Bruce's Shoulder Surgery

Only a really strange wife would take a camera into the hospital and document the surgery..right? Well, I do plan to scrapbook this event....as I have many/most of my surgeries :)
..at the waiting room in the hospital before we were called back...
..third floor of the main hospital.....
..now he's in his hospital gown...I LOVE the bear paw (looks like a pediatric one to me...but it was huge!!!! TWO of Bruce would have fit into it)..still pre-op.....
..just after coming out of surgery and getting dressed.....he's still pretty sleepy, but he sure is slurping down the sprite....
..at home...and in his comfy clothing...now you can see the dressing....
.....all bandaged back up and dressed....

Family Birthday Fun

Each year, usually on Labor Day weekend, we celebrate Abigail's birthday with our family. More often than not, we cannot gather everyone, but we enjoy those who are available to come and have a good time. This year was no different. In the end, only one of her five cousins could attend, but all her grandparents were able to make it, as well as one aunt and one uncle (two of Bruce's siblings). Abigail chose the menu (grilled hamburgers) and we even had a pinata. She got some really neat gifts and gift cards and money too. All in all, we had a nice and relaxing day. These pictures tell a little more of the story.
Mommy and Abigail, before the party begins....
Aunt Mary, Abigail and Daddy, ready for the game...after the party is over....
Abigail, Maddie and Maddie's cousin, Abby enjoy the loot from the pinata.....
...Abigail whacking the pinata...the kids hit it for a solid 10-15 minutes and it NEVER broke!!! Finally, they knocked it down, Abigail jumped on it, and then I ripped it apart and threw candy everywhere...it was quite funny.
..Abigail opens a gift card...she got lots of gift cards, money, some movies, a wii game, some clothes and some books too.
..blowing out the candles on her 'oreo no bake' dessert....my oven part is still back ordered...but thankfully this dessert was a big hit :)
..part of the day's lunch.....
..and the other part.....
...Abigail, enjoying her hamburger :)

Trying something new.....Archery

ARCHERY!!!!!!!!!!!


Abigail enjoyed helping a friend celebrate his tenth birthday. He had an 'archery' party....so she got to shoot a real bow and real arrows. At first she was not too sure about it..but ended up enjoying it and said she wants to return to the range and try it again. Unfortunately, I have NO clue about how to help her. Her friend's mom was the 'pro' in the pictures. The only thing I can 'shoot' well is a camera :)

TWO lost teeth in a week?!?!?!?!

Last night, Abigail pulled another tooth. This one was not even loose or mentioned by the dentist when we went in for a cleaning a couple of weeks ago. And, according to the 'order' he gave me of how they normally fall out, this one is out of order :)

This is on her upper left side...the first molar. She has not lost the 'canine' tooth nor the tooth behind that yet. But this first molar was bothering her, so she kept wiggling it until it came out. It had no signs of decay or disease, so I am not sure why it was bother her.

So, she is another $5 richer. But, this time she wanted to find the money under her pillow. Since she pulled it right at bedtime (MY bedtime even) she suggested that I just "get up really early and put it under her pillow before she gets up at 7:55 a.m. to watch Pokemon this morning." Thankfully I did wake up before she did.