(Almost) One year ago..

(Almost) one year ago today Tom was in a derby and broke his nose. When I posted about it (almost) a year ago, I didn't have any pictures...and if you know me, you know that nothing, not even a broken nose, would get me to stop taking pictures.. Here is the one and only hit of the night for Tom.

He was in a derby and to be quite honest with you, it was a CRAPPY derby...13 cars TOTAL. In the Tom's class, there were only two cars. He knew the other guy pretty well and the promoters of the event weren't going to let either of them run because they were over-built. Tom and the other guy talked the promoters into letting them run because I the audience came to see a show. They lined up across from each other and hit head on....click on the picture, you can see Tom's head (In the black car) jerk forward (hitting the steering wheel) and the other guys head jerk backwords..Tom waved his hands and jumped out of the car. The promoter called for the EMT...

It didn't take the EMT long to realize his nose was broken, so off to the ambulance they went. I kid you not, Tom said "If you want a picture you better take one quick"....aww honey, you know me too well...let me document your pain...
After 8 stitches (3 on the inside of his nose, 5 on the outside) a CAT scan and FOUR hours in the Austin ER, we headed home with his not-so-smashed-up car and his five foot tall 2nd place trophey (remember, there were only two guys?). What's even worse...the other guy said his car was done, so, had Tom not gotten hurt, he would have had first..

He "slept" sitting up on the couch for the next two nights (I put "slept" in quotes because I don't think he slept much) Luckily his eyes didn't bruise too much, they did swell pretty close to shut for a day or so...here he is on one of his better days...
Molly and Elsa were at his folks when we went over there because he couldn't "stand to be in the house for another minute"....Molly was giving him lots of hugs...

and kisses...he would set her down and she come back over for another hug and kiss...and another hug and kiss because hugs and kisses "help you feel better"... Another "good" day..

And here he is (almost) a year later with our niece Chelsea. You can just barely see his scars.

Update

Alright, so I have been trying to get pictures of our updated house on here for a couple weeks now and am having a tough time! So this is all you get....one before and after shot...I'm guessing you will have to click on it to make it bigger.
Anyways, a couple months ago, we decided to take on a hefty project...noooo way we didn't do it ourselves. We sided (no more having to repaint the wood siding every couple years!), tinned the roof and re-sheetrocked one bedroom and the hallway...did I mention we built a new garage?? No? Well we did...the carpenters started nailing the siding onto the garage and the bottom two feet was so rotton, the nails would slide right out. They said it would be cheaper (because of time) to just tear it down and re-build, so we did. Everyone who drives by or comes over says, "wow, your garage looks so much bigger". Tom and I look at eachother like "you guys are crazy" because we think it looks soooooo much smaller! However, it is the exact same size (not height) because we used the cement pad from the old garage. Anyways. This is the only picture of the house I have for you now. Hopefully I can figure out my computer and put some more up here. (notice the peaks?? don't you just LOVE the stripes??)