The past few weeks have been crazy here in Steamboat. We have started to get some very nice powdery snow that Steamboat is famous for, the ski mountain is open, and winter is in full swing.
Jane has been busy writing and arranging some AMAZING songs. Her husband is very proud of her! Her older brother Sam and his wife Sharon came home for Thanksgiving and Sam was very helpful in giving some advice on some of the song arrangements. She is continuing to tweak and finalize some songs and hopes to get into a local studio to record a demo of about 3 or 4 songs. We are hoping that she can get something out by early January. We'll keep you posted.
For those of you who were not aware, since the end of the Cleveland season Luke has had a groin injury that has stayed with him and has not gone away. We finally saw a sports doctor and Luke was diagnosed with a sports hernia and a little bit of tendinitis, which requires surgery. To make a long story short, we were recommended to a good doctor by one of the MLS trainers Luke had a contact with. The doctor was in Milwaukee, WI and almost exclusively works with professional soccer and hockey players who had this injury. The surgery was pretty simple and only took about 45 minutes. Everything went great and the doctor said it was very successful. Jane went up to Milwaukee with Luke to take care of him and did an absolutely amazing job since Luke was a little out of it after coming out of anethesia. This doctor is the only doc in the U.S that does this surgery laparscopically, which cuts the recovery time in half. Luke should be back to training again in about 4 weeks. After 2 weeks, which is tomorrow, Luke will be able to start jogging and biking and non contact cardio stuff. He is getting very antsy and is ready to start moving around a little more than just walking. Thank you for all your prayers!
This Saturday we are heading back to Texas for Christmas, which we are so excited about! Our whole family will be coming home as well so it should be a great time of fun and fellowship and lots of good home cooking and barbeques. And just so everyone knows, the projected high for Saturday here in Steamboat is 8! Yeah.....8 degrees for the high, are you serious? Let's just say it will be nice to be in Texas!
Enjoy some pics...
A beautiful picture right out the back door of the house!
Some fun in the snow....
Jane showed her gifting with arts and crafts in making this incredible sign for Momma Melvin's birthday!! She got a new laptop.
A wonderful Colorado Thanksgiving with Sam and Sharon who came in from Sacramento
Family Pic
