Bob's Broken...

Bob started his new job last week. His first day was great but the second day was a little rough. He started the day with his paper route and he was going to go straight to his new job after he finished. I got up after he left and got Kailyn ready for school and took her to the bus.

When I got home, Kelly asked me how the roads were and then said that there'd been an accident. Bob was directing his new boss as he drove the truck and trailer out of the garage. Bob thought the trailer was going to hit the side of the garage door and he called out to his boss to stop. His boss couldn't hear him and Bob thought he slip out of the garage and warn his boss before the trailer went through. At the same time, his boss hit the gas and started out of the garage. Bob's foot was pinned between the tire of the trailer and the garage door--this stopped the trailer from going through the door. Bob was yelling for his boss to stop but he couldn't see or hear Bob. From what we can see on the x-rays, Bob has a broken ankle and about 4 broken bones in his foot.

Bob is going to see an ortho surgeon tomorrow morning and hopefully he won't need surgery and they can just put a cast on him. He's still very uncomfortable but he's taking it easy.

We're really lucky--this could have turned out so much worse. Bob still has a job and his boss is looking for some desk work for Bob to do while he recovers.

Here's Bob's swollen, broken foot.
This is Bob's leg with some nice scraps and scratches...

Here's a close-up of the ankle...

For those of you who quit praying for us when Bob found his new job...maybe you could start up again; apparently someone up there is listening! I'll try to post an update tomorrow...

Job News!

Finally!! Thank you for all your prayers, thoughts, and good karma...

Bob got a job today!! It is working for an environmental company that is expanding into London. The unfortunate part is that this is the winter season and there are only part time hours available. But, this company is willing to train him and teach him EVERYTHING he needs to know to become an environmental consultant; when the spring season starts, they are going to give him a pay raise and a full time position!

Here’s the website for the company: http://www.aaenvironmental.ca/

Thank you so much for all your love and support. We will keep sending updates as we get them!! Keep checking the blog for more updates as well: http://www.cbcondron.blogspot.com/

All our love...

Cheryl, Bob, Kailyn and Lukas

Christmas Break

Our family had a wonderful Christmas this year. Our big family present was from Bob's sister, Elizabeth and her boyfriend, Don--they generously paid for our family to drive down to Maryland and spend Christmas with them.

The drive started out a little rocky. We got a little over an hour away when I realized that ALL of my make up and bathroom necessities were left at home. We turned around (because we thought it was cheaper to go back than to try and buy the things I would need--apparently I'm high maintenance...) and drove all the way back and started over, leaving London (for the second time) at 1:30 am. Driving through the night had 2 huge benefits:

1. I can give the kids a little gravol (to keep them from getting car sick and it knocks them out) and they sleep almost the entire time.
2. The border crossing was empty so we didn't have to wait to cross.

We had a great drive down through the Appalachian mountains (which look like pretty little hills compared to the Rockies) and along the Susquehanna River. The further south we went, the less snow there was.

We arrived at the home of Elizabeth and Don to be greeted by a very tall Danielle, a sweet Sydney (sporting her beautiful new hair cut) and a bubbly mini New Yorker, Joanna (Don's daughter). After having some food and a nap, we got dressed up and went out with Elizabeth and Don. We almost didn't recognize our car since Elizabeth had completely cleaned it inside and out. The kids stayed in and watched some movies--when I checked the kids after we got home, Lukas had made himself at home snuggling next to Joanna and Dani on the hide-a-bed. He looked so comfortable but I felt sorry for the girls because he takes over the whole bed.

We had Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve and Don did a fantastic job! His turkey looked like it jumped out of a cooking magazine! It was almost sad to cut up...Don drove Joanna home that night so she could be with her mom. Elizabeth, Bob and I set to work wrapping the remaining Christmas presents while we watched Stardust (an awesome new movie with Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro). The kids were so excited on Christmas morning--they woke us up and could hardly wait to tear into their presents. Kailyn's favorite present was some Webkinz from Dani and Sydney. Lukas loved his Spider gun from Santa. Dani got a huge Star Wars Lego set and Sydney got some new games from her PSP. Elizabeth got a new wardrobe from Don and Don got iPod Nano from Elizabeth.Grandma White sent us all some thoughtful gifts and Grandma and Grandpa Fraser sent their gifts to the kids before we even left.

Dani and Sydney flew out to see Todd and Alicia on Christmas day. Lukas was so sad to see them go. He was crying because he thought he'd never see them again.

On Boxing Day, we took the kids to the mall and had lunch together at the Rainforest Cafe. The kids thought is was amazing! The whole place looks like a rain forest with trees and animals. Lukas walked in and said, "THIS IS THE COOLEST PLACE EVER!! He didn't want to walk around and look at the animals because he was hungry and he didn't want the cook to not find him when his food was ready.

The next day, Elizabeth and Don watched the kids so Bob and I could go to the Washington DC Temple. It is such an amazing place. Things have been very challenging lately and it was good to be able to take some time and ponder what our plan is. I've always found the temple to be a place of refuge from the weight of world...somewhere to think without distractions. I feel like we have a better idea of what we're going to do over the next few months.

Our trip was fantastic! Thank you so much, Elizabeth, Don, Dani, Joanna and Sydney for giving us such a great Christmas!

The Condrons

Bob spent his day working on our Simpson avatars--if you want to make one of your own, go to the Simpsons movie website. What do you think? Did he do a good job?