Benefit Concert for Britton

 This evening was absolutely amazing!!! With the Dinner, Silent Auction, Bake Sale & Show

we were able to raise $15,500 for the Shipp Family

Chandler's Farewell

 Chandler has been one of Trevor's best friends since they were 9.

It's so crazy to think that they will both be out in the mission field. Trevor has been gone 2 1/2 months.

It will be a great reunion when they all get back and compare mission stories.

School Assemblies with Kalamity

  

I love the opportunity that I get to help do assemblies with Kalamity.

They not only dance for a cause and raise money but they go around to schools and help

spread the word about NO BULLYING, SELF ESTEEM & NO DRUGS!!!

They are amazing Always PAYING IT FORWARD!!!

My Missionary

 

Lunch Bunch Girls

They were all wearing dresses in honor of Britton Shipp. Everyone at school wore Church Clothes.

Tres Leche

This boy of mine loves Tres Leche cake, so I think that this picture says it all!!! 

He told me that in his first sitting, he ate HALF of the cake and finished the rest for breakfast!!!

He cracks me up!!!

Sweet 16

I can't believe that my baby is "16" 

She has had a rough birthday with the tragic accident of her friend, Britton. 

She had been at the hospital for the last few days and just got home so we could celebrate with her.

She is such a sweetheart and such a great friend to everyone.

Today was the FIRST time she ever fasted for a full 24 hours and after that she still wasn't hungry.

She is so worred about Britton and she so wants him to wake up and be fine.

FAITH and PRAYER is all we can do right now and we will continue to do so!!!

Sydnee's First Sadies 2014

Sydnee has been sooooo excited about the upcoming Sadies dance because it was being held on her 16th birthday. She got with some of her cheer friends and they decided to put together a group and choose the guys that they wanted to ask. Sydnee decided to ask Kadin Hansen (his dad happens to work with Bryan at LP Windows). She was so excited so we put together something to ask him and made the delivery.

 A few days later Sydnee received this on the doorstep.

She was soooo excited!!! It happened to be right after a football game.

 This was the morning of her birthday and of Sadies!!!

They were planning on going to Pine Valley and riding ATV/Razors and making pizzas and 

playing games at Gracie's families cabin. I kept telling Sydnee that I had a terrible feeling that morning and to PLEASE wear her seatbelt, They picked up the boys at 8:00am and started traveling

up to Pine Valley. Sydnee said that the weather was cold and rainy, but they were still having fun.

At about 1:45pm, I received a text from Sydnee and it said,

"MOM, please PRAY for Britton he was in a bad Razor accident!!"

I replied, "WHAT!!!" She then said, "They are Life Flighting him to the hospital!"

They ended up staying at the cabin for a couple hours and just cried as a group and then they

went over to the hospital. They did go to the dance for a few minutes and then went back to the hospital.

 This is some of their group on Monday when they were at school.

 The back of their hoodies with the names of everyone in their group.

 Sydnee and her date, Kadin Hansen

Family, friends rally behind teen injured in ATV wreck

ST. GEORGE – A 16-year-old boy injured after he was ejected in an ATV wreck remained in a coma Sunday while family and friends gathered at Dixie Regional Medical Center to offer up prayers of support.

Britton Shipp, a sophomore at Snow Canyon High School, was still listed in critical condition as of 6 p.m., unconscious but surrounded by family and friends visiting the hospital to show support while doctors waited to see if Shipp's condition would improve.

Shipp was injured Saturday while on a date with a 15-year-old girl from SCHS, part of a daytime event associated with the school's annual Sadie Hawkins dance. The two were driving in a side-by-side off-road vehicle at about 25 miles per hour when they hit a puddle on the dirt road, said Shipp's father, Jesse Shipp.

The vehicle hydroplaned and flipped. The teenagers, neither of whom were wearing seatbelts, were ejected from the vehicle, Jesse Shipp said, leaving the girl with a leg injury and Britton Shipp with severe head trauma.

The girl was treated and released from the hospital, but Shipp remained in an intensive care unit.

"Nothing has changed from the time he was off the helicopter to now, but that's a good thing," Jesse Shipp said, explaining that although doctors said the prospects of his son waking were still not good, it was a good sign that the injury has not worsened.

Jesse Shipp credited the girl for saving his son's life at the scene of the accident, saying she acted quickly, crawling to Britton's side, turning him onto his side to keep him from choking, using a glove to clear his airways and keeping him alert and warm until authorities arrived.

Supporters from SCHS and other area schools visited the hospital to share prayers and support the family.

Jesse Shipp told a crowd of more than 100 people gathered at one point that he appreciated their prayers, making a point to tell the young people to wear their seatbelts.

An online fundraising effort was started to help with medical expenses, with more than $3,000 having been raised at gofund.me/gm4auc as of late Sunday. A social media hashtag, #believe4britton, was being used to express well-wishes and prayers.

"We're blessed to have so much support," Jesse Shipp said.

Investigators continue to look into the cause of the crash, reported just before 2 p.m. on Grass Valley Road, about two miles north of Pine Valley.

The girl was reportedly the driver of the vehicle, and Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. David Crouse said it was unknown as of Sunday whether she had the requisite off-highway vehicle certification to do so legally — Utah law allows children eight and older can operate OHVs on public roads after passing an education course.

In addition to not having seatbelts, neither of the teens were wearing helmets in the vehicle, although they aren't required or always used in such vehicle types, Crouse said.

Jesse Shipp said he was told the vehicle was moving at "25 mph or less" at the time of the accident.