Lake Placid Vacation

Isaac's poor toe after the accident.

Isaac had to spend quite a bit of time in this chair, so we put it on the dock to let him enjoy the lake and the boats whizzing by.

Me skiing!

Isaac doing what he loves, driving the boat!

Adilyn! (Notice Hudson's awesome smile in the background.)

friends

Daddy and his buddy.

Emily! I love her "Cheese" face!

Relaxing

Fishing

All ready to jump off the boats and swim!

Swimming with the whole crew after we anchored the boats.

Hudson chilling in the grass...he is precious!!!

Lunch time

Rockband (we ended up renting another house on the property just to play Rock Band without disturbing the sleeping kids).

Tracy and Daniella were the stars of the show!

The kids feeding the ducks on Monday morning.

The ducks were so friendly, they took the bread straight from the kids hands.

We couldn't keep the big boys out of the water.

Boating fun (this is the Picou's boat, and that's Cory swimming back with Adilyn's glasses).

Me and my boy!

We spent this past weekend at Lake Placid (Texas) with a group of friends. This is a trip we try to do every few years, and it always proves to be a fabulous time! We rented a house together, and in total there were 12 adults and 9 kids! It was a great weekend away with friends, full of fun times, but unfortunately it wasn't all good. I'll start with the fun...the kids spent a lot of time swimming, we played on the boats (skiing, wakeboarding, and tubing). Almost everyone had a turn on the tube, even the kids, and I'm not sure who enjoyed it the most - kids or adults. It was so great to be with friends, and spending time playing with the kids as well as hanging out after they went to bed. :)

Now for the not so fun times...One of the families had to leave the second day after getting a phone call that a family member had passed away. Not only did they have to leave, but they had to drive to Georgia! We were all sad to see them go, and of course heart broken for them and their loss.

Monday morning we went out for a boat ride that ended too quickly and painfully. Isaac's toe was smashed by the ski locker door, so we had to rush back to the house and then to the hospital. It was one of the most difficult experiences of my life, but thankfully we were surrounded by amazingly supportive friends and had a great doctor and nurses taking care of our little guy. His toe was cut severly, so they did an X-ray which showed that the tip of the bone was chipped. Then they had to sedate him in order to stitch up the toe. I could not look at the toe before they fixed it or while they stitched it, but Carl watched the whole process! Isaac was so strong through the whole thing, I can't believe how tough he is! We spent a total of 5 hours at the hospital, then back to the house, packed up, and headed home. Again, our friends were amazingly supportive and made an extrememly difficult situation manageable. So thanks y'all!

Since we've been home we took Isaac to his pediatrician to check the toe. He said they did a good job stitching it, he cleaned it for us, and showed me how to take care of it. He also said that Isaac was allowed to walk if we got him a shoe (one size too big) to protect it. We did that today, and he is now walking again! It is so good to have our little man back...and it's incredible that he does not seem to be in pain! God is so good, we are so thankful for the healing and comfort He has provided our little Isaac.