Knee Surgery

I tore my ACL about eight years ago and since getting it fixed it has not given me a lick of trouble....until a couple of months ago. I was playing soccer and was about to shoot the most amazing shot, world cup worthy!!! Then my knee popped out and made some wonderful crackling sounds. I instantly fell to the ground and began to crawl of the field. I was so scared that I had torn my ACL again, it was almost exactly what happened when I had torn it, so I thought for sure I was a goner. But after a few minutes I was walking around and feeling a bit better. Slowly my knee would bug me less and less but then I would do something and it would not feel right or start to hurt again so I decided to go get it checked. I ended up getting an MRI and my doctor told me I had tore my meniscus (which I also tore when I did my ACL). He told me that I really didn't need surgery if it didn't bother me that bad, but I felt like I am still active enough that I didn't want it to be a constant problem. So I was scheduled for surgery Monday the 19th and I am so so glad I did because we found out that it was worse than what the MRI showed. My meniscus not only tore but it was folded all up. But surgery went well and I should be back to my rotten old self in a couple weeks.

4th of July Madness!!!

After signing up for the Freedom Run 10k and trying to convince everyone I knew to run it with me, stupid me goes and tears my meniscus in my same stupid knee that I had my previous surgery on. But I was bound and determined to still run the damn race. And run I did, and hobble and maybe even swear a little under my breath...but I did it! And it was funny because they had these big markers counting how far we had gone and we all thought they were counting in kilometers. Well they were actually counting in miles so needless to say we got to the finish a lot sooner than we were expecting. Cute Paige crossed the finish line and when the girl asked if she could cut her timing chip off her shoe Paige responded by looking confused and said, "I am not sure I am suppose to be done..." It kind of snuck up on us. But we had a blast!! Then Mark surprised me by showing up at the finish line AND coming to the parade (he must really love me because he HATES parades). Then we had lunch at Grandma Mooney's and fireworks that night. I love the 4th of July!!!

Lake Powell

We had our first official family vacation with little Sloan. We had a blast! Growing up my family (on both my mom and my dad's sides of the family) would go to Lake Powell almost every year. I have so many great memories on that lake, memories that I hope my daughter will also get the chance to have. We had the perfect little cove that we camped in, with a couple little islands and some nearby cliffs to jump from. But the best part I captured on video :) Mark tubing. The reason this was my favorite part of the trip was not only did he get the tube to barrel roll, but you can hear my cute aunt just laughing her head off because Mark kept on tubing even when his pants were around his knees. Maybe it is my own fault he doesn't mind showing it off because I tell him that he has the cutest bottom. He does... Oh well, I guess others appreciate it too. Sloan was a doll the entire trip. She slept well and LOVED the water. Can't wait to go next year!!