June 9th--Surgery Day!

I've been having jaw problems ever since August and haven't been able to play the clarinet, eat normally, or do a lot of other things. I had surgery on my jaw on Monday, June 9th. This picture was taken a few days after. Now that I've had the surgery (which also included taking out all four of my impacted wisdom teeth) I'm doing really well! Even with this surgery I won't be able to play the clarinet very much for the rest of my life, but the goal is to be able to play at all! Things are going well--I have my first of many, many doctor's appointments tomorrow and I will let you all know what the results are! Meanwhile, I'm supposed to 'refrain from talking' until July 1st, which has been even harder than not being able to eat solid foods for 6 weeks. It's been an interesting week so far, only 5 more to go!

I don't exactly remember this picture picture being taken... I was pretty drugged up, but I look happy!

You're probably embarrassed for me, but don't be. I'm proud of my pictures--I am way less swollen than most people that just get their wisdom teeth out. Plus, who couldn't love my hairdo?

3D Movie--Creatures of the Black Lagoon!

Josh and I went to the first classic horror film --Creatures of the Black Lagoon. It was hilarious, the entire Varsity Theater would scream over anything just for effect. It was great. At least we got to keep the glasses and eat all the popcorn we wanted!

Another year and we're back!

Okay, sorry about the absence. I have tried putting some things on here and gotten so frustrated cause I don't know how to do this blogging thing yet. But, I will keep trying because I don't want my wonderful friends to give up on us! Thanks, Susan, for the email and the reminder... Here goes another try....

This is Ryan, Lori, Me and Brandon as we competed in the Utah Valley Amazing Race! We took third place out of 30 teams, but really took 1st, you can hear our soap box about the whole thing if you ask us...

At least my music stand is being used for something... :)
I've been having jaw problems ever since August and haven't been able to play the clarinet, eat normally, or do a lot of other things. I had surgery on my jaw on Monday, June 9th. This picture was taken a few days after. Now that I've had the surgery (which also included taking out all four of my impacted wisdom teeth) I'm doing really well! Even with this surgery I won't be able to play the clarinet very much for the rest of my life, but the goal is to be able to play at all! Things are going well--I have my first of many, many doctor's appointments tomorrow and I will let you all know what the results are! Meanwhile, I'm supposed to 'refrain from talking' until July 1st, which has been even harder than not being able to eat solid foods for 6 weeks. It's been an interesting week so far, only 5 more to go!