Travis update

The latest update on Travis is that he is still in a coma, but he is now responding to touch and has moved both arms and legs!!! He is such a strong young man that I have complete faith that he will pull through. I was told that he they suspect a left heel fracture. His brain is not a "blooming" injury and has not spread. He will respond to talking by squeezing hands. I am very hopefully at this point, my only wish is that I could be up there with the rest of the family! Thanks for all the prayers, they are working!

Travis

This is my little brother Travis (with Macey, she's SO little). Please keep him in your prayers! He was in a bad accident tonight. Him and my sister were riding on the tailgate of a truck and the driver turned too quick and he fell off the truck. He hit his head really hard and he had to flighted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He had surgery to remove blood around his brain and now he is in a coma. Not sure what lies next... please keep your thoughts to him. Love to all.

Washington Family Trip

Visit with Grandma Julich and all the grandkids! I love Treyson and his cousin Blake in this picture, they are precious!
A little pizza and ice cream stop after Great Wolf Lodge.
My sister Ashley and me at Meeker Days. We did a booth and sold various baby items and watches. It was fun, but a lot of work! The weather in WA is so unpredictable and we didn't know what to except.
A little close up look at the booth.
Here it is! Somebody needs to put that laundry basket away... We did pretty good at putting it together in just a couple days. We were constantly asked if we had cupcakes for sale or if we sold aprons, they were a hit!
Macey is showing off some leg warmers and flower clips! Not too happy to take a picture though...
Macey and mom at Great Wolf Lodge.
Dad and Cru posing for the camera. Too bad it's so blurry... I guess I should have checked that!
Visit with Grandma Slaughter, always a fun visit to see all the fun things at her place.
Penguins were a hit! We had just finished watching Happy Feet so they were excited to see them.
The boys and Mr. Elephant
Our visit to Woodland Park Zoo sounded like a great idea in the morning when it was nice and sunny and then it turned to rain on our way there. We went anyways and it actually stopped just after we got there. So nice of them to stop the rain for us.
We couldn't leave without a baseball game! I was lucky to find a great deal on 4 tickets off of Craigslist and we were able to go. We took my dad for his Father's Day outing. We had pretty good seats and it was even a nice day for the game.
Cru, Treyson, Camden, Riley, Noah, and Macey. These are one of good friend's kids from WA. We went and visited them one night and enjoyed some outside fun and pizza. Macey got way too much pizza sauce on her so she enjoyed one of the boy's shirts.
Macey giving Camden a big smooch! MMMMwah! So cute.
Me and Nicole with the little kiddies. So nice to see you guys.

Matt's first TRI

Matt competed in his first sprint triathalon on June 14, 2009. He tried really hard to squeeze in his workouts without being gone too much from us, such a sweet dad. But for being his first race he did excellent! He finished 7th in his age group!!! We were so proud of him. He raced with his sister, Jamie and her husband John. Jamie finished 3rd in her age group and was the winner of the three of them. Nice work guys!

Here's Matt on his finish!

John, Jamie, and Matt after the race.

The family congratulating dad

on his awesome job!

Camp Out with Dad

The boys were in for a nice surprise when Matt offered to camp out in the backyard with them! It was so fun for them. We didn't get any pictures of Father and Son's camp out for church (dad forgot the camera... or didn't think about it, either one) so we needed to recreate it. Or something like that. They talked dad into a late night movie too so they didn't fall asleep until after 11PM. I wished I caught Cru still snoozing away still at 9:30AM! Matt put away most everything in the tent and he didn't move a muscle. It was a fun time for the boys!

Cru Happenings

Cru has become a BIG boy overnight! He decided to wear underwear, talk A LOT faster and more, a few boy tumbles and falls, and he's driving (okay, maybe not)!

Potty training was akward for the first couple days, but he figured it out pretty quick. He's been doing awesome during the day, but night time still requires some pull-ups. He fights us tooth and nail, but we tell him when he wakes up with a dry pull-up he can wear just underwear. On May 1st, while getting ready for cousin Kole's first birthday, Cru was playing on our exercise ball and rolled himself right into the corner of the fireplace. Ahhhhh! Matt ran and caught him before blood got all over everywhere. Matt called in a favor to an oral surgeon friend and got him into his office on a Friday afternoon to get him all stitched up... 6 stitches later! And just a week before that he fell on the granite countertops and cut his chin open, but we opted not to get stitches for that. He probably should have, but it healed okay.

Cru is definitely growing up fast and tells most people that he's THREE already, holding up five fingers. Just today Matt told him that he's so cute and he told him, "I'm not cute, dad!" Okay, but you are such an awesome boy to have around!

Macey is WALKING

Macey just decided one night (14 months old) that she was ready to take off all by herself... with the phone, of course. I guess she needed something to "hold onto" and the phone was perfect for her. I hope it's not because she sees mom on it too much! Way to go, Macey!