Update on Rollover

The hospital checked my father-in-law out and it looks like everything is going to be ok. That is amazing for how he was pinned and everything. His cuts on his head weren't bad and they think that the most pain that he will have will be the soreness of being thrown around in the car. Thank goodness!

Rollover

Some of you may have heard, but most probably not. My father-in-law rolled his truck over coming up from the ranch tonight. My wife and I noticed that he had not come back yet, and we were at the bridge with our sons, and it was getting dark. He is not supposed to drive after dark so we went out looking for him. We drove past Orange Hill and then to Hans Larsens and he was not at either one of those. The we started down to the lower ranches. We came upon my wife's cousin, who said that my father-in-law had rolled his truck. Our cousin had just barely called for emergency assistance. We head down a little further and sure enough his truck was down in the dugway. I went down to see how my father-in-law was doing. His head was sticking out the window, pinned in between the truck and the ground. He had a few cuts on his head, but he was breathing and could move his fingers and toes. There was not much we could do until the emergency vehicles arrived. We did get the truck jacked up slightly so it didn't seem like it was straight on his head. Eventually emergency vehicles started coming in. They had to brace the truck so it wouldn't roll back on anyone and eventually cut off the roof of the truck. They got him out and placed him on a backboard and got him out of there. I never though I would see the "Jaws of Life" in action in a real accident. Since we got there to the time they got him out and into the ambulance, it was about 1 1/2 hours and we think that he might have been there a half an hour before we got there. Right now, I am home with our boys and my wife and mother-in-law went up to the hospital. We are just waiting to see what the doctors say. I will post another blog when I know more. Please keep him in your prayers!

Emery Spartans

This past week was the 3A state championships for basketball. The boys team from Emery gave a good effort against number one ranked Bear River and was even tied with them with 45 seconds left in the game and then succumbed and lost by 6 points. The girls defeated their first two opponents and was playing in the championship game. My wife and I decided to go up and watch the game, which was on Saturday. Out of all the girls pictured here, I have coached 15 of them. I feel very grateful to be able to help these girls develop into the players they are now. So in the championship game they were leading most of the game, until about 4 minutes left in the game. The final buzzer rang and the Lady Spartans lost by 1 point, 32-31. It was sad to see. To be so close to a state championship and it within your grasp, only to not quite reach it. The seniors I feel the most for, but there were only 3 that played in the game. The rest will be back again next year and will probably have a great chance to achieve the pinnacle of 3A girls basketball in Utah.