SICKNESS...

Here I haven't updated this in so long and here I have to write that everyone is SICK! Everyone, that is, but me...even Dave. They have all tested negative for the flu but have "flu like symptoms" - from what the Dr. said, the test is only 60% accurate anyway. I think that it would be safe to say that the flu has descended on our house! It seems to be EVERYWHERE - there is just no stopping it. She (Dr.) said for us still to get our flu shots - WHEN they get more in, that is! Please hum & chant with me...I AM NOT GOING TO GET SICK...I AM NOT GOING TO GET SICK...
More later from the quarantined house...

Emee's 8th Birthday Party

FINALLY, I was able to put together Emee's slideshow from her party. It was the BEST party! They dressed up, had pedicures, got their make up done, cuppies, presents, & had a style show! The girls LOVED it. Thanks Grandma & Grandad for the best present EVER - Emee LOVED this party!! This is kind of long and not 1/2 of the pictures that we took - since they did everything for us, all Dave & I did was take pictures!

Background

I guess I am past the stroller days but I still liked this background & what it said (thought that the black was pretty cool too) so I will go with it for a while!

First Day of School

Emee - 2nd Grade
Kendie - 1st Grade
Addi - 6th Grade - First Day of Middle School
My Three Curly Girlies
I am just a little behind, but if you follow this much or know me...that is not unusual!! :o) I can say that the last 6 days have been consumed with poor Kendie being VERY sick...poor thing had a BAD virus and high fever from after school last Thursday until last night. Yesterday, I took her BACK to the Dr. for another strep test (it was negative again, but her throat had really started hurting) and they are now treating her for a sinus infection also! HOPEFULLY, she will get to go back to school tomorrow. Remember last year she missed the first 2 days of Kindergarten?? Anyway, here they are:

Dentist...

I have SO much to write about the last few weeks & even a lot of pictures but today I just have to get down about my dentist visit this morning. Back at the end of school or first of summer, part of my tooth chipped - not just any tooth, but the BACK of my FRONT tooth (on the side I don't feel). Since it was on the inside, I couldn't really see it but it felt (with my tongue) like a big chunk! This is EXTRA annoying because a) I was SO afraid I was going to become a "toothless" person & b) it was on the side I don't use and it just burns me up to have to spend all that money for something I can never use! Anyway, when I went for my cleaning, my dentist said he thought he might be able to fill it (YEA!) which he did today and it did not break off & cause further problems. So that was a little background...here is the REAL thing I wanted to post about today!

OFTEN, I get the question after someone has been to the dentist "IS THIS WHAT YOUR MOUTH/FACE FEELS LIKE ALL THE TIME??" This question does not bother me at all - in fact, it is nice that people think of me! :o) Well, I really thought about it today (as I was coming out of that AWESOME Happy Gas induced float) and the answer is NO! Yes, in a small way is it because if your face is REALLY asleep, then that is kind of how it is for me since I have ABSOLUTELY NO FEELING on my right side. However, where they put the shots, that side of my lip felt super big and like I had a fat lip (swollen) and that is NOT how the right side of my face feels! Does that make sense? Anyway, just thought that I would address that! Keep the questions coming - I don't EVER mind them.

PICTURE THIS: A girl with NO feeling on the right side and NUMB on the left - obviously I am not trying eating or drinking any time soon!! LOL! I'm HUNGRY too and I have yummy green chile sour cream chicken enchiladas left over from dinner at church last night calling my name too!!

Girlies Gone Again...:o(

The girlies are gone again...this time to Camp Imani and the Hyatt Hill Country with all of Dave's family. They flew out yesterday to Houston to Grandma's house and then they will drive to the camp outside of San Antonio. They should be GOOD GIRLS this year since they will have spent so much time at Christian camps all summer!! I know that they will have a great time and more importantly, they will get to spend a LOT of time with almost ALL of their cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents on that side. Dave & I will not be joining them at the Hyatt this year and we are very sad to miss out on time spent with the family. We will be going instead to the National Acoustic Neuroma Symposium in Chicago. We waited and waited to make our plans because it was the same weekend as the Hyatt trip usually is and then we got word that we WERE NOT going to the Hyatt this year (too many college age kids returning to school that weekend) so we made all of our reservations. THEN everyone figured out that it could work but it was too late for us as we had already booked and paid for everything. We are so thankful that our kids will still enjoy time with family THANKS GRANDMA & GRANDAD!! We are VERY excited about Chicago though as neither of us have ever been there and it will be the first time in 3 YEARS that we have been on a trip ALONE - except for a medical procedure!!

New Background

Ok...I don't really like this background either but I couldn't find anything I liked - even ones I had used before. Hopefully soon they will have some cute, new designs...until then, I guess this is it!