Scars

It was a normal Sunday afternoon... We were home from church and Jordyn's shiny new bicycle was sitting in the garage begging to be ridden.  She almost had riding her bike without training wheels mastered, but the turning part still eluded her.  What did her nice older brother decide to do in a random act of kindness?  Show her how to turn while staying balanced on your bike.  He was trying to show to her just how low to the ground you could get without actually tipping over..... What he was demonstrating on was Ethan's new bmx bike.  The kind with those metal tubes sticking out of the wheels for standing on.  So, apparently defying gravity is not in Jared's area of expertise.  He handled the crash very well and with humor.  He got up off the ground and limped away saying something like, "don't mind me, just a broken leg here." or "oh, hey don't worry, I'm only slowly bleeding to death."  Yeah, it's pretty nasty looking, I know, I had to see it in person. 

 Jared just asked me if I wanted my readers to be intrigued by this blog or barf.  hahaha  Honestly, I don't know or really care.  Back to the story.

  It really wasn't bleeding too much and Nathan was out of town hunting so I really wasn't sure if it needed stitches, but it really looked like it did.  I bandaged him up and waited for advise from the hubs.  After the dust had settled on that accident Ethan and I were looking through his scout book.  I realized that he would soon be advancing from a Bear and I had better see where he was at.  Now that I am his Bear leader, as of a couple weeks, I most certainly could not have my own kids not advance.  Not cool.  What was one of the things he had left?  Bike safety....Can you see where I am going with this?  Jared set about making an obstacle course for his brother to help him pass of this requirement.  

 About 5 minutes later, the below pic is what walked through the door.  Seriously?  I mean, seriously?  Are you kidding me?  What in tarnation happened?  Well, here's how the legend goes.  Apparently Ethan thought that Jared was some kinda wuss for not being able to defy gravity on the fateful death defying stunt of rounding a corner parallel to the ground..... and decided to give half of his skin to the pavement.    So, do you think we should pass off the bike safety requirement?  Does it still count if you manage to cheat death?  Do you get double points because your brother made the same mistake before you?   I'm thinking yes, yes and heck yes!

 When Nathan finally got to an area where he could receive txt I had him evaluate the pic of Jared's gash.  Definitely, probably would need stitches, so he called his associate and set up for us to go in the next morning.  6 stitches later and some rockin advise on how to use this injury (and perhaps slightly embellish) it to his advantage with the ladies, we were ready to put that fateful day behind us.  The moral of the story is, don't ride your bike on the Sabbath and you wont get hurt and no good deed goes unpunished. :0)