New Years Eve

Welcom to New Years Eve. (Sorry about the pictures. I don't know how to turn them)


Dad beat mom in a tennis match while mom looked puzzled & gave her a head a scratch.


Mom fell down in a laughing fit.....



while Dad let Jake know he was the boxing sh......king.

Jake's cousin Devan came over to share in the spread

While Beezer took refuge on top of Dave's head.

First Experience with the Wii

Mike got the Wii for Christmas. He's skiing down a slope right now getting ready to go off the long jump. I wish you could really see the look on his face. It was priceless.

Check out Jake's awesome dance moves as he exercises on the Wii.

Jake took a jog on the Wii. You're supposed to hold the remote in your hand or in your pocket for it to measure your running. My boy is all about problem solving & finding short cuts.

Christmas

Jake & I stayed at his sister Natalie's house this year for Christmas. Little Jon must have been really good this year cuz we had a lot of fun watching Santa spoil him. He opened his pj's Christmas Eve and he said with absolute excitement "It's a blanket.............with sleeves!"

Jake & I had a super small Christmas. I think Jake only got on the naughty list twice in the last 8 years, so we're really hoping we've been good enough that Santa will belatedly bring us a house for Christmas.

Chipmunk

On Tuesday I went into the dentist for emergency work on a rootcanal I'd had completed over 10 years ago. It took them 3 hours to remove a post from my root that was infected. They sent me home with painkillers & antibiotics. Over the next 3 days, my face began to transform into chipmunk face. The infection & swelling spread into the roof of my mouth, my eye, my nasal cavity, my temple, & is now working it's way into my eyebrow. The whole left side of my face was hot with pain & felt like I had burning shards of glass floating in my cheek bone. I ended up at a specialist office to have my tooth drained & the root canal cleaned out. The pain was so intense that my legs were violently shaking & the dentist would have to stop every few minutes cuz I was sobbing so hard. Drama, drama, drama.


Here is a picture of my normal face.

Here is a picture of my infected face. My left eye eventually got so swollen, I could hardly see out of it.

My attempt at smiling. The muscles in the left side of my face were infected so they pretty much stopped working. I couldn't smile & I could hardly open my jaw.

Jake & his cousin Devan played games while I was down. They set up the table in the living room so that they could be with me & keep me company while I was sick.

Thanksgiving

Dave demonstrates a great way to burn off calories after Thanksgiving dinner.

Adam couldn't quite figure out how to ride the bucking bronco.

Looks like he found a smaller horse to ride.

Sara busted out all of dad's old High School books for the family to look at. This is a picture of her imitating the cheerleading pictures from dads yearbook.

Dad was determined to roast hotdogs out in the backyard. This idea was canceled after the wind notified dad that it is much stronger then his desire to have a hotdog roast in November. The solution was easily solved by the family having a roasting party in the living room fire place.

Mmmmm......fireplace roasted hotdogs.

Soups on!

Come On Baby, Light My Fire

I was laying in bed at 6:30am this morning thinking "My throat hurts, I must be getting a cold........and why does my bedroom smell like camp fire. After a few minutes I sat up & saw that our entire bedroom was filled with smoke. Jake & I got up & our bathroom & our bedroom closet was so full of smoke that you couldn't enter it without going to your knees from caughing so hard. We made a lap around the building to see if anyone was awake. We figured somebody built a morning fire & didn't air the fire properly. Then we went onto the second floor & it was covered in smoke. The laundry room was had a thick layer of smoke on the ceiling. Jake went to the utility door & saw that there were flames behind the door. So I called 911 while Jake ran around telling people to get out. By the time he came outside his eyes were blood shot & his voice was gone. He said he was practically on his knees by the time he left the second floor. We spent about an 1 hr. and half outside while they put the fire out & cleared the air for us. Luckily nobody was hurt. The conclusion was that the boiler was too old and started the fire. I can't believe how bad our apartment stinks. I can't believe how bad I stink. We had to go to work in smelly clothes & no shower since the boiler when up in flames. The worst part is how bad my eyes & my lunges hurt today. I put my contacts in after the fire & dropped to my knees from the pain. It's been a good month for us. Hawaii, our own personal waterfall in our living room, & now the boiler goes up in flames & we get to have camp fire smell all the time. Just makes us feel like we are out doors & roasting marshmellows. Drama, Drama, Drama.