I want my BACK back!!

Well, I haven't posted for along time, and unfortunately this isn't happy news. Right after Austin was born (1 1/2) years ago, I fell and hurt my back. Well, it' s been bothering me a lot and so I went to a chiropractor today. He x-rayed it and suspected that i may have actually fractured my back when i fell!!! ouch. As a result of that fracture, I now have what is called spondylolisthesis and scoliosis.

And, I am currently at a grade 3!!! I will be doing a lot of treatment, exercises, and deep tissue massage to try and make improvements in my back, but it will most likely never fully recover. I may have to get it fused someday, but let's hope not. Well, that is my exciting news for the day. I'll try and post something exciting next time, oh wait, here's something exciting. Jeremy and I bought land behind our property to make our back yard enormous!! We planted onions yesterday out on the property, well, he did, while I chased Austin around (who is afraid of worms). It is so much fun to have all that space. Next project, putting a fence around the entire property (one that isn't falling over and barbwire). Well, i'm going to bed now. Goodbye!!

Happy Birthday Marci and Ruth!!!!!

Look what Jeremy did yesterday!!!!

He made me one of those!!!! It's a scarf hanger, just in case you didn't know. Here is how I used to hang my scarfs! haha

Now I can knot them on my new hanger!

I love it!!! THANK YOU JEREMY!!!

He's the best!!!!

Grandma's sweater...

I've looked forward to these sweaters for as long as I can remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aren't they beautiful?!? My grandmother is so talented!! I love her soooo sooo sooo sooo much!!!

THEY TOOK MY SMARTS!!!

10:30 am
All excited to go, not really though, scared to death! Just took some valium. Doesn't seem to be doing anything but making me feel slightly dizzy.
2:00 pm
Finally home from the dentist. I feel about as good as I look!! My bottom two were partially in the bone!6:00 pm feeling a little better, thanks to Loritab. You can tell my left side is a little more swollen, which is funny because they took FOREVER on the right side!!
I've lost all my wisdom, so don't come to me for advice anymore!

Sleepy Boy!!

yes, our garbage can is on the kitchen table, because it is just too much fun to play in!!

What is that on my shoulder???

And why can't I get it??


My first hair cut!!! Get this thing off of me!
NO!!!! You can't cut my hair off!

Halloween...in December???

I'm finally blogging about my Halloween party! Sorry it took me so long Marci!! We had our first Annual Halloween party this year! I was a little disappointed in the lack of warm bodies at the party! (mainly because I was so thirsty). I e-mailed everyone in my ward and a lot of people didn't see the e-mail until it was too late, so next year, I'm going to post something on everyone's door to get the word out, and talk about it for a couple of weeks in advance! I cooked all week long! 2-3 different goodies each night! It was a lot of fun, and a lot of work. Next year I'm not going to make so many sugary things, I'll make meatballs and little sausages! Here are some pics of the yummy goodies I made.

Witches Toes

floating hand in ginger ale punch

pumpkin sugar cookies

candy corn fudge

mummy pretzel sticks

Dried bat wings

Ghost pretzel sticks

Spider-web cupcakes

Frankie-mallows

Favorite of the night: Peanut Butter Eyeballs

pumpkin cupcakes

Here are some fun Halloween costume ideas! Pirate, Poison Ivy, Black Widow, I dream of Jeannie
Little Red Riding Hood, Big bad wolf
Mr. Bones, in cognito as a dolphin

We had a Halloween get-together at Grandma Great's house. Austin was Prince Charming

And the rest of us were the 7 dwarfs!

DAD's JOKES

PLEASE COMMENT by SHARING SOME OF DAD'S FAMOUS SAYINGS THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER!!!
THESE WILL BE GOING IN THE FAMILY NEWSLETTER!

The train went by, how can you tell? It left it's tracks.

This is a famous spot! You can start here and go anywhere in the world!

Have you heard the joke about the roof? It's over your head!

If you lived here you'd be home by now!

What did the elephant say when he stepped on a grape? Nothing, he just gave a little whine!

If I knew everyone in the world, you'd be one of them.

I scream...you scream...we all scream for ice cream.

What time is it? Time for all dogs to go to heaven, aren't you glad you're just a pup?

Jeremy, your dad was "RUTH-less" before he met your mom.

One fine day in the middle of the night,
Two dead boys got up to fight,
Back to back they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other,
A deaf policeman heard the noise,
And came to arrest the two dead boys,
If you don't believe this story's true,
Ask the blind man he saw it too!

(I may not have posted all of those correctly, you may comment on that too! We don't want these to be put in the newsletter inccorectly!)

It's my BIRTHDAY!!!!!