Marutz Moments: Bummer Summer

We bought a boat from my brother Richard before he deployed to Afghanistan this spring. We headed to Utah in July to pick it up and do the EFY thing, spend time with family and we also planned to head down to AZ for a long needed visit with dear friends. On our second day there we took the boat out to Newton Dam. we let the kids lay in the water and mess arounnd beach for 30 minutes or so. Then we all hoped in the boat, me, Jamie, Lynette, Katelyn, Belle, and Garrett. Everyone got pulled int tube, Lynette was last. we were having a great time. Jamie drove the boat over big wake made from another larger boat and Garrett and I went FLYING. Luckily we landed back in the boat, but Garrett can down full force on his arm, I landed on the floor of the boat. Next I hear Garrett screaming "my arm, my arm..." kick in mom mode. I quickly had him support his arm with his other arm, grabbed his face and told him not to look at it and calmly told him it was broken and we are going to hospital. Lynette or Katelyn crawled to the front with us and we sat with Garrett sandwiched between us to support him sitting up and still. He was such a brave kid. he calmed does after that but was in such pain. Jamie drove gingerly to shore, we shouted for some help to get him out of the boat and we took off in Lynette's car to hospital. ThankYou Lynette and Randon for pulling the boat out of the water and loading all the kids and gear back up. That is our Bummer Summer. No more boat, no more water. largere bone broke, smaller bone fractured. Full cast for 6 weeks then transitioned to short cast for 2-3 more weeks. He got his cast on the day Cpt. America opened in the theather, so naturally he HAD to get the themed cast. He wore the short cast an extra week so he could go to school with war wounds to show off. :)