Father's Day 2021 was definitely memorable. Perhaps not ideal, but definitely memorable. It was clear going into it we wouldn't be able to spoil Brian as we had intended because there was just too much to do. Cameron's team had just won their previous playoff game so that meant there was a noon game on Father's day. Since Brian is a coach, that meant he'd be on the field in the hot sun. Luckily the team won. The next project was Adelyn's girl scout Bronze Award project. Her troop decided to build a bee hotel and since she had to leave a prior meeting early for softball, she still had a lot of work to do and the deadline was Monday. Since it required drilling and sawing and other tools, Brian was the obvious choice. What she sold him as "1 hour of work" quickly turned into nearly 5 hours.
As the day slipped away from us, we wanted to do something memorable so the kids suggested we go on a walk to see the sunset from this new secret trail they discovered. We went on the walk and as we ventured on the walk we approached a steep hill on the gravel path. Brian and I were leading and as soon as the words left my mouth of "wow, this is steep." Suddenly we heard screams and turned around and saw both Cameron and Adelyn on the ground crying. After assessing, it was quickly clear that Adelyn's injury was far more serious, so much so that within seconds of seeing her cut Brian said a visit to the ER would be required. Since we were about a mile from home, I took off to run back and get the car to pick Adelyn up since she wouldn't be able to walk.
I wasn't brave enough to look at her cut, but I trusted Brian's expertise so let him take her to the ER. After the doctor took one look it was clear to him as well and 7 stitches later Addy was sent home. She was a trooper and had no idea stitches were even in consideration. She's since got them out and is recovering well. It was a long day for Brian and we've agreed he'll get a father's day raincheck to cash in on a future date!
