Posts by SundreSlingQueen

  • Helping Our Own

    Quote from KayTwo

    @SundreSlingQueen - What? No pictures of the custom rock guard? That all we care about! :D


    So glad you guys are home together now. Take it easy while you heal!

    :whistling:
    Mark is gonna kill me for stealing his thunder on this one because his girlfriend is in pieces and the thingy is not installed AND he wants to thank folks himself but he’s what he texted me while I was away. He had a hard on over it because it’s customer painted to his body color blah, blah, blah... apparently @SlingLow knocked it out of the park... all I know is his girlfriend has seen a lot more action than I have these last few months... :P

  • Helping Our Own

    Baby SS love descended into our home! After 3 months of uncertainty and being separated, we’re got to celebrate our victory reunion with with y’all! I wish I would’ve taken video of @Slingshot Garage pulling this ginormous cat out of the huge box from @SLLE Canada - OMG the hysterical laughter (and inappropriate comments) that ensued... :D Similar reaction from the package from @Tripod... Mark pulls it out and says “wow! It’s so nice!... it’s.... wait- what IS it?” Bahahahahahaha. Well I guess being as though it’s not a Slingshot part- like the amazing custom Rock guard that @SlingLow sent, and the calendar from @Ross- baby parts remain a mystery. Well for me, who went from one lock-up to another (although this one is at HOME!) these packages rock my world! Oh and by the way- @Bu11sh1t - the boys slaughtered whatever chocolately goodness you sent, leaving only a few scraps for me to snack on. The fistful of cash will be put to good use for Mark’s teeth... @KayTwo had it right and sent the chocolate right to my lock up!!! Hahahaha! Mark has the sling torn apart so pics of these amazing additions will follow... except the chocolate because well... :cursing:
    I love you guys... xoxoxo

  • Helping Our Own

    We made it home! They are allowing us to see the doc every few days as an outpatient for the next 3 months, instead of being in hospital. It was an excruciatingly painful trip home for me but worth every tear! I know a lot of you get separated from your families for long periods of time so you know what it’s like to finally climb into your bed after 3 months away. I SLEPT while Mark did what he thought he was never going to be able to do... hold his baby- until the wee hours of the morn. Today, Mark started to seem more like his usual self and as you can see, up to his usual shenanigans... boys. And now I have four of them...




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  • Helping Our Own

    Just a quick post about Kingzley Mark Brackley
    Born February 7, 2018 at 11:36 am, weighing 6 lbs 9 oz and 19.75 inches...


    Never made it to our scheduled date with the surgeon as I went into labor and split right open mere hours before safety. I took this pic on my way out the door. Because they were rushed, freezing didn’t take, complications were many and Mark was rushed out or the operating room knowing the baby was okay... but I was not. What a heart wrenching hour while they worked on saving me. As if poor Mark needed more stress! Now Here we are two days later, looking forward to reuniting our family. Baby has 3 months of careful monitoring but because of all those extra weeks on the inside, bone marrow is stronger than they ever thought possible and we haven’t spent a SINGLE MINUTE in the NICU. And why is that?


    Well because we all know, only quality products come out of the Slingshot Garage! All of our love... and eternal gratitude sling family!



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  • Helping Our Own

    Just a quick little update before I get whisked into another whirlwind...


    After y’all saved the day, covering the shortfall of our January mortgage payment (and enough left for some sling parts and a teen’s mattress that had been longed for), a miracle happened... a pipeline project that been cancelled the year before, suddenly was up and running. This meant... customers!!! In fact, enough guests to cover February 1st bills (your prayers did this folks!). Mark was already having a tough time coping by himself and now has been unexpectedly trying to run an RV Park by himself at the same time. Doing this in -30 in Canada is a challenging job. Already someone has set fire to the electrical, frozen our entire septic system, our vac truck Broke down and the job is very very full time. I’m normally the cop keeping these guys in line but right now the inmates are running the prison (Mark is waaaaaaaay too nice). Despite the rough ride, it’s the very best thing that could’ve happened and we are so grateful for the work. What this also means though is your packages are sitting there... waiting to be shipped. I feel so bad that I’m out of commission here but I will get to them as soon as I can... you’ve all been so amazing- the love and support has carried us through the scariest and loveliest of times... I’m especially grateful for the couple pictures that were sent and are on my wall in my little room here.


