Monday, July 12, 2010

Good evening.

We are back from our camping trip. We had a great time. All 5 of us were there July 2-5; the girls went home on Monday, the 5th. They had to go to work on Tuesday. Then Bryon went home on Tuesday. Actually, he went home Sunday night around midnight because he got called into work. then he came back Tuesday for the day. Fortunately, Lake Davis is only 1 1/2 hours away!

Then Bryon left on Tuesday afternoon, and it was just me and David. We had so much fun. The weather was perfect! Thunderstorms rolled in on Thursday and Friday. It wasn't real hot, and we had a great time. Our trailer has an outside shower, and Bryon made a shower stall thing with PVC pipe. Then we bought 3 shower curtains and Rachel sewed them together. The shower worked perfect! David took showers! He says that showering isn't camping, but he took some anyway. He said it was cool to take a shower and look up and see pine trees!! Then on Thursday night we had another 'visitor' to our campsite. No, not a bear this year. We think it was either a deer or a raccoon. The critter was trying to get into the dog food and treats. David was pretty scared, but we got through that excitement! Nothing like that EVER happens when Bryon is there!! It is always when David and I are alone!! But we still had a lot of fun. Then Bryon and the girls came back Friday evening after work.

The one tragic thing that happened was that about a mile or so from camp, Jennifer hit a deer. Bryon was following the girls and saw the deer jump from a ditch right in front of Jennifer's car. She never had a chance to brake! She saw the deer as it was already in the air, and she hit it! Praise God both my girls were not hurt; can't say the same for the deer, or Jennifer's car!! She was pretty shaken up, and a bit distraught about the possibility of having killed a deer. Bryon was pretty freaked out; knowing it could have been a LOT worse~~~he could have watched his daughters killed right in front of him! Again, praise God they are safe. I feel bad for Jennifer; it is going to cost her some money to get her car fixed.

She cannot open her front passenger door more than about 3 inches. Please pray for her; she has furloughs, too. Just as her furloughs start, this happens! That is the way life is in the Koury Family! We sometimes feel that if it wasn't for 'bad luck' we wouldn't have any luck at all!! Of course I don't believe in 'luck,' that is just an expression! I am thankful that my daughters are safe, and we had a great time camping.

We got home Sunday afternoon, and had dinner with Jeremy and Lucy. It was bittersweet to be home. David and I absolutely LOVE camping! I am trying to make as many memories with him as I can; one never knows. We played a lot of Scrabble, Yahtzee, and Boggle; listened to music on my ipod; and watched the deer walk past our campsite. We took the dogs on two walks a day (David needed to walk and loosen up that leg). So that is how our camping trip went.

David's leg is feeling ok. He still feels the staples pull, but he is doing his best to walk and get that leg straight. When he gets it lengthened, it does cause a bit of a flexion contracture and he has to work to get it straight again. He really hates the staples! Can't say that I blame him. I mean, between the 5 surgeries he has had on his leg, he has had close to 200 staples!! Oh, he has 8 this time. I would be pretty tired of staples, too!! But he has absolutely NO pain (unless the staples pull) right now. So, yay for that! Thank you for your prayers, that is what is getting us through this.

Well, Lucy is 12 weeks pregnant today. She goes to the doctor on Friday. Please continue to pray that everything continues to go smoothly for her. She is due the day after Jeremy was due (he was a week early); she is due on my and Bryon's anniversary! Wouldn't that be cool if the baby came on due date? I have been waiting for this for so long, so I hope she isn't late!! All 4 of my babies were early, so it would be great if she were early, too. Please continue to keep them in your prayers. After having one baby die, they are almost too scared to be excited. But having got to 12 weeks; past the first trimester; has helped them relax. But they still need your prayers. Thank you so much.

David's next scans are July 26. We have to make an extra trip to the Bay Area, though. David's post-op is July 22 in San Francisco; so that is trip one. Then the scans are at Oakland Children's Hospital; so that is trip two. We were hoping to have the scans the same day, or the day after the post-op~~~but it doesn't always work out in our favor. So, we are looking at the extra expense of an extra trip to the Bay Area. *sigh* Oh well. God will provide.

Well, that is about all that is happening in our lives right now. Scanxiety is kicking in for us. Please pray for clear scans. Thank you for visiting and checking in on us. Thank you for all your prayers, you have no idea how much we appreciate them. Have a good evening. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

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