Happy Halloween 2009

Maddie was so excited to go Trick or Treating especially with her special hat Nana made




Trey was not so excited at first



Meeting up with our friends for the fun night



Our adorable Strawberry Shortcake and Tiger, of course I never could get them to smile at the same time




He never let go of his bucket all night


Grandma met us for the big night



Our adorable Strawberry Shorcake and Tiger

The kids had so much fun espcially Trey who kept trying to walk inside the houses

Strawberry Shortcake off to the next house ahead of the group

Trey taking a break of course he picks the house with all the candy




This house was amazing with the ghost moving inside and so much more. The kids were mezmorized by it




Finally they both gave up and had more candy than they could carry and it was time to go home



We had a great night!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

"The Farm"

I love this time of year because the leaves change color, hot cider, and my favorite the Pumpkin Patch. Yesterday we went to a place in Snohomish called "The Farm" with my mother-in-law, Kyle, Laryssa, and Kyla we had a great time picking out our perfect pumpkins, touching the animals at the petting zoo, and watching the duck race it was hilarious. We then went back to mom's house for homemade stew and halloween bingo it was a great day...

Summer fun

We have had a very busy summer but also have had a lot of fun too. Here are some pictures of the fun things that we have done. We enjoyed going to the beach, swimming, Nana and Grandpa visits, getting together with friends, Dave Matthews Band concert, kidz bounce, riding bikes, garage sale shopping, zoo, and so much more...

More pictures to follow...

Surgery

Ok so this will hopefully be my last post regarding my "mouth" since now it will be a waiting game. The surgery repair was a success even though I am in pain with the stitches and not being able to open my mouth wider than one inch. I am hoping that this is the road to recovery. I will keep you posted.

Updates

Well since it has been a while since I have last blogged I figured I should catch everyone up with the new update of my surgery. I am not going to California because the surgeon gave us a 30-50% chance that he could repair the nerve. They did however find an amazing surgeon at OHSU in Portland that I met with last week, that after looking at me and the x-rays he is 90% sure that he can repair the nerve. My surgery is set for the 21st of this month and even though I am very nervous I am also anxious to regain the feeling back in my tongue. We will be leaving for Vancouver on the 20th and be there at my parents recovering until the 24th. I am so excited to finally have this all come to an end but I am so grateful for those of you that have supported my family and I through this whole process. Thank you


HAPPY 5YR Anniversary

On a lighter note yesterday was our 5 year anniversary we spent it at "The Melting Pot" we had heard so much hype about it and I love fondue so we thought we would try it out. It was good but for the money that we paid it wasn't worth it. The meat portions were small and our server was not very proffessionial. If we do go back it will be for dessert only. We did have a very nice evening however. I love you sweetheart so much and look forward to many more exciting years.
I LOVE YOU!!!

What was supposed to be simple...

As most of you know last monday I went in to get my wisdom teeth taken out, as normal I had a lot of anxiety but because I knew I would have an IV to put me asleep it was going to be ok. I thought the hard part would be not eating solid food for 24 hours and be "temporarily" numb for up to 24 hours after the surgery. That was not the case however I was told the following day when I went in to my appt that he had cut my nerve which is the one that gives me sensation and feeling in my tongue. I am now completely numb from the middle to the left side of my tongue. This last week has been incredibly hard for me not because I keep biting my tongue, haven't eaten solid food for a week now, but because the 3 medications I am on make me feel icky and not myself, and the outcome of this all were not sure. I am still currently working at night but it has been very hard to focus and not feel like I am going to pass out because I get very light headed and dizzy work has been amazing however.
As of friday when the Dr and I last spoke he has found someone in San Francisco that can do the surgery to repair my nerve. The positive thing is that since it was 100% his fault they are taking care of all the expenses to fly my mom and I and cover all the costs while we are there, the surgery, and his mal practice insurance will cover the rest.
I pray that the outcome will be that I will be healed and we won't have to go into it legally any further. I am so grateful to have the gospel in my life without it I would most likely not have any mobility or taste in my tongue.
Thank you so much to all my friends and family that have either called, visited, brought me yummy smoothies, and everyone that has been there for us.
I will know an update tomorrow about when we leave for CA and how long etc. so for now we are trying to be patient and hope that this all goes away very soon.

I will not be posting pictures because they were not pretty at all...

Settling in

Well its been a week and we are finally starting to feel settled into our new place everything is unpacked and put in a spot and finally we can hang pictures again. We weren't able to when we had the house up for sale. Speaking of the house well that is a whole different story which still has no conclusion but hopefully this week it will be final i'll keep you posted.



Maddie's new friend to take to her new place "thx Nana"


Hanging out with my lil man

We went to our new church ward and everyone was so welcoming and nice to our family. In fact there was a lady sitting next to us and Madelyn decided to show her the Jesus picture book and sit on her lap. It was so cute the lady was very nice about it and talked with her most of the time. Also in nursery they let Trey in 2 weeks early and he did very well . So to sum things up we are doing well adjusting to apt life again (sordove) and having a great time playing in this weather.

Trey loved the fountains

Maddie liked them also

I love this shot of him

Paige and Maddie being twins too cute

Taking a break to enjoy Wendy's

Trey loves the slip n slide

Madelyn and Grace playing on the trampoline

Trey liked it until the girls started jumping

I love this lil boy

I love this lil girl

Last saturday a good friend of Chad's since HS Kelly set up a "mini reunion" which we attended with the kids. We had a great time catching up on our lives, meeting everyone, shooting a bebe gun for the first time which was fun, and watching the kids go wild. Thanks again to Chanda's parents for hosting it and Kelly and others who put it all together we had a great time.

Enjoying each other at the Reunion



Kelly, me, and Chad shooting

1st time ever it was way fun