oh me, oh my

Well I took the kids to the dentist today. Everyone got a good report except Isabelle! She ended up have the biggest cavity I think I've ever seen. It seriously looks like it would kill, but she says it doesn't hurt.

She is actually going to have to have a "princess tooth" aka a crown put in to save the tooth. It is so bad it looks like if she crunched a hard piece of candy it would just break in half.

The dentist said she will need to have laughing gas to get it fixed. If she doesn't do well with that, he will stop and then we will have to go back and do an IV and put her under!!

Little Isabelle, the princess, will have a princess tooth. She is the first of my kids to have a cavity.

look to the back right...see the huge black dot?? Yep HUGE!

Autumn is in the air!

This time of year is the best! I love when the hot summer finally starts to melt away, like any ordinary miracle, the leaves change and the air grows crisp. The mornings get that fallish feeling and the days are perfect! There is something that is perfect in every season, but I think fall and spring are the best, because they are so perfect and colorful!

Today we went with the twins to their field trip to the Big Orange Pumpkin farm. Every child in our family has gone to this same farm for their preschool Halloween field trip. Today was a perfect day to go to the pumpkin patch. The weather was chilly but sunny and beautiful. We picked some real winners in the patch and came home tired!

Isabelle said that she just HAD to take a shower because the farm made her dirty and stinky. Oh my little princess!!!

Feeding the hungry goats. They lick the food off really fast and its kinda gross.

Isabelle on the hayride!

Happy Fall Y'all!!

Summer 2010!!

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Here is our summer 2010 in a nutshell. We have had wonderful adventures and made our own fun. The pictures in this book were taken by me, except of course the Baptism ones taken by Brenda Edwards, and the fireworks pictures that were taken by Kent Arnold--two of my favorite photographers.

Now that summer is over, I am feeling the need to grow my own mind. I have thought seriously about taking a photography class of my own --of course I would need one of those fancy cameras. I am going to do a sewing class and an Institute class to fill some time too. I know there will be a million more things to do in the minutes between them. Im not worried about being bored, thats for SURE!

Another, Mothers Hope...

As soon as my friends in Allen caught wind of the benefit walk my Utah friends were doing for me they got busy planning one here in Texas.

I honestly don't know what I would do without all the support from my family and friends. There would be many many days that I would just stay in bed feeling sorry for myself.

I know that this blog is reserved for the family, but this day was a family event.

It made a HUGE impact on my children. They knew it was special and they helped make it special. I am grateful for the lessons they are learning as we all go through this experience together. It truly is shaping their character as much, or more so than it is shaping mine.

My family and my friends and of course God, motivate me to survive. I wouldn't have ever gotten this far without all of them. Honestly, what would the be the point?

So this is for you, all of you. With the most sincere thank you from the very very bottom of my grateful, humble heart, a million times over, and covered with sprinkles.

A Mothers Hope Walk

I know that this blog is reserved for my family happenings and the "lighter side of things". But my Caringbridge blog doesn't support video. I had to post this somewhere.

My sister and two of my wonderful friends sponsored and organized this walk for me to help out with the ever growing mountain of medical bills.

It is so humbling to me and I cant even find the proper words to express my thanks to them. So I put it to music and made this short video of the pictures they took.

There are many faces I recognize and love, and there are many faces that I don't recognize. But I love them too, for sacrificing their time, and money, and giving me and my family a gift worth far more than the monetary value.

Amy, Christi and Karen, you will never know how much this means to me. I have seen and felt miracles and wonders that are beyond measure or comprehension. Thank you for being the angels who delivered yet another one into my life.

I love you all!

As usual I made a typo in the video. I tried to fix it but it only reloads the old video. I need to carry a dictionary in my pocket. I guess iMovie doesn't have a spellchecker.