    Wednesday is the big day. Mark will have to leave the park unattended and him and the boys will come for the big, long-awaited event. The neonatologist has told us that the baby will have a three month struggle against the antibodies. Our hope is that the majority of that can be on an OUTpatient basis. Doc says we can only see the tip of the iceberg though so we won’t know how strong the baby’s bone marrow is until he/she storms into this world. We’ll let you know! Mark is feeling confident that we’ll be home for Valentine’s Day. He figures his baby is gonna fight good and strong. Well, we all know that only quality products come out of the Slingshot Garage...


    Much love... xoxo




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  • Sundre Sling Fest (Sat, Jul 29th 2017)

    Au contraire mon freres! The Sundre Slingfest is alive, well and completely in the works for 2018! While it may be rumored that I while I am incarcerated, I am simply laying here watching the baby bump under my burgers get bigger- I did (with some needling from a certain Harvey fella) get the event up and running. July 27-29 2018, the second annual Sundre Slingfest will be a go. I just know this will be one for the record books (I’ll be able to drink! ). Hugs and kisses will be doled out as liberally as the Canadian, ahem, real, beer) ...



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  • Helping Our Own

    Thanks Jared! Baby & I are doing better than any of the doctors expected. Hoping to make it one more week, so baby’s bone marrow has more of a fighting chance at birth. We miss home but have been kept afloat from all the love from afar!


    Mark is not doing as well at all. I’ve never seen him this low. He’s exhausted all his coping mechanisms and is in a dark place. Isolation and loneliness isn’t helping either. I can’t get home soon enough! The boys popped in for a short visit today- the last before baby. Can’t wait until we’re a family again. Thank you so much for thinking of us... we love you so much!




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  • Helping Our Own


    Y’all can breathe a collective sigh of relief... my dangerous escape has come to an end. Not only am I being extremely well behaved on bedrest- I’m Packing up today, in preparation for a long separation from the boys- at a tough time of year.


    Thanks to all of you- I’m getting to leave with the greatest gifts- hope and peace of mind. The mortgage payment is here, there’s a desperately needed new mattress on the way for the teenager, some Christmas gifts for the boys should arrive any day and Mark has orders to keep him busy in the shop. This morning he is ordering some Slingshot clothes thanks to @Shatneyman, which is helping to cheer him up from the news of me leaving. Even more stark than all of that, is the light emanating from your love, prayers and messages that seem to come right when we fall back into fear. It forces us to dry our tears and face this thing head on. You don’t just ease the pain, you take us all the way to joy and laughter (you are definitely a funny bunch!). My apologies for keeping you trapped on the phone when you call me- I LOVE to talk...


    The hope now is for a miracle for the Baby- that I won’t split open before at least 34 weeks, actually that I won’t at all!!! And that Mark is visiting so he can be there. There are no words that could possibly encompass how grateful we are for each and every one of you and what you have done and continue to do to support our family through this. Please know that You gave us so much more than Christmas...


    Sending you all our love,
    Mark, Shawna, Izak, Milez, Diezel, Daizy & Dozer Brackley.



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  • Gifts from SS friends

    I don't know where I should post this, as "gift" seems to be the understatement of the year. If there is another thread somewhere, please copy this link... it's too big for a forum post lol!


    A Neuro-Typical Girl in an Autistic Boy's World: Hope...


    My heart is full and words cannot express the gratitude from our family to yours. May each and every one of you be as blessed as your thoughts, prayers, calls, messages and generosity have blessed us.


    Thank you so very much. <3<3<3<3<3<3<3

  • Sundre Sling Fest

    Come one, come all! Calling all Slingshots far and wide to join us at our campground from July 28-30. Plenty of rides, prizes and FUN! Give us a call at Wagons West in Sundre, Alberta, (403) 638-4402 and we'll give you all the details.


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  • Sundre Sling Fest (Sat, Jul 29th 2017)

    Now is the time to visit the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada! Rainy Creek Motorsports will be buying supper for every Slingshot rider and their passenger. There will be guided rides on Saturday and Sunday. Fireworks at dusk! More sponsors and entertainment details to follow.


    Hope to see you all there!


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  • Ecu Badges

    See this stack of ECU badges that hopped on a flight to the USA today? What you probably don't realize is this stack of love-filled envelopes, literally put food on our table this month while we wait for campers to fill our park. It has also been a boost to one of our favourite organizations, the Boston Terrier Rescue.


    We could never thank you enough for the love and support from our forum family. The gratitude and comfort we feel from your messages, your orders, your friendship, could never be put into words. From the bottom of our hearts,
    THANK YOU ❤

  • Glove Box Warning Emblem

    You're too kind- it was my pleasure to send it! There's definitely better Canadian beer but that one there is made with Alberta wheat and brewed an hour away from us. That tree pee though, is the very best in the country! xoxoxo