October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Women, let's not forget our monthly self-exams! I must say that I have never been a "
fan of the self-exam" until now when I'm seeing new breast cancer patients each day. Wow,
cancer sucks! I am back in Provo now, working for Dr. Tudor, and I love my job. I am working WAY too many hours at the moment and that has got to change, but other than that, I love the work (stress and all!). We have amazing patients and they inspire me to be a better person.
Last weekend our
bestie pals, Mike and
Suz, had us over for the unveiling of "
Thee Basement." They have been working tirelessly for months to finish their basement. During this time, we have not been allowed down there so it would be a surprise. Wow, it was beautiful and they've done such a good job. Since we are such weirdos, we decided to make the night special and dress up for the occasion. (What I love, is that my family is crazy enough to follow my every whim and have some fun.) Good job on the basement, Mike &
Suz! It's
fabulous and we can't wait to spend a ridiculous amount of time there and overstay our welcome.
Joe has been teaching the Marriage and Family Relations class at church for the last several months. During class, we had an awesome family (thanks Hanks) give us an idea to help with our family scripture study. They have a Consecutive Club and make goals with specific rewards for a certain amount of days. We started our own Consecutive Club in July. Our family made several goals and amazingly....it's working! We have had the longest run of consecutive scripture study (as a family) since Joe and I were married 16 years ago.
We went bowling as our reward for 30 consecutive days. Here we are being silly and having fun!
For 60 days, we get to do laser tag. We've actually passed the 60 day mark, so this weekend we plan on getting out and getting crazy.
We are on consecutive day 74 and counting. Once we hit 90 days, we're going to be headed to Boondocks for a day of fun. I'm looking forward to the go-carts. I am so proud of the kids for supporting and encouraging us to keep this up. They even did scripture study on their own when Joe and I stayed the night in SLC for our anniversary (that was without a reminder from mom and dad). It's brought us closer as a family and increased the spirit in our home. After Boondocks, I think we'll shoot for the stars and plan out a Disneyland trip for next spring. Huh, how many consecutive days is worth a trip that big?.......
We enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner at Carol and Lynn's. We were joined by the Darrington family and it was so nice to have them there. John Darrington is serving in Iraq right now and we miss him and are grateful for his service.
We also had my nephew, Mitchell, who is attending BYU, join us for dinner. We had delicious food, good company, we watched a movie, had time for a nap, watched some football, ahhhhh.....it was a fabulous day. My sister Tammy, who lives in St. George, knows how much we love her homemade pumpkin pies. She had friends coming up this way, and they delivered two pies (and a gluten-free version) to us. They were delicious and one more reminder of how blessed we are to have kind family and friends. Thanks Tammy!
Kelsey participated in the 6th grade Temples and Tombs program this month. It was entertaining to watch and they did a great job.
This was a big month for Kelsey as she started on phase 1 of her braces adventure! She had braces put on the top and got two teeth pulled on the bottom. So far all 6 teeth she has lost on the bottom, have been pulled by the dentist. We aren't sure why her teeth don't behave correctly, but they don't. Makes me wonder if it had anything to do with the original development of her teeth when she was a baby and we didn't know she had celiac? Guess it doesn't matter. We are making progress and she'll have a beautiful smile to show for it. Love you Kels!
