Holidays, Birthdays, and the chaos that ensues!

Here it is! My month in review!

Easter was alot of fun. The Easter bunny brought baskets for the kids full of chocolate, and then we headed of to church. We are breaking in a new Primary Presidency and they all got up and did sharing time together which was alot of fun. It was neat to see how each person was so different in their presentation, yet they fit together perfectly. I guess Heavenly Father really does know what He is doing. After church we headed to my sister-in-law's house where we had a big egg hunt for the kids and Easter dinner. Nena was gracious enough to invite my family over also, so I was still able to enjoy everyone without having to do all of the cooking!

The next weekend was Dallas' birthday. The weather was beautiful so we had a barbecue at the house. His sister Katy was able to stop by with her kids on the way home from Seattle, so we were able to catch up with her as well. The kids are just growing so quickly it is sometimes hard for me to believe!

The rest of the month has been filled with pretty normal stuff. Soccer practices and games, end of year testing, work, and DJ's treatments. His next dilation will be on the fourth of May, and hopefully things will be improving. We will be moving soon, although the date and place are still not set in stone Anytime between August and December and anywhere in the United States. We will not be able to go over seas until DJ gets cleared medically, and it doesn't look like that will be happening any time soon!

Next month will be a full one. I have parent teacher conferences for my class on the 12th, and then preschool graduation an the 21st. DJ will have his gymnastics exhibition sometime next month, and the girls will be going on their end of year field trips and having choir and orchestra concerts. We will also be holding a yard sale to get rid of stuff before our move. Anyway,I am adding pictures from Easter and Dallas' birthday. I hope you all enjoy them.TTFN.

Life as we know it

Last week was a crazy one. It started off fairly normal, getting the kids off to school and planning my day. However, I had a really bad earache that turned out to be a toothache and so Tuesday I went in for a root canal. Now I have never had any real trouble with my teeth other than needing braces so I was very nervous about this. It wasn't so bad though, and my dentist was very nice and made sure I had happy gas before he even started poking me with really long needles. The only problem is that now my chin is numb all of the time. I think he hit a nerve while giving me my shots, and now I just have to wait to see if it heals or not.

Wednesday we took DJ up to Primary Children's for an esophagram to see how he is healing. They tried having him drink it, which he was willing to do, but he was unable to swallow enough to do any good. So they had to stick a tube down his nose, which he loved, let me tell you, and pushed it through that way. Unfortunately, DJ has a serious stricture in his throat that wouldn't let the liquid through, so DJ just ended up coughing everything up. Not pretty at all. Then we go up to the Dr.'s office and wait for about 15 minutes for the results. Dr. Black comes in and says we will be doing a dilation in the morning and to cancel whatever plans we might have the next day. He also lets us know that the majority of DJ's esophagus has healed wonderfully, and they are going to do two or three more dilations on the small portion that doesn't want to heal. If they do not work they will have to go in and remove that portion of his esophagus, which of course is very major. We are hoping these next few dilations work, because I do not want DJ to have to go through such a major procedure.

Anyway, Thursday morning rolls around and we are back up at Primary Children's getting another dilation done. DJ did pretty well this time. He was still super cranky when he came out of anesthesia, but there wasn't as much blood this time, which I really appreciated. Dallas had to get back to work so I drove DJ home by myself, which I get nervous about because he still has all of those drugs in him and he tends to get sick while we are driving. As we are coming down Beck street he starts screaming and crying, and I ask him what is wrong while trying to hide the panic in my voice. This is his reply. " My dundaduh's (underwear) are in my butt and I can't get them out!" Nice. I am thinking he is in horrible pain or about to get sick and he just has a wedgie. I love kids.

Friday was pretty normal and Saturday was full of soccer. Sunday was conference and very peaceful. Hopefully things will be calmer this week. I can always dream, right?