Too many appointments!!!

So today I went to the Chiropractor. Not my favorite place to be-I hate any kind of Doctors and Dentists. I don't know if anybody else has TMJ (Jaw) problems, but I have had major problems with my jaw the past many years. I have been going to the dentist 2 to 3 times a month for the past year in trying to resolve this issue. For a year now, I have been wearing a ridiculously uncomfortable and obnoxious orthotic which is supposed to help the TMJ (I always take it out when I leave the house if you're wondering why you haven't noticed it.). Unfortunately, neither the orthotic or treatments have helped anything. So, my dentist is now sending me to a Chiropractor to see if he can help. We viewed the x-rays that he took the other day, and he showed me how messed up I am. He is hopeful that he can help me with my TMJ and the daily headaches that I've been experiencing the past many years (ya, I go through a lot of tylenol). Well, like I mentioned I really hate going to Doctors and Dentists. It's always been a big fear of mine. I told Stan before I went in today that if the Dr. tells me that I have to come see him 2 times every week, that I think I might cry. Much to my surprise, he didn't tell me that I needed to come in twice a week. He told me that I needed to come in 4 times a week!!!!!!! You should have seen my deformed jaw drop to the floor! What is he thinking??? I don't have time for this! Doesn't he know that I have blogging to do!! :) So I am on the 40 visit plan. I start with 4 times a week, then down to 3, then down to 2. And this is on top of continuing the 2 to 3 times a month dental visits. Wo is me!! Poor Crissie! C'mon, let's all say it together "Po-o-o-r Crissie" (jk!!). I really hate trials in life, but I would hate other people's trials worse. So, I guess I could say that I'm "grateful" for my trials. Thankfully, our insurance is good and covers 100% of most of my visits to the chiropractor. Whew!!

Okay, I'm done venting for the day. Thanks for listening! :)

1 VISIT DOWN, 39 VISITS TO GO!!!!

Humanitarian Day

On Saturday morning our Church had a big Humanitarian day. Everyone was invited to come and help with Humanitarian service projects. There was a blood drive, quilts to tie and stuffed bears to make (usually then sent to poverty stricken areas of the world), a canned food drive, projects for the Salvation Army, orphanages, and the organization “Newborns in Need”, and a donation drive to help out the La Mesita Homeless shelter in Mesa. So many people-both young and old came to help out with all the projects. It was a great time.

Merilana & Corey, and Melody & Matt (my sisters and their husbands) and their kids came to help. All of the kids seemed to really enjoy helping with the service projects.

One of the many quilts that were tied that morning. Even the teenagers were helping! :)

Stuffing Teddy bears

Halloween Fun!

On Saturday night, my family had our traditional Halloween party at my parents’ house. My kids always look so forward to this event. All of the older grandkids got to spend the night at Grammy and Papa’s house the night before to help prepare for the event. Grammy helped them come up with some great Halloween booths for the event. What a fun time it was!!

Here's the picture we took before the party. Parker is a Karate Pro, Dallin is a penguin, and Cassie is dressed as me! (that is, me in the 80's). :)

Parker and Uncle Corey in a serious "Karate Kid" match!! You gotta love it!

Some of the grandkids eating "Monster Dogs".


My niece Rinsley doing face painting on my niece Raelyn. My nephew Hite waiting his turn.


Dallin trying to get a hold of that donut at Parker's and Jake's donut booth.


Last but not least, my newest nephew Tanner. He was dressed as Baby Bear. Mom and Dad (Nathan and Alicia) were Mama and Papa bear. Isn't he just the cutest!!

Well Check-ups

On Thursday I took both Parker and Dallin to the Dr. for well check-ups. Neither of my boys were too happy about going. We had talked previously about how we would have Parker go first so Dallin could watch. So as soon as the nurse called us in, Dallin immediately announced to the nurse, “Parker’s going first!” The nurse agreed and proceeded to measure and weigh Parker. Then it was Dallin’s turn. The nurse said, “Okay Dallin. Hop on over to the scale.” So what does Dallin do? He literally hopped over to the scale. He’s very obedient :) The nurse and I just had to laugh. Next was blood pressure. Dallin went first. He smiled all the way through it. When it was Parker’s turn, Dallin reassured his big brother with, “Parker, that won’t hurt.” During the Doctors exam, Dallin was all smiles. After the doctor examined each of the boys, she asked Parker if he had anything that he would like to talk about or tell her. He of course said “No”. Dallin on the other hand said, “Yes”. So the Dr. stopped what she was doing to listen. He began to inform her that he likes to go lots of places and so on. The Dr. was so nice to listen to him jabber on. Well, after the exam we found out that Dallin would need 4 shots! When I had talked to the receptionist on the phone earlier, she said that he wouldn’t need any shots this time. I was a little worried about how he would react to the news, because I had already reassured him that he wouldn’t be getting any shots. When I told him, he surprisingly didn’t seem to have a problem with it. However I was curious to see how he would really do once she started poking him. This is how it went. First shot-not even a flinch. Second shot-not even a flinch. 3rd shot-not even a flinch. 4th shot (they always save the worst for last)-a little flinch. The nurse and I couldn’t believe how well he did with his shots. The nurse then went to tell the Dr. how well he did. At the end of the visit, the Doctor exclaimed, “You boys win the best Patients award”. And we were off to the treasure chest!!

The "Concert Master"

Cassie had her first Jr. High Orchestra Concert on October 2nd. Being first chair violin, she had the opportunity to be the "Concert Master" for the concert. This meant she had to walk out on stage by herself, take a bow, and lead the orchestra in "warm-ups"(see video clip below). She was extremely nervous about doing this, but did a fabulous job! We are so proud of her!

My Family

To get started I'll post some pictures of my family. Here's a picture of my 3 sweet kids-Cassie, Parker, and Dallin. This was taken last Christmas. Hopefully we'll be getting updated pictures in the next month or so.













Here's a picture of Stan and I taken in June 2008.

Crissie has a blog?!?!?!

Well, I know you're all in shock to find out that I actually have a blog. I don't know what came over me! Just a few days ago, I told my sisters that I had no interest in creating my own blog, and that I was going to stay strong to all the peer pressure! :) However after thinking about the possible benefits of having a blog (Thanks Melody!), I evidently changed my mind. So here I am! My biggest concern is that I won't do a very good job in keeping up with it. But I figure that I can at least try it out and see how it goes. So here we go! (Okay Tara P.-if I can do it, you can do it too!!)