My boot is off!!!

I went to see my foot doctor today. He looked at it and then he pulled the pin out. It didn't hurt at all. I thought it was going to be long but it was really short. Now the important part... he told me that I could stop using my boot! Yay!! He told me that I can start working out. I can bike and swim but I still can't quite run yet. Maybe a few more weeks and then I can run. Another thing I get to do now... take showers!! Waaahooo!! I've been taking baths for the last 5 weeks and I'm sick of it!


Ok, I'm going to post a picture of my foot and it might gross you out. If it does, then I'm sorry! I just wanted to post it to compare the before picture!

Here's before...


Here's after...

Wow! That is amazing!! Can you believe how cool that is? My foot looks almost weird now because I've lived with my bunion all my life. Now that it's gone, my foot looks crazy weird!! What do you think??

I do notice that my big toe looks pretty swollen still. And yes, it looks like I need to cut my toe nail. I haven't been able to do it for 5 weeks. Sorry if that grosses you out.

I'm happy now that I can get back to my life. I'll be glad too when I can start running again... but I'm stoked to start riding my bike! I just got a brand new bike for my birthday too! Wahoo!!

'Tis the Season for the Water Slide
(( Fa la la la la, la la la la ))

Today was the first day that we got out the water slide! Ryan had an absolute blast! We invited over Kari and Sara with the kids.

Benjamin didn't want to get on the slide. One way or another, I'll get him in this summer. Maybe Troy will have to go down with Ben to get him more comfortable.

Here are some pictures that I got of Ryan...



After awhile, Cody and Whitney showed up and Cody decided to get in too with Ryan. They both had a blast!

In these 2 pictures, Cody was counting to 3 and then off they went!

Lastly, here is a video of Ryan and Ben. I thought it was funny!