Update: Matt

Okay....so we took Matt to the Children's Hospital in Broomfield. After 3 doctors looking at him, it was determined he had blood in the pupil and needed to be immediately moved to the Children's Hospital in Aurora.
The second hospital established no blood in the pupil and no infection. The eye hemorrage should heal in 2 weeks. Ummm, that is it. There is no explanation for the swelling, light sensitivity, and loss of vision. This morning, he is blurry.
Rob and Brother Ezzell gave him a blessing, so we are just holding onto faith right now.
Please keep Matt in your family prayers.

Matt's Eye

I'm not sure what we're going to do anymore. I think I just need to share this because I'm about to have a breakdown.
I had been horribly sick for over 3 weeks...talked to mom hysterically and she suggested Garlic enemas. Okay... The next morning I literally began to get better. SO, I started thinking about Matt.
Matt's eye from the last pictures never changed in terms of swollen. A month and half or more it was swollen. We thought..."hey, let's try the garlic thing on Matt"
The next day the swelling looked better. Great right??? WELL, Matt had this deep red spot on the side of the white part of his eye.
We took him to the eye doctor who said that he had an eye hemorrhage and not to worry. It will go away in a few days. Also to keep doing what we were doing for his swelling. OKAY
NOW, a few days later....the swelling is back and this is what he looks like. OH...Let's not forget to mention he couldn't see! GRRRRRRRRRRRR


Rob HAD to go to work and doesn't get out til 5. I am icing his eye (with frozen raspberries) ;> and he said that he can now see a bit blurry. I guess we are taking him to the hospital later.
Does anyone else ever wonder if GOD truly knows our breaking point???

Adam did his first 5k!

We went to the Turkey Trot with the intent to only do the 1 miler, but waiting in line somehow changed Adam's mind. He turned to me and said that he wanted to do the 5k instead. This was my chance to barter with him. "If you let me take pictures of you in the race, I will let you do the 5k". (he HATES pictures so much, but he grudgingly obliged)
As you all know, Adam talks and talks all the time. This is him telling me about how he wishes he was Sonic the hedgehog cause that means he can run fast and be done with the race already. haha.
He said to me, (in his huffing and puffing, tired voice) "Mom, when I finish this thing you are going to be so proud of me, huh." It was so cute. He finished it in 49 minutes and we had a lot of fun doing a race together and talking the whole time. We made up a mantra half way through to keep him going. It goes like this, "The sooner we finish, the sooner we drink". This mantra is said in a bouncy cadence. And then it got shorter to, "we finish, we drink". Hey, maybe Adam, me, Dad and Joe should all do a race together. Are there any other runners I am not thinking of? Anyway, that would be awesome.

Edible plants

I just had to show you our cabbage and broccoli plants! They are yummy too! Ü

I am over a week late in getting this news out, but it was such a heart breaking loss that it was hard to talk about. Ok, really, I am lazy and kept putting it off, but it was a hard loss.
The first picture you see is of the kick off, not too bad of a day. The next picture is how the rest of the game was. We got snowed on hard and it made it tough. Both teams did not have much going and would get close and then turn it over. By the end of regulation play, we were tied 0-0. In double overtime, Dylan ran a sweep and got to the goal line, but it was covered in snow! He says the ball got pushed back and by the time the refs got there to check the line, it was ruled no touchdown. The opponent got their turn and power-housed it down the middle until they got in. The game was over, 0-6.
Our team played with heart, sticking to the task even though they were frozen and tired. Dylan is not allowed to wear gloves because he plays QB, so his right hand that he throws with was numb and hurt from carrying the ball and getting hit so often. He stuck to it though and we are proud of him. We'd try to warm him on the sidelines until he had to go out again. It was a tough end to a great season. I just hope next year's coaches work well with the kids like this year's did.

So Dylan had another game this past Saturday. We had med this team earlier in the season and handled them easily. Well, it was not so easy this time. The first half, both teams were not making a whole lot of progress, kind of like the last game I reported on. Then Copper Hills hit a lucky pass to their tight end and he broke down the sidelines for a touchdown. Our boys stopped them on the extra point. We went into the half down 0-6. We were getting close to blocking their punts and close to breaking our own runs, but they just could not hit the passes and break enough blocks to get to the end zone.

The second half started kind of the same as the first, until they were at the 20 yard line getting ready to score. Dylan was quarterback again and ran a "14 draw" which made the opponents think he was going around the end like they had before. Only this time Dylan cut inside and drove through about 4 tackles that did not bring him down, coming out the other side and sprinting for the end zone! It was quite the celebration after almost 3 quarters and no score. This is the first team all year that scored first on us, so we were worried. They called Dylan to carry the ball for the extra point and it was a 7-6 game. They went back and forth for a bit more, but Copper Hills could not hit their tight end for another run.

We started driving again and got down to the 35 or 40 and we had more penalty trouble, so coach called a time out (and went to scold the boys for carelessness I guess). They lined up and ran the next play, getting only a couple yards. Normally they would huddle again and call the next play but our boys lined up and even the refs were caught off guard. We snapped quickly and the reliable combo of Gibson-to-Chepkwurui connected again and it was now a 14-6 game. Our boys still had to hold their offense and make sure the tight end did not get another good run. Unfortunately, they caught our corner coming up to defend the screen and hit the tight end again! Good thing our corner turned on the speed because he caught him and knocked him out of bounds. After that he did not leave him alone and our boys held the run to nothing and the game was over.

