Monday, President’s Day, we had the chance to ski Kelly Canyon. It is a local ski resort close to Idaho Falls. This weekend we planned to go ski Pebble Creek. Unfortunately plans had to change. I can’t go into too much detail but one of our boys has some serious health issues. It has been a growing concern for about a year. Have had him into a couple of doctors and been told he is fine, he will grow out of it, etc. Finally found someone that took our concerns seriously and yes there is a real problem. It is hard watching a child hurting and his health deteriorating. I’ll admit we are scared, but relieved answers are coming so we can get him better. They have expedited our appointments to Monday at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. So yes it is serious.
Monday will come soon enough for all of us. He decided a Star Wars Movie Marathon would be a lot of fun. So we thought let’s invite some of his friends. He had missed school every day this week but Tuesday. As we called parents to invite his friends I was overwhelmed with gratitude. The responses were “yes he will be there and what can we bring?” “What can we help with?” “I will be right there!” We are not used to having people rush to serve us. It is humbling and for a scared momma it was needed more than I realized.
For the party we made light side and dark side cupcakes. Red icing for the Sith cupcakes and green, yellow, blue and even purple for the Jedi ones. Koolaid was mixed up in the same colors. Friends brought pizzas, wings and other snacks for the movies. Our son’s eyes lit up as we celebrated his awesomeness. The kids watched Episode I and II in the Theater. Adults caught the Jazz game which was insane. Can’t believe they lost 148-147 in double overtime. Crazy losing a game we needed to Oklahoma City. A few very close friends stayed really late talking. I think often we forget when we are in crisis mode how badly we need others. It was a precious moment of shared tears.
Our youngest son’s final league basketball game was Saturday. Early morning games at 8 are rough after a late night. Kids won 53-7 and finished the season 7-1. Rough having that one loss for that first game Coach didn’t make due to travels. After the game we were having a catered team breakfast back at the Homestead for players, coaches, families and sponsors. Wrapped that up with recognition awards and post season video interviews. One of the things the kids will get is a DVD of the 2019 Jazz Season. The Moms got recognized as well and we had tees to give the kids along with some great speeches from the Coaches. Love that Keith enjoys coaching so much. I was worried how semi-retirement was going to be for him. He has really found something he is passionate about.
So we are back to Star Wars movies this afternoon and evening plus the Jazz vs Mavericks and BYU vs Gonzaga games at 8. Kids want to get Episode III, Solo, Rogue One and Episode IV finished before the a Intermission Week. Tomorrow afternoon Keith and I will take our son to Utah for at least one day of more tests and seeing the specialists. Not sure yet if we come home Monday or Tuesday or what but we cleared the schedule. He is a fighter and a great kid. Praying for the best.