The last week of our trip was much more exciting than the first 4 weeks. Four days before my youngest brother Josh's wedding my dad got in an accident. We had been at an FHE with some of my cousins and their families at Gunlock reservoir and afterwards my Dad and brother headed up to Enterprise to drop off my Dad's motorcycle for new tires, or some kind of repair. On the last stretch just before you come into town my Dad hit a deer. Luckily my brother was following him and was able to call 911, stop traffic, and let us know what was going on. It was definitely scary, but in the end my Dad spent one night in the hospital and came home with a broken collar bone, 5 broken ribs and lots of road rash. They said that if he had not had on his helmet he would have died. I saw the helmet and I am pretty sure they are right. So fortunately for us all he was able to go to the wedding. My mom and I took care of his dressing changes, helping him eat, and helping him get around. I took the night shift the night before the wedding, so by the time the reception was over my Mom, Dad and I were exhausted. Luckily my sister took Ezra off my hands so we were able to get some sleep. Thanks Jamie and Tony! Ezra was sad that Grandpa couldn't play because he had "really big owies" but luckily we had already been there a while. Bob got stuck at school and missed the wedding by 3 days, but it was a beautiful wedding and we are happy to have Samantha as part of our family.
I believe that point of impact was where you see the truck parked in the background.
The deer ended up here, my dad was a little farther, and the bike was even farther.
Luckily he hit the deer right in it's belly because that is the softest part.
Unfortunately that meant my dad was plastered literally with blood and guts.
Notice the intestines on the side. Sorry if it is too graphic for you.
Here is his bike covered in blood. We were amazed it wasn't more damaged.
My dads helmet looked a lot like this except with more deer poop on it and a big chunk scraped off it.
The tail light and handlebar both look like this on the side that slid on the ground.
It broke out a blinker light and his rear view mirror and
scraped some spots but all inall it is still in working condition.
We could have had some pretty good family pictures if Bob had been there.
Dang that BU!
It was super hot and my Mom was on the verge of passing out so
here ended the family pictures at the temple!
I promise that Josh is slightly taller than me but I was wearing heels
and Jamie has on even taller ones.
I feel like cute little Sam makes us look like a family of giants!
Clearly these happened first but I am too lazy to change up the order.
4 comments:
I'm glad your dad is okay! Isn't Josh still 3? That's the age he'll always be in my mind.
Holy Cow!! What a awesomely crazy story. Can't wait to see what else you've been up to since leaving her. We miss you guys so much! I was trying to figure out how to answer your question that you left on my blog. I've been trying to post once a day. It's been going well for about 2 weeks now, we will see how long it lasts. :)
Yeah, Dang that BU!
Emily you look beautiful and radiant in the wedding pictures. Your comment on your sister-in-law's stature cracked me up because Steve had just glanced at the picture and asked "What's up with that family? Are they giants or what?"
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