Stories

So there has been a lot happening..as you can see by the recent pictures. My brother Matt came home from his mission and he is doing GREAT! This week he is off with my youngest brother Nathan on a Boy Scout trip in northern California. They are going river rafting. Not something that I think I would enjoy but more power to them!
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So about a week and a half ago I had one of my teeth pulled. It's the second to last one on the top left hand side and for those of you in the know for dentistry it was #14....whatever that means. The only other time I have had teeth pulled is when I had my wisdom teeth out about 7 years ago...and I remember not enjoying that AT ALL. So I was not looking forward to this experience at all going into it. Well to make the long of the short of it...I was awake the whole time(it's cheaper that way and when you pay for everything yourself..I always choose the cheaper way to go!) and let me just say that I hope I never ever have to have another tooth pulled ever again. It hurt so bad and it made me sick. Plus now I have this huge gaping hole in the back left side of my mouth..and I can only chew on one side of my mouth. What a pain...takes me so much longer to eat my food! Oh and the best part is that the reason I had to have my tooth removed in the first place was(well as far as the dentist could tell) that I had this tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny crack in my tooth that caused a resorbtion(I have no idea how to spell that correctly) which is basically a lesion inside my tooth that will never heal, even with a root canal...which I had done about a month ago on the same tooth. On top of all of that I have to wait 5-6 months to get an implant put in because they need to make sure that the bone grows back or something like that so I get to have this great big hole in my mouth for the next little while. Fun stuff!
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Fourth of July was so much fun! As I said before Matt was home and he is so cute. He is still getting used to being home from his mission and was not used to being around so many people without his name badge on..poor guy! But he fared well during the party and he had a great time. The girls (Cambria and Brynn) had fun in the pool. Cambria is a natural fish. She LOVES being in the pool, you have to drag her out when it is time. Brynn is warming up to the pool but is still not sure if she likes it or not. I think the warmer it gets the more she likes it because the water in the pool is warmer. But she did have fun going down the slide with Jonathan and Sarah. During the party we had about 85 people come over and we had so much food. All types of salads and BBQ food to be had. Hotdogs and hamburgers and then dessert! Yummy! When it started to get dark that's when we started our annual fireworks show out in front of the house in the street. Every year for the past 3-4 years we buy our own fireworks(the one's that are legal in California) and put on our own show. It is so much fun! It usually lasts about an hour because we can only light so many at a time without hurting ourselves...the boys have fun with this part. So my fourth of July turned out wonderful. It's one of my favorite holidays to celebrate...food, fun, BBQ, fireworks, pirotecchniques...fun, fun, fun!!
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So on top of everything that has happened this past couple of weeks I was sick this past weekend....I started to not feel well on the 4th and it got worse as the weekend continued. So I spent Saturday and Sunday literally ALL DAY on the couch in front of the TV trying to get rest and to get better. So needless to say I watched a lot of TV, which brings me to the point. I have now become a HUGE fan of the Discovery Channel's The Deadliest Catch. Yes, I know the what? It's a show about Alaskan Crab fishers. They are on these boats in the Bering Sea up between Alaska and Russia and I have become addicted. I love this show. I just do. My dad actually likes it too... and to say that is something because my dad rarely watches TV...he thinks it's a waste of time...anyway, if you haven't seen the show I would highly recommend it.
Enough of me going on and on....that's it until next time....