Akens Family: Special Prayer and Update

I'm finally coming up for air for a moment. It's been a crazy, busy Summer!! We have so much going right now and work is sooooo busy! I'm going to try to keep my eyes open long enough to update on what we have been up to.

I first want to ask a very special prayer for Keyvin Wright. Keyvin is the brother of my brother in law, Randy. He is a logger and last week he was hit in the head with a branch of a tree. He was not knocked out right away, but he went to the ER shortly after that, filled out his own patient forms...and then eventually started to pass out. He was life flighted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and underwent two emergency crani's to try and stop the bleeding in his brain. As of right now there is only 1% of his brain active and the chances of him surviving this with any sort of quality of life is very slim. Slim...but not impossible. Dr.'s have to always give you the realistic answer to what they project will happen...but the "not likely" does not mean miracles can't happen. He needs a miracle and I just want to ask that you all remember to pray for him, his wife and children, and family. Please pray for Randy, Jana and Cameron as well. Randy and Keyvin are very close. They are having a very hard time with this and the upcoming days are going to be tough. Keyvin is a very sweet, hard-working man, that loves the outdoors and hunting. This tragedy has effected so many people in the community and it's so very sad. Life is so fragile and things can change in the blink of an eye. Please, please, please pray for them!

A couple of weeks ago we went to Abilene for Josh and Lana's wedding shower. The weekend after that Kris went back to Abilene for Josh's bachelor weekend and I got sick with a stomach bug. We have been swamped with cases at work so when I get home in the evenings, after getting the munchkin down, working on laundry, and all the other usual weekly chores, I am pretty much beat. Last weekend we got to slow down for a bit. Kris and I celebrated his 35th birthday at Texas de Brazil in Fort Worth. The food was wonderful and it was also nice to eat without leaving a huge mess in the floor because of a little blonde girl who likes to throw her food when she is finished :). Mandi was nice enough to stay with Scout. On Saturday we went to work out and then took Scout to the pool for a while. Later Saturday evening we went to look at furniture, and then met Mandi and Blake for dinner at Chuy's and then Coldstone for dessert! Sunday was church and then a whole lot of nothing. I did make Kris a post birthday dinner :) It was nice to finally have a day to just hang around the house and not do much. We needed it.
Scout is doing great! She will take a couple steps but is not officially walking yet. She is very close though. She is very mischievous (see above video). I am still trying to work on her one year video. I just haven't had the time lately, but I will get it done eventually. In the meantime I posted a few videos from when she was a newborn. They are in older posts below. So cute!!! Kamden has changed so much in the last year too. Crazy how fast the last year has gone by!! I am having fun going through all the videos I have forgotten about. I will hopefully get the final 1st year video completed before her 2nd birthday. :)

Enjoy the Pictures and I hope everyone has a wonderful week!