Ryley's Back Home

Karlee had a pretty rough night on Friday.  She had some pretty sore stomach and didn't sleep very well.  Of course when Karlee doesn't sleep well Mom and Dad don't sleep well either.  We had all planned on going to pick Ryley up at Camp Kindle, but with poor sleep and a sore tummy we decided that Karlee and Mom should probably stay home.

Dad took off and drove up to Water Valley.  The camp was absolutely beautiful situated in a beautiful valley with lots of huge trees and very nice buildings.  Ryley had a great time at camp and even behaved himself.  He enjoyed the archery and the survival training.  He learned to light a fire with 2 matches, build a stretcher and learned some basic first aid.  They had a banquet and dance on the last evening.  Ryley had a tattoo on his forehead, gel in his hair and his fingernails painted a nice blue (it was the only boy colour).  On the drive home we stopped at Smitty's in Cochrane and had breakfast.  Ryley is looking forward to going to camp next year already.  He met some nice new friends and liked all his counselors and volunteers.

Ryley and Karlee were very happy to see each other.  Ryley wanted to show us his fire making skills so we had a wiener roast.  He had a great time lighting the fire.

Saturday night we went over the Lisa and Jared's for a BBQ and a few wobbly pops.  After supper most of the adults had a try on the new trampoline.  One of their friends tried a back flip and ended up landing on his head and neck.  He heard something snap in his neck and had some tingling in his arm.  We called EMS and they arrived with a scoop backboard to pick him off the trampoline and take him to the hospital.  Today we found out that he broken 2 vertebra in his neck and was having surgery to take some of his hip bone and graft it to his neck to stabilize everything.  Please add Gerry and Tina and their 2 children to your prayers.  It sounds like he has a long recovery ahead on him.

Sunday Dad took Ryley to the wave pool in the morning and had a great swim.  Later in the afternoon we did a little back to school shopping for Ryley and back to work shopping for Mom.  Then it was off to supper at Grandmas with Uncle Randy, Aunt Catherine and Cousins Everett and Oliver.  The chicken was excellent.

Karlee has her next clinic day on Tuesday and hopefully this will be an uneventful trip to the hospital.