Bar in progress

This is a picture of our "work in progress" bar. They installed the tile today....isn't it gorgeous. We will post pictures when complete!

Wrestling Tournaments and Sock Hops

Wow! We have been busy lately! First of all, Nathan had two wrestling meets this week. The first was on Tuesday and he wrestled five times. The first four times he lost but fought like crazy and then he got his first pin of the season! WooHoo! Today (and yesterday) was a huge tournament here. Nathan wrestled 5 times. He lost a few...he won a few (got 2 new pins) and earned his way to 3rd place and earned an individual medal! While wrestling, he made a new friend, Lance. Lance got 4th in the tournament! Here are the fabulous pictures!

Mackinzi was also a busy girl this weekend. The 3rd annual Daddy/Daughter dinner was held by Mackinzi's school. This year the theme was a sock hop. She told me at the last minute she wanted a poodle skirt so the day before the sock hop we produced the skirt. I think it turned out great! Mackinzi looks forward to the event every year! Chuck said they both had a great time!

Let me catch you up on other things. Nathan did get all 4 teeth pulled. The second one was almost as hard as the first one. It broke off at the roots and the dentist had to dig out the roots....doesn't that sound lovely. The bottom two were much easier, so much so that when the dentist pulled one of the bottom teeth out he pulled much harder than he had to and it went sailing across the room and the assistant caught it! Nathan thought that was hysterical!

Mackinzi won her soccer game last weekend. She had a fabulous game...2 assists and almost scored on her own. She played keeper really well too!

Both mid-term progress reports look fabulous so we are expecting really good grades again!

All 4 of us were sick two weeks ago but we are feeling much better now.

Scruffy had another seizure this week....poor puppy. It breaks our heart that he has seizure ever so often. Three out of the four seizures he's had is when someone unexpected knocks on the door super loud and he get aggitated and then all the sudden he having seizures. He doesn't have one, he has 3 or 4 in a row! It's always scary.

As always, it crazy busy! This week is not any better. Nathan has another wrestling meet on Tuesday, and Chuck has surgery on Wednesday. We have dentist appointments galore and we'll start delivering our girl scout cookies!

Better go and get my beauty sleep!

2006/2007 Family Scrapbook Pages

I just finished our 2006 and 2007 family scrapbook pages. Since 2006 turned out so well, I wanted to post those too! 2006 are the first three in turquoise and black and 2007 are the last four in brown/blues and oranges.

Credits: 2006 Pictures: Bewitching Kit by Krista; Templates 190, 118 and 168 by Andrea Gold
Credits: 2007 Pictures: Cherish and Knocking on Wood Kits by Weeds and Wildflowers; Templates d01, 104 and 147 by Andrea Gold

Nathan gets 1st of 4 MORE teeth pulled

Nathan had the 1st of four teeth removed on Wednesday. This poor kid has been through the ringer. He already had 4 teeth pulled about 2 years ago which he remembers vividly because he could feel it. The dentist 2 years ago pulled 4 teeth in once sitting. Nathan said he could feel it and she told him he didn't and to quit crying wolf or how would she know if he was in pain. Apparently, if your a kid you don't have a valid opinion. Anyway, we found out through our new dentist (of course we wouldn't go back to that dentist ever) that she wasn't able to give him more anethesia based on his weight. So she resorted to insults and belittling to get her job done. Nathan will never forget that office visit.

The orthodontist office told me he wanted 2 more teeth removed but when they wrote the letter to the dentist they said 4 teeth needed to come out. Holy cow! Needless to say, Nathan was less than thrilled. Once we got to the dentist, he told us he'd only take 2 teeth out that day because if he numbed his whole mouth to take out all 4 teeth it wouldn't be safe to give him anymore meds if he needed more anethesia based on his weight.

The nurses were giving us regular updates about how he was doing but then they came out and said the dentist was having a hard time getting the tooth out. They then came out and told us it was the 2nd hardest tooth extraction he has ever done. Nathan proceeded to vomit after the extraction so the dentist called it off for the rest of the day. That tooth had hooks on the end....kind of creepy don't you think. He goes back on Wednesday and Friday of next week to complete the rest. He's not very happy about that!

If you get a chance you should send Nathan a sympathy note....if ur family u have his email address!

Canon Customer Service

Wow! I just have to tell you about my experience with Canon Customer Service. At Christmas, my every day camera broke. I opened it up, turned it on, and all I got was a black screen. The view finder wouldn't show any image. My camera was a Powershot S1 IS. After looking on the internet, I found a known problem with how the camera was manufactured. It didn't matter how long you had your camera or if it was out of warranty they would fix this problem. I called Canon and sure enough they verified I had the problem. They sent me a shipping label to send them my camera (I didn't even have to pay to have it shipped to them!) They sent me a confirmation that they received my camera and indeed it did have this problem and they would be repairing it and shipping it back to me in 7 business days. Well, 2 days ago, Fed-ex started trying to deliver my package...they required a direct signature and id so they just couldn't leave it at my door. I ended up picking it up myself because we kept missing each other. ANYWAY.....after opening the box to check to see if my camera was indeed repaired correctly I got a huge suprise. They didn't have the part to fix my camera so instead they REPLACED....no kidding.... REPLACED by 4 year old camera with a brand new Powershot S5 IS...WooooHoooo!
Holy cow!!!!!! I'm so totally excited....it's better than my regular camera and I have a new warranty! I've never experienced such great customer service!

Spelling Bee

Mackinzi was a participant in her school's Spelling Bee representing 4th grade. Each grade (3 - 8) had 2 class participants. She was out 5th on the word "bridge". She said "j" first instead of "g" and quickly corrected herself but you can't mis-state any part. We were very proud of her. The overall winner was an 8th grader (no surprise) and the 2nd place winner was a 6th grader (again, no suprise).

Christmas Scrapbook Pages

I thought you might like to see my latest and greatest pages. I'm now finished with my Christmas pictures.

Credits:
Page Elements and Papers: Kay Miller Designs - Jingle All the Way

Decorating the Tree: Template 91 by Andrea Gold

Christmas Morning: Template "Winter" by Brittney @britt-ish designs