The FINAL injury?

First off I need to apologize to my husband. I know I will not do this post justice as it still makes me very upset to even look at the pictures.

He was on a snowmobile trip in the mountains. It is so beautiful up there.I think this is the hardest picture for me. Seeing his beautiful smile before he was hurt.The evil rock that jumped out and bit him. He had gone down a hill to help some customers and when he was coming back up he hit this rock that was covered by snow.He triaged himself and told his volunteer, BD what to look for while one of the customers took notes. Another customer rode up the mountain to try and get a signal to call 911. It makes me glad we do have cell phones. Thank you BD, your awesome.I bet this was kind of cool to see. He had the customers place their snowmobiles in a large T so that life flight could locate them easier.He was trying to give the life flight people instructions on what NOT to do and they had to tell him to shut up and let them do their job.Our wonderful friend and her daughter showed up to my house and the first thing she said to me was, "Has the base called you yet?" I said, " Oh no. What happened?" I am afraid seeing her come to my house will give me anxiety now. :) It was wonderful of her to come just a couple days after having knee surgery and give me the news and drive me to the hospital. Thank you so much D. You are an awesome person! Love you tons.My poor drugged up husband with the kids visiting him at the hospital.
So he ended up having 4 broken ribs (those xrays were GROSS), a broken right wrist, and a banged up left knee that we are actually getting ready to have surgery on tomorrow. Someone told me that it was only broken ribs so why was I so upset. My husband has been injured so much lately that to me it is another set back on the ladder to him being whole. And was very frightening to me.

I love you dearly hon and I am so glad that you are alive though broken. You are so amazing and an inspiration to us.

Snowmobile Trip

My husband spends part of his winter doing stuff like this. This is a gorgeous area that he takes customers up to that is up on the mountains. They have some cabins up there that they stay in. It is so beautiful and peaceful up there. But the thought of taking 3 kids up there does not appeal to me. :) Maybe in the summer.And unfortunately he also spends a lot of time dealing with this.....

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Happy Birthday Bubba! You are the best! I hope you had a wonderful day!

Bubba was born May 26, 1958 making him the 2nd child in a family that soon grew to 8. He was a teaser and protective of his sisters. And a fighter too.

When he was little he had woke up and went to watch cartoons with his pet cat. He just held that cat on his lap and petted him while he watched. Later he told his Mom something was wrong with the cat. It turned out the cat had died sometime in the night.

Once a sister had a boy come over to pick her up on a date and he had told him, "I don't think so." The guy had to leave and call from a phone down the street.

He joined the army when he was 17 and married 13 days before his 18th birthday on Friday the 13th. He had two wonderful children, Termite and Sissy. Later he was divorced so he could get ready to marry the best wife ever!

In February of 2008 he was in a hotel explosion up in West Yellowstone, MT. A propane tank in the room below had exploded sending him out of his bed onto the floor. He got up and quickly evacuated the hotel of his customers and other patrons. He even went into a burning room 3 times to see if anyone was in there. He had to yell at some people to get out of their rooms right before the room exploded. It was a terrible time for me as I had heard about the explosion but he was not able to call me personally because he had left all his stuff in the room, including his cell phone and he couldn't remember my number. I threatened later to have it tatooed on him. In the summer of 2008 he had to have surgery from the injuries. He is still in a ton of pain every day and will probably never get better which is very hard for us all. Because of his, what he calls stupidity, he was awarded two medals. One is the Civilian Achievement and the other is the Medal of Valor which is the highest award a civilian can receive. I am proud of him for his "stupidity" and am glad that he is still with us today to drive us all nuts. I love you a ton hon!

Bubba when he was little and had played in his poop. Gross! Glad he outgrew that. Military photo. What a stud!

His awards!