I turned 30!

After a somewhat crappy January, we were all looking forward to a new month. Poor Brian had his birthday on Jan.6, which was the day that they gave my father about a week left, then I tried to make it up for him with a birthday dinner on Sunday, but got a call right as we were sitting down that the situation with my father was quickly digressing and I left for LA. So Brian did not get too much birthday celebration. However, the 1st of Feb marked my transition to the 30's....SO OLD :P Brian out did himself and got me Pit Tickets to see Slash and Ozzy in concert in LA on my actually birthday! For those who don't know I LOVE SLASH! I loved GNR back in the day and have followed slash through his other projects with Slash's Snake Pit, Velvet Revolver and his solo/collaboration album. He is such an Amazing guitar player and when I heard he was touring I couldn't wait to see him, and then we found out the LA show was on my birthday...definitely a sign! Plus my birthday was on a Tues, which is the night I don't have school...even better right?!?!? My mom watched the kids that night, and Brian took me to Hard Rock for dinner, and then we were first in line for the concert, so we were able to get right in front of the stage! The concert was everything and more! I can't wait to see Slash again, and it was a perfect start to a new month! Thanks to be wonderful hubby for an incredible night! Enjoy the pictures :)

Front Row PitThis just shows how close of a picture we were able to get...we were 5 ft from Slash!So Awesome!After Slash, Ozzy came out...this is after we were all sprayed by Ozzy with some kind of foam!

Ozzy has been around SO long, but he still put on a great show! He is still pretty crazy and the songs sounded great. You can see here he is dripping wet, he would soak himself each song, and at the end many buckets of water were also thrown on the crowd....the price you have to pay for the front row....ALL very worth it!

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The start of 2011

2011 had a pretty rough start! My Biological father Russ who was dignosed last year with cancer, but then seemed to have beat it, was given 3 months to live after Christmas. However it was very rapid and he passed away on Jan.10. Amazingly he worked up until the day before Christmas, so he was only taken by the sickness for a short period of time, and we had a beautiful service on Jan. 18.

On Jan. 16, Max fell off the roof of his playhouse. After holding his arm strangely for a period of time, we called a firend on our Ward who is a chiropractor, hoping that maybe he had "Nurse Maid Elbow" and could just have it popped back in. X-Rays showed a break in the Humerus. Since it was a Sunday night, we wrapped it and called his Dr in the morning to get a referral to a specialist. We also had to take Amy in that day anyways, since her double ear infection was not clearing up after a week on antibiotics. Amy got a new prescription, and when we went to the Orthopedic specialist we assumed it was to get his arm in a cast. However, when it rains it Pours! We found out Max' break was significant, and had actually been at an upward angle, on a growth plate which would require surgery with the placement of pins to correct. This was Monday afternoon, The funeral was the next morning and we were able to schedule the surgery for Wed. Oh Yeah, Law school started right after the first of the year while all of this was going on too!Here is Max at the hospital! So Cute ;)Being Goofy. I got to go into the room with him while they put him under, and experience I hope not to repeat any time soon!Here is Max right after surgery. He did really great! We did find out that codeine apparently does not make Max sleepy but actually hyper! It was a rough couple of nights at first,but a week later he was able to get a cast and has been back to his normal self...With many reminders to not jump, run, climb, scooter or bike ride while he is in a cast! Very difficult task for a 4 year old. Max will have his cast for 4 weeks, then they will cut it off, remove the pins and depending on how it is healing, they may or may not re-cast it for a couple more weeks! So that was our January... it can only go up from here!
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