Our Life

Well I for one thank ALan for being my picture reference to this first story. We have had the hardest time getting into the dentist since we moved here 4 years ago. Our kids can have it taken care of fairly easily, but the real money has to get paid when the parents have to visit the dentist. So last week, Alan and I took our turn getting our teeth cleaned and filled. This is Alan's smile, half normal half numb. Mine wasn't even close to as numb so there are no pictures of me :) I never knew how funny it would be taking turns laughing at each other while we talked weird. We tried to make the best of it...


Then there is me today. Due to some oral surgeon's advise years ago, this is now my 3rd surgery on my wisdom teeth. I went this morning to get my 4th and final wisdom tooth pulled out. Years ago the oral surgeon told me to leave it alone because it had grown in just fine. Now, he may have been right back then because that was before I had kids and my attention to just about everything having to do with taking care of myself was put on hold for these last few years. Not a good idea Krysten. SO here I sit, waiting for the next hour to go by so I can take another pain killer (which by the way is the first time I have been able to take much of anything since being prego and nursing all this time). I didn't have any coffee this morning because I had to be prepared in case they told me I had to be put under, so I am trying to be pleasant with this headache. I won't go through all the details because these thoughts will fade for me quickly I am sure, so if any of you have ever been awake for one of these tooth pullings, you probably know that it only takes about 5-7 minutes of actual pulling so I opted to save the $300 and just have local numbing. (I cannot believe it costs that much! ) Not pleasant, not easy, but a whole lot better than having a baby with no drugs I say! So all in all it is a good thing, I just have to try not to talk very much (which my kids are not happy about because they think something is wrong with me).





These are some pictures right after preschool a week or so ago when the kids won a hand stamp and by the time I got to the class to pick them up, they were different colors - and the ink has only just this week, fully come off.





Isaiah is embarrassed

Family Trip Ocean Shores '08

This is the second time our family has been blessed by getting the chance to stay in a condo right by the ocean for practically nothing because of the people who own it letting us stay during their time share weekend. The weather was as great as it could have been on a weekend in November, no rain or much wind, but cold enough.

Our mini golf game by the ocean. Isaiah's first time playing and he was amazing or very lucky :) He just about beat us with a couple hole in ones. You can see Dad and I in the shadows.

We all had so much fun playing on the beach


And then they all want me to carry them home for a warm bath awwww

Some karate football kick Alan has been working on :)

Mom the picture taker (she thought if she was the one taking all the pictures, she wouldn't have to be in any of them) ha ha got her

Do they look cold?

Our great seashell castle

Oh Beautiful Fall!

On our last dry day this past week, I finally got out the rake and made a huge (well not huge to Alan's standards) pile of leaves for the kids to jump and play in. They loved it and it was great to spend so much time out on the sunny day. I still feel like there are leaf parts and dirt in my hair, but it was worth it :)





Is Isaiah actually in there?








Emery relaxing in the crinkly leaves













After a big jump







































These probably should have been last, but it is hard to change the order of photos on here so I will explain quickly. The week before halloween the local school had a harvest festival. These beautiful teeth were one of the many small weird things that came back attached to Isaiah's fishing pole after he had thrown it over the wall.






Emmy's mouth is a little smaller...haha still makes me laugh










The cake walk where Isaiah got to pick out his plate of brightly colored frosted cupcakes. I cannot imagine how much food coloring must have been used to get them that color. Gross





















Here is Superman and his Princess













Heh for some reason whenever I turn the camera to get a vertical picture, the kids think they have to duck to make sure they fit in, I can't get them to believe me that it isn't necessary :)