happy halloween

Well, after several parties, the day is finally here! K-3rd get to dress up for a parade at our school. So here you have Emily the Indian and Nora the angel.

Originally we were going to do brown for Emily's costume, but then she found an American Girl doll Pow Wow outfit that sent her imagination reeling and I think it's lovely. I was also reminded how forgiving and easy knits are for costumes - no fraying! We found her spiffy boots/mocs at the thrift store - way better than flip flops.

For school thety were not allowed to have face paint, so you will have to imagine red and purple face paint.

Nora's costume was something I made in about 45 minutes last Christmas for our annual nativity. For Trunk or Treat she had glittery/angelic make-up and super fluffy hair, but alas, we do our best at 7am. Nora's also got a cold and just not feeling 100% up to snuff.

three, 3, tres, san, etc

Yep, our Sarah turned THREE! She wanted a PINK cake with PINK frosting and pizza. She has been enjoying her birthday bike for weeks and received pretty clothes and 3 new books. Hooray for the Bear!

Today was the Halloween party at Isaac's pre school, so we did make up all over again to get picures.

Sarah the butterfly - you can learn anything on you tube (including face painting).

Isaac as the Return of the Jedi Luke Skywalker.

Nelson as Hobbes

I'm ready for to move on from the candy but the kids are having a great Halloween season.

arggggggg

Drat, dang, and curses. I had Halloween pictures to share (fluffy hair, beautiful make-up, butterfly face paint, whiskers on Nelson) and they did not transfer when I thought they had and I permanently deleted them from the camera and they are gone FOREVER!!! I am bummed, frustrated, and angry.

In that camera batch was also Nelson's first birthday, my psycho infected finger, and Ryan's grass crop.

Sad, sad, sad!!!

uncle stephen and aunt rosie are TOUGH

Aunt Rosie and Uncle Stephen did the Tough Mudder last week and Uncle Michael filmed. Eek!

happiness is. . .

The first hours after a successful library trip!

little more

Hey Joyce, I do not have a current email for you - BAD!! So the rest of you get more info than you wanted.

Veins are treated in the doctor's office and then you need to exercise daily to help healing (no down time) except for the removal of the puffy vein at the end I will need to be flat for 3 hours and rest for 24 hours. Apparently this used to be MUCH worse and recovery was horrid and painful - hip hooray for lasers!

vein info

Just some more vein info for Joyce. I will wear compressions after each procedure for 2-5 days then no more. The purpose of the procedures is so I won't have to wear them forever.

I also wondered  how my legs would work with zapped veins. Since the veins are already damaged they aren't pumping blood back up to heart as it is. Veins have valves kind of like locks on the Panama canal - my valves are broken (don't meet in the middle) so blood just pools back down and other veins have been compensating all along so actually having the damaged ones gone will take stress off of the remaining veins since they can just do their job and not have to deal with the pooling blood from the damaged ones.

Hope that's all clear.

nefertiti the varicose vein

This is Isaac.

This is brand new Isaac.

This is yet to be born Isaac.

It was when Isaac was yet to be born that Nefertiti came to be. Nefertiti is my varicose vein - big, puffy and when pregnant, painful - Thanks Isaac. Anyhow, after Isaac and after Sarah the pain went away so I figured Nefertiti was just fine and I would ignore her. By the way, her name is Nefertiti after the Ancient Egyptian queen because my vein looks like the Nile and her tributaries.

This is new Nelson with Isaac. After Nelson was born Nefertiti kept on hurting, so I finally decided to have my leg looked at. 

Come to find out, there are 2 main veins in each leg that when damaged cause the visible varicose veins. I thought maybe one of my veins in my right leg must be bad (thus causing Nefertiti). Lo and behold and 30 minutes of ultrasounds later, all 4 of my veins are damaged and need to be obliterated.

So, starting on the 18th I will have all 4 veins lasered, the secondary veins will recieve injections and Nefertiti will be completely removed. I'll be all done by the middle of December. I talked to the office today and usually it takes 6 months to do both legs so I'm grateful they are willing to accelerate my treatment. It does make for 1-3 appointments a week for 2 months but then it will be done - HOORAY! So be looking for me in spiffy compression stockings soon.

october break

Saints preserve us, October break is here. It's 9:08 and I've already lost it once (over piano practicing - aughhhhh). We had a great week planned with a S.Utah adventure but many factors squashed our plan. Despite my yelling this morning, I really hope for a good week. The weather is supposed to be lovely (90's and even 80') and I KNOW we can have fun (and practice our piano too). Must dash, Diana is in tears on the piano - sheesh!

sewing, boats, hats and headphones

This may be the most random sharing in the world, but so be it.

Nelson makes sewing very hard - he likes to play with the petal and there is nothing freakier than a sewing machine suddenly and unexpectedly roaring to life - aug!

Check out the AWESOME striped pants I picked up at Epic (my thrift store). They were super long and super flared with a huge cuff so I took them in and up and now they are super cute - hooray! Thanks Mom for teaching me how to sew.

Halloween is coming and Diana is going to be Mary Poppins. I am pretty pleased with the hat (and yes, I was tired that day, thanks for asking).

Boats. Needless to say the kitchen floor ended up wet. Oh well.

Sarah is irresistable.