play this weekend but she is at girls camp all week.

Last week was the 4th and I took the whole week off. It was so nice. Mom, Jaime and the kids came down to go to the parade with us and to enjoy the celebrations. On tuesday when they came down Kennedee was asked out on a date so she wasn't home. She called me about 10 and said they had been in a wreck but everyone was ok and she would be past her curfew. After all the head injuries lately I was worried, she called back and said her friends mom was there and they were going to call an ambulance for her and her friend. They both had some neck soreness and as a precaution they would go to the ER. The couple she went with were in the front seat and they rear ended another car. The kid driving felt so horrible. I told Kennedee at least she didn't have to deal with the awkward door step at the end of the date moment. Luckily nothing happened and she was released that night along with her friend. She is sore and stiff. I am ready to buy her a hamster ball and let her live in that. On the 4th we all went to the parade and had a BBQ at our house. Jaime went home and the rest stayed over night again. We all went and sat on the Provo temple lawn to watch the fireworks. Its is so nice having so much extra space and it was fun to have the kids stay with us for a couple of days. They are very entertaining.

On monday I dropped both girls off at the church for girls camp all week. Madison was very excited and a little nervous. This is her first year of camp and since we have only lived in our house a couple months she doesn't really know people yet, but Kennedee is going to be there and she was excited to have her sister there. Madison adores Kennedee and Kennedee is very protective of Madison, they get along so good and have a lot of fun together. Kennedee is a 5th year and has to give a devotional. She wasn't that happy to go but she was excited about Madison being there and showing her the ropes. I am grateful for a few days of not having to juggle my schedule for kids going in different directions and staying up late waiting for kids to come home. But I always miss them and I will be super happy to pick them both up friday.