spring "break"

This is the real reason Brian got himself a truck...so we could haul another ATV. We headed off to the Red River for some MUD and fun!!

We found the mud...and we all had fun!!

Brian couldn't resist the temptation to be "king of the hill".

If I had know all the kids could fit in a queen size bed, we wouldn't of gotten two rooms. This bed had the best view of the TV. Nobody wanted to give it up.

See that little white building? That is the bathrooms and showers. Not pretty, but at least we had running water.

This is part of the bridge that goes over the Red River. It was a great place to race.

Monday we rode for about 6 hours. Had lots of fun, but started riding the same trails over and over. Brian and I began to wonder if 3 days was going to be too long. Tuesday, we found that 3 days might not be long enough. We rode and rode, and raced and raced until we were too sore to ride any longer. We stayed for about 9 hours.

Wednesday is when the "break" happened. We had been riding for an hour or so. Bailee and Karlee were leading the way. We always ride together and we always wear helmets. Bailee was going up a hill and meant to shift down and instead shifted up. As she headed up the hill the ATV flipped over and Bailee landed on Karlee and the ATV landed on Bailee. It was soo scary to watch. Brian, I don't think, has never moved soo fast. The ATV rolled off them but Bailee was already bleeding from her face. Karlee wasn't hurt, but very shook up. Immediately I knew that Bailee would need stitches on her eyelid. Luckily we weren't very far from the truck. We gave her some ice, loaded up everything and headed South to find a hospital.

We stopped in McKinney where they did a CT scan and stitched her up. From the scan we found out that Bailee had 5 broken bones. Her nose and the bones around her left eye. She was then transported to Cook's Children's to see a specialist. A couple of the bones are badly broken, so she will need surgery. That is the last thing that Bailee wanted. Once the swelling goes down then she will have surgery. It could be anywhere from one to two weeks.

She has done very well. The bruising keeps getting worse as the days go by and Bailee doesn't wast anyone to see her. I don't blame her at all. Friday the pain has been the worst. I think she might be doing too much and not resting. We will have to work on that.

Monday the appointments begin with the opthomologist and plastic surgeon. I'm soo glad it wasn't any worse. Any one decision could of made it worse. If we had let them ride without us, if either of the girls weren't wearing their helmet... She is doing fine and this can be fixed. We have to keep reminding ourselves that.