It was another great week. We finally went to Roaring Springs, that place is a racket but a summer must. I was so happy to not be pregnant this year. I unfortunately had to end my summer with a surgery. I needed 2 gum grafts. Boo. I needed one 20 years ago and it was super awful and I've been dreading it since January when I found out I needed to get one that turned into two. The procedure itself was MUCH better. They gave me some anxiety pills and laughy gas and I was just peachy. It went so fast, it was great. The recovery not so much. It's to be expected to not be my super best self. I have two areas of stiches and a retainer covering the roof of my mouth where they cut the tissue for the graft. I have been on top of my pain meds taking them on schedule but I woke up to pain and a bottom mouthful of coagulated blood. It was very gross and unsettling. I thought the graft came out and I was chewing on it but I was just chewing on thick blood. I didn't sleep great the rest of the night waiting for morning to check in with my surgeon. He let me know that there must have been some disruption during my sleep but that the stiches looked good. Fingers crossed I won't wake up to a blood nightmare again tonight. I hate eating just soft foods and feel like I'm starving to death. I will survive. I have my first work meeting this Friday and then work begins the following Wednesday. It's a bummer to end my summer in recovery but at least I was able to take care of it before work starts. I really hope it can heal quickly and nicely. I'm trying hard to follow post op instructions.
We watched Coraline, Piper is pulling her I'm tormented face.
Seriously? Cuteness alert!
It's cute when they play together.
I love that Ryan loves to cook. I helped him make some homemade whole wheat pancakes, don't worry that stack is not just for him. LOL
Another week gone in a flash! We went to Atomic Days for the Beal reunion this past weekend. Corbin went a day early with Gabe which made the drive a little more roomy for the other kiddos. John came with us. This was our first trip together with my kids so that was interesting. They were typical preteen/teens and listened to their airpods on the drive and John and I just chatted. We did the usual festivities which mostly consist of gathering on a camping chair and chatting and eating. John was a good sport and my family all liked him. We had breakfast in the park and then watched the parade. It was extra long (for Arco) this year. The kids had a great time getting candy and that is always fun to watch. I should have taken more pictures, oh well! Keaton and his family came all the way from North Dakota. All siblings were there except for Lance. It's a lot, even with a lot of missing people, it keeps getting bigger and bigger! Everyone but Keaton left on Saturday so we decided to leave Saturday night as well since we were planning to leave early for me to get back to work today anyway. It was short but sweet! I get my kids again this week, yay! We will see if we do anything fun.
We met for Mary's birthday!
Charly turned 3! She's so so so cute. We love her to death.
Dad, all brother siblings minus Lance, and Corbin, Benett, and Spencer.
This summer is flying by. With scheduling rearrangements I haven't had my kids for 2 weeks and it feels like forever, it went by fast though so that's good. I only have 3 more weeks before I go back to work so I'm going to try to fit in some summer festivities with my kids. The summer goes way too fast. For the 4th John and I crashed my cousin's BBQ we didn't stay for the fireworks so we could get back to Hutch and also because I had to get up at 3:00 in the morning to go to the airport. I went to Florida for the FCCLA National Conference. I'm trying to figure out FCCLA more. It's a part of my job that I don't like worrying about. It's a lot of extra work and stress but I'm trying my best to wrap my brain around it so I don't hate it for the next 20 years. It was nice to go somewhere and have little vacation time along with work. I went to SeaWorld by myself just to practice doing things alone. It was not great but I was glad I did it. A work colleague was at the same hotel as me and it was nice to have someone to go to dinner with and hang a bit with. We went to some outlet malls one night and that was fun to check out. We tried a few local restaurants and I had some really good fish tacos. It was nice to have chill pool time and it was great to have my own hotel room.
Cute buddy.
I'm trying to get better at standing up on the paddle board. I was pregnant last summer so I couldn't do that.
My paddle boarding buddy Shelly.
John, Hutch, and I went paddle boarding.
My trees are growing nicely. I'm glad I haven't killed them!
Heidi trying to nap with our very long delays. We were supposed to get into Boise at 5:40 pm on the 10th and got it at 1:30 am on the 11th. Not a fav!
Out to dinner.
The sky was so pretty at the outlet malls.
The one ride I was able to go on only once. It was fun though.
My room buddies for the Early Childhood Competition. It was helpful to be involved in that. I will be creating an assignment in my classroom around it.
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