There were many good plays by other boys, but you don't know them or care about what they did, so all I did was list Dylan's, though it seems from my writing that Dylan is the only one that does anything. Not true, but its irrelevant for this blog.

They now go up against a team they beat earlier in the season too, only this time I think it will be tougher since they beat their semi-finals team 36-0. Our team needs to bring their A+ game to finish the season on top! I'll let you know how it goes.

The sequence below is his run that he broke for the touchdown. He is the ball carrier in this, #77.

You can't see him in this one but he is right behind the kid running to the right, cutting to go behind him.

A little more than half!

16 of our 27 grandchildren in one place at the same time! WOW! I look forward to the day when all 27+ are in one place. Will it ever happen again?? (I can hope can't I?)

Back row: Jordan Gibson, Treven Trujillo, Tanner Hall, Aidan Trujillo, Kelsey Gibson, Natalie Hall, Alexis Gibson
Front row: Elijah Gibson, Kyrie Trujillo, Emma Hall, Katy Hall, Adam Lowe, Benjamin Gibson, Caeden Gibson, Chase Trujillo, Ian Lowe

Of course we have to get our silly picture in! Aren't they great!

More cousins

Sister Kyrie and younger impressionable cousins.

Some of the older pack leaders and a couple little followers! You are great!

After the baptism

Aidan Michael Trujillo! We are so happy you chose to be baptized into the church of Jesus Christ! We know He is happy with your choice also.

Josh! smile! it really isn't that bad... You should follow the example of your grandma and grandpa Lewis who always cooperates when it is picture time. See!

Trujillo brothers and cousins.... Just think of the mischief they could get into if they weren't such awesomely good boys! Ü

Cool dudes!

Aidan's baptism day

Aidan's baptism day October 10th, 2009. Here he is with mom Emily.

Grandpa Gibson baptized Aidan. Grandma Michelle Stewart spoke on the Holy Ghost and Uncle Joseph Gibson spoke about Baptism.

Rivals

What kind of trouble could these two super heros get into? HaHa! Just you name it!.......

Oh the fun

Our school had a carnival on Halloween day so we went there to have some fun. I actually had to be in charge of the bounce house and James was in charge of the soccer kick off, so we had to go, but the boys had a lot of fun. Since we volunteered our time we got game tickets and food tickets for free." Which means YEAH!" (hey len, what was that quote from? who said it and why? that's your challenge)






Ironman prefers a little face painting before he goes out. It gives him an extra umph in presence.

Red Power Ranger likes to kick back in the bounce house

before he goes out to defeat the evil Zargon...wasn't that his name? This was Halloween night at the Trunk or Treat. I would rather just trick or treat, but Coral Canyon has a high percentage of vacation homes and old fogeys who don't want kids to come to their door. So no one goes around door to door. It's ok, they had fun anyway.

(I like Adam's, "I can't believe that you are making
me flex in front of everyone" face. It's classic)

Batman scans the room to make sure he has successfully embezzled
all the candy that Ironman and Red Power Ranger rightfully collected.

Ok, its time for a proud parent moment. Last Saturday was Dylan's last regular season football game. It was against a team that was considered better than ours (long story). We had scrimmaged against them twice during the season and they had both done well in opposite match ups. It was almost like the BYU/Utah rivalry. Ironically enough, they are Coach Gibson's team. Saturday came and when I arrived at halftime the score was 0-0 and a parent said that the teams had not gotten past the other team's 30 yard line the entire half. The rest of the second half was the same, moving the ball and getting stopped. Stopping their progress and trying again. Until, that is, the last 60 seconds of the game.
Due to one of their penalties, we got to the 9 yard line. The first two tries were to sweep around the side with Dylan and our other QB, a play that has been very successful this season for this team. No good. Third down, and Dylan is sent in as QB, which many times means pass. Now, the team's passing game has not been very consistent so this causes the fans some anxiety. They nail it in practice, but it has not been consistent in games. Either Dylan is off or the receivers don't hang on to his bullets.
Well, on this play Dylan drops back and fires a bomb to Jackson (the other QB playing receiver) in the end zone and it was like the ball floated in slow motion. On the sidelines were we shouting for a catch and Jackson caught it! Talk about the celebration on the sidelines! In fact one coach celebrated a little too much and got a flag thrown for it. Thanks Coach Michelle! The extra point did not get in and the few seconds the other team had after the kick-off did not turn out to be fruitful. So after 4 quarters of play, the score was 6-0.

Dylan throws the pass in this picture. He's the middle kid in black & gray (who looks like he just threw a ball).

Here is Jackson catching the ball in the end zone!

Here is dad (the bald guy just behind the ref) catching a lot of air in celebration of the best pass and reception I have seen all season!

You think he was excited? I'm tired just reliving it for you. First playoff game is this Saturday against a team we handled fairly easily in the regular season. Don't get cocky boys!

Thanksgiving Woes

I'm sad I won't be seeing any of my family for Thanksgiving.  Boohoo!!!  I miss my sisters so bad.  And the rest of you of course, but when us girls and mom get together, we have a freaking blast.  I miss that.  Next year will be the absolute best Thanksgiving ever.  I really hope Rob and Nicole could make it though.  It wouldn't be the same.  Maybe everybody can start saving their pennies to get them here.  I love you all!!!! 

HAHA!! I am first!

I don't think you need any explanation of what my
adorable kids are dressed as, so I will just let you enjoy.