Monday, June 30, 2008

Latest update...



Check out these pictures of a tornado that hit Manhattan and Chapman Kansas on June 11th...


The first photo is of the tornado that hit Manhattan, Bret's parents house was hit, but luckily they had minor house damage, but alot of tree and landscaping damage....here is a picture of their house, for those that know it....



Wowzers is all that I can say! We are thankful that Karen, Monty and Sean are all ok!
As for us, life is just chugging along. Lee is still with his mom and Bruce, and by all reports they're having a wonderful time! We are always happy when they can spend an extended period of time together like this, since we live so far apart!
Bret....well he does indeed have to have surgery. He will be going in for it during the week of July 21st, we haven't got a specific day yet. It will put him out of commission for a significant amount of time, so I'm hoping he will become an expert blogger...lol...NOT! This does mean however, that we will not be able to go to Canada as planned...sigh...but we got to do, what we got to do.
I may follow close on Bret's heels with the whole surgery deal. They have finally deduced, that my shoulder problem, is in fact a neck problem. I had yet another MRI done last week and I'll see my doc on Thursday...we will keep you posted on that one.
On the fun side of things, Bret and I got a chance to take our Pop-Up trailer out for the first time this past weekend. We had a blast! We went down to where the Kenai and Russian rivers meet, and camped right on the shores of lake Skilak! A great time was had by both humans and canines...we hope many more trips are in our future!
Well I'm trying to keep this short, but I should be on more regularly now that we've found some medication that calms my shoulder pain...hope all is well in your worlds!
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
jan

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

pause...

I again apologize for the long absences! My shoulder is quite messed up and just sitting at the computer causes a fair amount of pain...so needless to say blogging has not been a priority.

A brief update is....Lee finished grade 6 and is now an official 7th grader...Middle school, here he comes! Congrats to Lee! Lee is currently in PA visiting with his mom and Bruce and will be back at the end of July.

It looks like, keep your toes and fingers crossed, that Bret does indeed have work this summer, which has taken a big load off of our shoulders. The flip side of this is that he's having some neck problems, and we're not quite sure, but he just may need to have surgery...sigh

As for me, My shoulder sucks, but I had a cortisone injection, via fluroscopy last week, and it might be getting better, but it's too soon to tell.

I have sooooo many pics and things to post....just waiting for my body to cooperate....please don't forget about us! Keep checking in.... we miss you all TONS AND TONS!

bret, jan and lee