Last Week

 

 Last week Jack went to a painting camp with Grandma. Yes, we can dig it! Nice job Jack!

 

Last week was too many trips to the ER. We were all doing a evening ride on the singletrack...Jens riding his bmx like always.....chasing Jake through the tight and twisty....and his narrow front tire hit something and turned his wheels and handlbars quick. It happened fast.  He couldn't pull it out to save it. He went hard on his arm......broken in two spots. Like his foot, he will heal fast and be back in "normal" action in no time.

 The next story is a bit tougher to talk about.......Jake was splitting wood on Saturday, doing nice work on a pile of birch, maple and oak logs my dad had cut up and we hauled in. Jake had been splitting for a few weeks already. I was not there, but according to Jake, a piece of wood fell off "funny" and he tried to save it but his left pointer finger got caught and he cut off from the middle joint.

When Jake came in after the accident,he was screaming, naturally. Jonell quickly got to action. I was out in the woods with my dad checking out trees we were going to cut in the future that were sick or dying. I heard the horn honk and wasn't able to pick up the call from Jens and heading in I knew something wasn't right. Jonell and I took Jake in but first Jonell had Jon go get Jake's finger. It was a tough task for Jon and when he came in he completely lost it, to be expected. Jake was on the couch when I came running in and asked him if it was bad and he shook his head. His finger was covered with a towel and when Jon dropped his finger on the counter....it was bad.

  It was a clean cut but they didn't sew it back on. Jake has a great attitude about everything, keeping positive and ready to move forward when his finger heals proper.

Things happened so fast hard to realize what has happened almost until you read the above.

  We waited 45 minutes before Jake got in to surgery and staring at the above allowed for "things" to sink in. 

Accidents happen all the time and there are countless stories of people who have had things happen of similar nature and once it heals, back in action. Something like this makes you realize
how things can change quickly and how appreciative, blessed and 
thankful we should be for each moment. Jake will come back stronger and 
tougher as ever, not affecting anything he has done in the past. It's 
just been a few hard days to comprehend everything and adapt to the 
change. The phrase of the day is making uncomfortable situations, comfortable. The kids mean everything to Jonell and I and seeing them hurt is tough. 

Jon had been asked to play for a team that was short for tourney in Alex. They won their first two games on Friday and had a bye on Saturday. Not sure if we were going to make it back on Sunday for the semifinal and 3rd place or championship after what happened Saturday but he wanted to and Jake just wanted everyone to not think what happened was a big deal. Jon played with passion, scoring the first goal, the tying goal and the netting the hat trick for the game winner in OT. Got the game puck and said it was for Jake.