Prayers for Shanny

On the 17th of July my little cousin was in a horrible car accident.  She was going across a gravel road, swerved to avoid some pot holes, and her car lost control and fishtailed into a light pole.  Thankfully help was fast and she was air lifted to a local hospital.  Our Shanny underwent surgery that Thursday night to remove excess blood and pressure from her brain.  On Friday the pressures in her brain were building back up and at a dangerous level.  She went to surgery again were they removed part of her skull on each side of her brain to release the pressure.  It has been a scary ride.  The doctors put her in an induced coma until the pressures stayed stable and low enough to not cause damage.  Shanny has shown how strong she is by fighting and surprising the doctors!  With her strength and the prayers from everyone she is going to surpass this!

Tomorrow she is heading 2 hours away to another hospital.  This hospital is one of the best for rehabilitation.  She will be undergoing 8 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation.  Because of the extent of her injuries she will continue rehab after the first 8 weeks but right now it is unsure of how long this will take.  But she is on the road to recovery and that is what the whole family has been praying for!

If you could please extend your prayers, positive thought, and good vibes her way we all would appreciate it so much.  Shanny has wonderful parents, little sisters, tons of extended family, along with friends and our local communities to help her through this tough battle.  She is a fighter and we have seen that time and time again the past 2 weeks!

  Stay strong Shanny!  We love you!!! 

I told you....

Yep, I know.  I really suck at keeping up on my blog.  I will make one excuse for myself right now.  

Softball.

That has been our summer until a few weeks ago.  Both Alexis (13 yrs) and Olivia (9 yrs) were on softball teams this year.  We were running 2-3 nights a week to different towns / cities to play games and those nights *off* we were running one girl or another to practice.  My little sisters (18 & 16 yrs) were also both playing so we would try to sneak off when possible to watch them too.  Our weekends were filled with tournaments and practices.  I loved every minute of it!  OIivia, not so much!  lol  This is her first year of being able to play softball instead of T-ball.  It was new to her and so she didn't understand why all of the sudden there was all these rules.  There wasn't rules in T-ball!!!  She said she is going to hang in it next year to see if it gets more fun but she is doubtful. Now my Alexis could play softball all year round and loves it!  Her team made it to State playoffs!  It was SO much fun watching them play and what awesome games they played!  Last year we only won 1 game at State.  This year we won 6!!!!  

Thank you Koni & Jeana for another fun and wonderful year!  You guys are the best coaches ever!!!