Polar Bears and Seals

Wednesday was Bailee’s fieldtrip to the zoo.  We got up and headed to SLC.  We started out with the elephants:

Next was the primate habitat.

Then on to the rhinos:

Then we saw the bald eagle.

Then we made our way to our favorite place, the polar bears and seals.

Fox 13 was there doing short segments by the polar bears.

Then we visited the different animals.

We were pretty beat by now, and since they are doing construction where the playground used to be we decided to head back home.  It was a bright, perfect, sunny day.  And we were glad that we were able to spend time together, just the girls.

Goodbye to the Gimp

It has been 17 years in the making, but this week, Matt finally said goodbye to his gimp.  We had a little farewell barbecue the Sunday before the big day.  It was a little chilly but still a beautiful day. 

Teenager man…..

Max even brought his girlfriend, Nanelle.
Then Tuesday rolled around and we were up and out the door at 4 a.m.  We checked in to the hospital.

Then the long wait began.  It was supposed to be a 3 hour surgery, but there was so much damage that it took them 6 hours!! They inserted a bone graft from his hip, so now both his legs are the same length. The doctor also said the bone was pushing on his tendons, but he is now all fixed and will be a little sore, but should be fit as a fiddle once he is all healed!  Because there was so much damage, they wanted him to stay in the hospital overnight.  Matt was completely out of it when he was taken to his hospital room.

He said some pretty funny things, and he even had to apologize to the physical therapist about some things he said to her.  He did great though.

Wednesday morning, Dr. Beals talked to Matt and told him he could be discharged.  Thankfully, Cory took the day off and was able to help me get him all settled in. 

There is still a long road ahead which includes 8 weeks of no pressure on the ankle, 8 weeks of physical therapy, and then he will be a brand new man.  It will be pretty great.