LAKE MARTIN
June 26-27, 2009

Our friends Kim and Jimmy invited us to their beautiful lake
home this past weekend. We had a wonderful time.
Thank you so much for opening your home and
inviting us. We had a fabulous time.

Below are just some of the pictures that I took from the weekend.

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This is their beautiful home. This is the backside and what you
see from the lake. I forgot to take a picture from the front. It is
just as beautiful from the front as it is from the back!

Rusty and Jimmy on the boat ~



Jimmy was so sweet. He let the kids drive the boat.
They were in Heaven!!!



I forgot what they call this but...as you can see...it's a
bunch of rocks. Kim said that tons and tons of boats
will hook-up (Redneck Yacht Club)and people climb the
rocks and jump off. It looked like alot of fun but
I would never try it!





If you look really close on the left hand
side you can see someone jumping!



Another person jumping!



This time a girl is jumping in a bikini!



and another.....



Rusty enjoying the ride!



We stopped in a cove and everyone jumped out..
except me and Jimmy. I had to take the pictures - LOL!!





Carrigan loved it when Jimmy threw her in!







Carrigan's turn to drive!



As you can see - the kids were driving by themselves.



When we got back to the house it was wave runner time!



Carrigan and Casey
(Kim and Jimmy's beautiful daughter)



Rusty and Alan
I was afraid that Alan wouldn't get on but he did and
he had a blast.



They were both having a great time!



Casey



You don't see them hold hands too often.
Carrigan was helping Alan jump off of the dock!



Look at me!!!!



Kim



Jimmy



Jimmy and Kim's beautiful boat!

We went out for a late ride before the sun went down.

Alan got to drive again. He thought he was so cool!



He was really paying attention
to what he was doing!



Look Mommy - I can drive by myself!



Carrigan driving. I forgot to put her hair up.



Alan had so much fun on the boat and driving that
he got really sleepy!

Going ~ Going ~~~~~



GONE!!!!



When we got back to the house - of course,
Carrigan wanted back into the water. Rusty
calls her his little water rat!!! She loves
the water!!!



You can tell that the sun was setting by the colors
of the water!



Jimmy and Kim's boat again!



The wave runners!



Beautiful sunset over Lake Martin



The kids had so much fun. They fell asleep while
we were playing a really fun card game.



Sunday was another beautiful day! Fron the time the
kids woke up all they talked about was wanting
to go swimming, go on the wave runners and go
for a ride on the boat. Poor Jimmy - they must
have said his name 1000 times.





Rusty got to go tubing. Carrigan didn't want to
try and Alan was terrified. I did video tape
Rusty while riding (I couldn't get
it to load onb YouTube - URGH)
and Alan kept telling Jimmy
to slow down for his dad. It was so cute!
Alan didn't like watching his daddy
flying behind the boat!





Heading back to the house! Alan had to be just
like the guys and stand up. It was so cute!



We had an awesome time. Thank you again
to Kim, Jimmy and Casey for a wonderful
weekend!!!!

Alan 's Lip

June 15, 2008

Want to see what happens when a 2 x 4 falls on you?

You get a busted lip!

This is what happened to Alan last night. We had a very long night.
Alan and I spent 6 hours in the emergency room.
Thank you so much Kristi, Pat and Hunter for watching Carrigan for me.

Below are some pictures that I took
Yes I took my camera with me - it goes everywhere I go - LOL!

This is a picture that I took before we left the house.
I sent it to Rusty to make sure that Alan
needed to go to the ER. Pat verified it when I dropped
Carrigan off.



Here is Alan after they gave him the first round of numbing medicine.
As you can see - he is not a happy camper. We (me and the nurse)
had to fight with him to get him to lay down on the bed. Once he finally did,
he realized that it didn't hurt.



This is after the 2nd round of numbing medicine. They also gave
him Versed - short-acting benzodiazepine general anesthetic adjunct for
preoperative sedation. About 10 minutes after he took this medicine,
he was out.



The groggy medicine kicked in and he finally fell asleep.



When the doctor came in, it was time to put the stitches in. Of course,

Alan woke up and even though he was medicated - he wanted no part in it.
After the doctor tried twice to get his stitches in - they decided that we needed
to sedate him. It was a good thing because about half-way through the
second attempt - I almost passed out. My knees got weak, I started getting hot
and cold and the doctor said that I was looking pretty pale. I had to sit down.

It was breaking my heart hearing Alan scream at the top of his lungs while I
was holding his hands down, a nurse was sitting on him and another nurse
was holding his head still while the doctor tried to work. This was an
experience that I hope I never have to go through again.

Before they sedated him, they had to put an IV in his hand. That was
also something that I hope I never have to experience. Alan was
making sounds and screaming like I've never heard him do before. They
also had to strap him onto a board that had velcro on it so that he could not move.
Alan was also crying for his Daddy. He kept saying that he wanted to get up
and he wanted his Daddy to fix his lip. They put a board on his little hand so he
could not bend it. He didn't like that either.

Once the doctor gave him ketamine (a rapid-acting general anesthetic) he was out
like a light. This medicine was alot different then the first one.

Once the doctor was finished stitching him up and Alan started waking up -
he wanted me to take his picture (yes - I asked him first). Here he is
smiling in-between falling back asleep.



We got home this morning somewhere between 330am -345am.
Alan is still sleeping and so is Carrigan. Carrigan was
really worried about her little brother.

Alan will be fine. The scar can take anywhere between 6 months -
1 year to heal up. He's still my little handsome man!

Thanks again to Kristi and Pat for watching Carrigan and to Barb
for staying awake to hear how he was doing.