A trip to the dentist

Just about a month ago I went to the dentist for my semi annual check up and cleaning. I had been experiencing some sensitivity in one of my lower back teeth and mentioned this to the dentist. After he got the x rays back he said that the roots looked fine and that there were no cavities. He then did an oral exam and could see no problems so he took the cold water and sprayed it on the tooth OUCH to say the least I flinched from the pain. He could see that something was definitely wrong and said I needed to take some anti inflammatory for a week and come back, he was going to have to take out the existing filling to see what was going on. I came back a week later and he TRIED to numb me but after 3 full tubes of the medicine I couldn't feel anything in my tongue, lips, or cheeks but the tooth itself was very alive and well and just the slightest bit of air or water on it and I could feel intense pain. He sent me home again with another prescription for the anti inflammatory and an antibiotic for the infection in my tooth. Jump ahead to today when I go into the dentist and find out I have to have a root canal and they are doing it now. So they send me into the insurance office because there is going to be some out of pocket expenses that the insurance does not cover. My heart sinks as I wonder just how bad it is going to be. They start by telling me how much today's services are going to cost. Over $1700 dollars I wince and then wait for the bad news. She says the insurance will cover everything but 110 dollars of the Crown they will have to put on. They then said I could make payments. I am so grateful for insurance Steve has a great job with great benefits I cant imaging if i had been given this news and had to figure out how to come up with the full amount. I felt so blessed at that moment.

I then went back and got numbed again and they started digging out my tooth only to find that the nerve was being irritated because my tooth had cracked in 2 places. The dentist had a hard time with the root canal and a little over 5 hours later I left the dentist with a temp crown in place and a very very sore mouth and jaw. I thought it was kinda of interesting how quickly they offered to give me a prescription for the pain. I told them I already had some Motrin 600 from my c section and they asked if I would like 800 or vicaden. Holy cow are you kidding me if I can deal with the pain of having my stomach cut open with the 600 why in the world would i need something stronger for a little mouth pain. No wonder people get addicted so quickly to pain meds when they are so easy to get.

Any way we are looking forward to our trip to St George next week and can't wait to spend some much needed time with our families. Love you all.

Fathers Day

I just wanted to take a minute to pay tribute to the Fathers in my life.



I must say that growing up I had the best dad in the whole world. He was always working so hard for us and yet he always took time to do fun things with his family. I remember camping trips just for the sake of camping. We would cook over the campfire, play in the stream and just sit around and talk. I never realized just how much work he would put in both before and after so that we could have these fun memories. We also had fun traditions of just going up to pine valley for a dutch oven breakfast often followed by swimming and a barbecue later that evening. Speaking of swimming dad, do you remember all the times we would go to the city pool and swim? You would take turns picking us up and throwing us into the water, or sneaking up on us while we were playing and pulling us under the water pretending you were a shark or some other monster out to get us. We had a lot of fun didn't we? I remember picnics in the yard and trips in the car, there was always something going on and someone to turn to for advise. Thank you dad you are a wonderful Father (and Grandfather), Thanks for all the wonderful memories. I love you Dad! (ten truck and trailer loads).



Next the father of my children. I think many of you know that I was a LITTLE picky when it came to dating and some of you thought that I would never marry because of this. I remember my mother telling me that I needed to remember that I needed to look for someone who had the potential for all the qualities I was looking for because no one is going to have all the qualities i was looking for YET. Well I think I proved everyone wrong when I married Steve! He is an amazing husband and takes such good care of me. He is the best father ever and the girls cant wait until he comes home at night. They love to play with him whether it is riding on his back, playing tag in the yard or being pushed in the swing they always go to dad first. I love that he loves to camp and is willing to spend so much quality time with us. I don't think he knew what he was getting into when he married someone who's father set the perfect example, but I think he fills the shoes rather well! I am pleased to be married to such a wonderful man.



This list would not be complete if I did not honor another father, my father in law. Of course I don't have any childhood memories to share but he must have done something right to raise such an amazing son. He has taken me into his family and treated me like one of his own since the very first day I met him. Dad "do you remember when" we went to Denny's for breakfast and we had that waitress with a hangover? Or "do you remember when" we went to Goofy's kitchen with the whole family? What about the time we went to chucke cheese and had mediocre pizza just so the kids could have fun. You are a great Dad and Grandad, hope you had a great day



HAPPY FATHERS DAY WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!



Just had to add this photo of Steve on Fathers day. As you can see he was honored by members of the ward with a candy lei as well as another lei that is in my opinion very manly:)

Camping and Movie Night

So in an effort to keep costs down for family activities we incorporated an idea from some friends of ours and Steve brought home his projector from school for the weekend so we could enjoy a fun outdoor movie in our back yard. He set the projector up on the kids picnic table and we used the back of the house for our screen. I popped popcorn and made some cookies and lemonade as well as grapes for the snacks and we invited the next door neighbors over. Last year I bought these little plastic popcorn holders that look like the old popcorn bags and so we pulled those out to serve the kids. I know we had more fun then when we actually go and see a movie in the theater and we built far more memories this way :) We also set up our tent for the first time ever. We bought it at the end of last summer when it was on clearance ( thank goodness we bought it then because we have outgrown our little 4 man tent and with tight finances we would not have had a tent this year). The kids had a ball checking it out and setting up. At about 8 15 we sat down to watch Nanny McPhee, it was so fun to be out in the fresh night air and enjoy each other. Amanda fell asleep in the middle of the movie and Lizzy conked out a little earlier than that. After the movie we laid on the blankets with the lights off and looked at the stars we found the big dipper but couldn't seem to locate the little dipper, guess I will have to brush up on my astronomy :) After that our friends went home and we moved everyone to the tent where we talked for a few more minutes before going to bed. We had so much fun and will definitely do it again! The best part was that it only cost us nothing because we used things that we had around the house!

P.S. if anyone wants to come down and try it with us we would welcome it :)

Katrina's kindergarten Graduation

Katrina had her Kindergarten Graduation on June 10th. The them was a luau, so of course she was excited. She kept talking about how the girls got to do the hula and the boys would get to do the Haka. We went out and got her a grass skirt, flower headband and a flower bracelet and of course a candy lei. She stole the show being the little performer that she is she also lit up when the class did a 5 second hula during one of their songs.

After the program they gave out the caps and they got their diploma's and flower lei's. She loved it and could not quit smiling!
Then the long awaited Haka. Peni is in her class and he and the other boys his age from our ward got up and did and amazing job doing the Hukka. It has been fun watching them learn and progress in their confidence at this dance as they have gotten bigger


I had to throw in this picture we took of Lizzy at the graduation her eyes and smile were so big that I just had to share.

Never too old for Dress ups

I guess I am all or nothing with posting. I will be doing several posts in the next 24 hours and then who knows when it will happen again. Anyway these are pictures of the girls while Ali was here. They had a ball and this picture was taken as we called everyone together for Family Home Evening. They decided that they needed to be princesses during FHE and of course with these beautiful girls who could tell them no? The only stipulation was that they needed to be reverent even though they were dressed up. They had a ball and it is fun to see them all play so well together. As you can see Lizzy is getting bigger and although she may not be into the dress ups yet she adores her big sisters and loves to tag along in watever they do!