Where do the days go?

 Somehow June is almost over. This summer is flying by. Let me try and fill you in on this month!

It is pretty easy to summarize Maddy's month: Horseback riding, horseback riding and more horseback riding with a little swimming thrown in! 

Best buds!

Sometimes you get to ride a new horse when your horse throws a shoe!

Grooming at camp

Getting ready to throw hay

Camp Days!

If you ever doubted her toughness, she rode with this blister all week!

Pool Time

When your Coach lets you cut your horses mane!

On Alex's birthday, we went bowling, played games at the arcade and had dinner and cake with Mimi and PopPop. It was a good birthday!

Medically, Alex is doing great since surgery. He hates a PICC line, but other than that annoyance, he feels good. We finish antibiotics next Friday and have an appointment with surgery on the 29th to schedule surgery for a new port. Hopefully, we can schedule quickly as he has his mission trip and summer theater  workshop in July and then Maddy's horse show and our big trip in August.

This kid deals with more than anyone I know, always with a smile on his face. May we all learn to be more like him.

I am feeling better each day. My recovery was a little rougher than it should have been due to the circumstances. I was supposed to ice all day for the first 12 hours. I was only able to ice twice during that time period. So I wound up with significant swelling. Luckily when we got to the floor we had some awesome nurses who brought me ice packs and encouraged me to rest some. I will be glad to get all these stitches out on the 29th! 

Maddy is working hard to prepare for the NSBA World Horse Show in Tulsa in August. If you are interested in sponsoring her there are several ways:

1. Go to the webpage and make a donation in honor of Maddy: https://victorytherapy.org/show-support/

2. Sponsor her during her Ride-a-thon:

3. If you are local, enjoy a delicious meal!

As is so often the case in our life, there is so much good and fun sprinkled in with the hard day to day. We are so grateful to our friends and family who choose to be a part of our journey. Those who help us pick up the slack, those who laugh with us, those who cry with us, those who pray for us. We cannot imagine this life without your friendship and love.

Ali