I rented my house out in April and moved back into my moms house! Its been a lot of fun and I’m glad to be able to help out more and spend time with Bubba and Mom! It’s also a mile from my office which is perfect. I’ve been fortunate to be able to travel a lot lately as well! I went to San Francisco for the first time in April and loved it; what a beautiful city! I just got back from an amazing trip to Greece and Italy for my friend Maya’s 30th birthday! We went for two weeks and went to Athens, Mykonos and Santorini Islands in Greece, Rome and Florence, Italy. I got my favorite haircut at a salon on Mykonos Island by Lucas from Switzerland! He was hilarious!! It was beautiful and a great experience! While it was amazing I was ready to be home!
My mom is amazing as always. She is Garrett's full time caregiver and started just last week coming down to my office and helping one of the other processors a few hours a day—I don’t know how she does it! Since the night of the accident she has been so strong and continues to do whatever is necessary to to give Garrett the best chance of a full recovery. She’s the most selfless person I’ve ever met and am so proud to be her daughter. I tell her and Garrett that if and when he walks again there is going to be major separation anxiety and I can’t quite tell who will have it worse between the two. They have formed such a special bond and it has been really neat to see. Her house is all remodeled and it’s beautiful! My Aunt Pam and cousin Carli came over while I was in Europe and hung pictures and put finishing touches throughout the house. They did a really nice job and my mom had darling things for them to work with.
Colby and Adam got married January 23rd of this year after 3 years of dating and are doing amazing! She is officially Mrs. Colby Barnes!! The wedding was beautiful and everything went perfectly! Especially my Maid of Honor speech! They really enjoy each others company and are the best of friends. They have a house in Gilbert with their 3 dogs…Simba, Diesel and Marley—their bulldog who was also the ring bearer in the wedding! We love Adam and he is the perfect fit! He is my 3rd brother and maybe the most protective; my poor husband (whomever that may be) will have quite the interview process! Colby works at the same mortgage company I do—LOVE IT!! They just got back from Hawaii and had a great time!
Devin also has a house in Gilbert with 3 roommates! He is waiting for his new job to start so he has been helping out with Bubba---the boys have a lot of fun together! Cooking new creations and working out. Devin is a huge help and a fantastic brother!
Garrett aka Bubba as many of you know and for those who don’t sustained a severe injury from a freak gymnastics accident November 14, 2007 in which he broke his C5/C6vertebrae in his neck leaving him paralyzed from his chest down. He attends physical therapy at Project Walk in Carlsbad, California as often as we can get him there; in fact he and my mom go back next Sunday for two more weeks of therapy. He is doing SO good! Last time he was in California his therapists could see a lot of improvement in his strength and his body responding to the treatment!! He’s going in for an outpatient surgery to blast and remove 4 bladder stones the size of olive pits! He’s been having constant UTI’s (urinary tract infection) and a CAT scan revealed the source of the problem! I told Bubba he needs to get a copy of the film because we have a copy of his appendix that burst and his neck post surgery—we need the stones! Poor kid. Bubba still amazes me all the time with his optimistic attitude and perspective throughout this entire tragedy/experience! My family and I were laughing the other night at how everywhere he goes people remember him and they just love him—even a cute girl that works at Chipotle saw Garrett at the mall and stopped to say hi! LOL He went out with Devin and his friends the other night and came home telling us how Bubba got all the ladies! He’s still got that charm!
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