Much Needed Family Time!

What a week!  Michael's Dad and Judy came for 4 days to visit and his sister and family (Tricia, Bill, Zach, and Ethan) came with them.  As an added surprise that his parents didn't know about....  Kayleigh flew in from Colorado to be with us too.   

The highlight of the visit was the few days we spent in Prescott with them and it certainly started off with a bang!  As we pulled down the long steep drive to the cabin the kids tried hard to wake up Michael but he was totally unresponsive.  I parked the van, threw my door open and ran around to his side of the van.  Those automatic doors couldn't open fast enough for me!  His Dad jumped out of their vehicle and came running seeing that something was wrong.  We shook him, yelled at him, and tried hard but we got nothing!  Those few minutes seemed like forever and my heart was racing!  Finally he started to mumble a little and slowly opened his eyes having no idea what happened and we aren't really sure how long he was totally unresponsive.  After he sat there for a few minutes he finally started looking around and realized where we were.  The first words out of how mouth....  "Oooooooh TREES!".  So funny!  Michael's Dad and brother in law walked him into the cabin and he was able to sit and the rest of the night he was pretty much wiped!  Poor guy!  

The rest of the Prescott trip wasn't quite as dramatic thankfully.  Michael is now using his walker when we are out and about so he was able to do a little bit and sit and rest when he needed to.  We enjoyed time walking part of the trail at Watson Lake (there are a few pictures in the Photos tab above), walked the shops in downtown Prescott, had a great dinner at Prescott Brewing Company, and enjoyed lots of sweet family time at the cabin in the mountains.  After returning home last night we finished their trip off with old friends and a campfire.  

Lots of precious memories made over the last 4 days and as always, the goodbyes were hard last night!  

Today, we look forward to UCLA..  In less than 48 hours we will be on the road to Santa Monica and finally get to sit down face to face with a man who we hope and pray has the answers we need!  

As always, thank you ALL for praying, offering financial support, the sweet messages, and just for the love and support!!