Wedding Pics of the Kids

Here's some pics of my BEAUTIFUL children at the wedding reception.

More Wedding Pictures

Here's some fun pictures from my brother's reception, Friday night.


This is my dad, I think he just saw the bill!!

My brother Jacob, "Let's get this party started!"



My brother Jacob, and his wife, Missy.



Beautiful Bride: Claudia!


My brother Jacob and my sister Nicole.



Handsome groom and all the nieces and nephews.



My Grandma Fisher and Grandpa Davis.



Trouble: Maxine and her cousin Gabriela!

Congratulations Alex y Claudia!!

My youngest brother, Alex was married this last weekend on Saturday November 15 to Claudia. So fun to have a new sister in law. Congrats!!

Ain't they cute???

Dr, Gee is PUBLISHED!!!

This is a big SHOUT OUT to my wonderful husband DR. GEE congratulating him on being PUBLISHED!!! Congrats babe!! I'm so proud of you!!!

Bryan received word today that a paper he has been working on for a while now, with a colleague from D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Amy Nwora, has been ACCEPTED for PUBLICATION in a scholarly, peer reviewed journal!!

Good job Bryan and Amy, I'm so very happy for you!!

Love you Bryan!!

Halloween

So, Halloween is not my favorite holiday and I always wait til the last minute to figure out costumes and don't put much into it. Sorry. Just not my thing. Fortunately for my kids, their dad likes Halloween. So here's a few pics of the kids in their costumes.




Here's Riley, as Darth Maul. His dad did the awesome make up job. Dad rocks!!




Maxine was a fairy again this year.



Here's Easton after trick or treating. Just pooped out on us. We've had this fun dinosaur costume for many years, each kid has had their turn in it. Ain't he cute?? Especially sleeping. . . . . . .




Here's Easton in his Buzz Lightyear costume. He's been wearing this for days now. I used the excuse of washing it to hide it, and get it out his mind.

Breeakfast in Bed!! Happy Birthday

Easton's birthday was November 7, he is 4 years old!! Yikes! Somehow we've started a tradition of serving breakfast in bed to the birthday star. (I think it started with Riley). Easton knew this was the deal and insisted that he get it too. Of course, he woke up at 5:30 and we made him wait a little until we were up and ready to get breakfast. We asked him what he wanted, he said Cinnamon Toast (cereal). Got off easy with this one. He loved it, thought he was the coolest thing ever. Here's some pics.

Grandpa Boobie Rocks!!!

I suppose the name of the title (my dad's name) alone is a whole 'nother post. But, here's the story.

We spent the weekend at my parent's house. We brought our Xbox 360 and Guitar Hero, never expecting to get the old folks (my parents) to participate. Not only would did the old people sit in the same room, watching the festivities. They participated!! And they had fun!! And they ROCKED!!

This is a video of my dad, and all I can say, is he ROCKS!!!






Here's a picture of my mom, she rocks too, though not nearly as exaggerated as my dad!

My brother, Alex:




Riley, playing MarioKart:

50 Odd Things About Me

So, I'm overdue for a post. Been studying, just class on my mind, can't think of much else, so I thought I'd do one of these fun lists, got it from Muriel.

1) Do you like blue cheese? NEVER!! That's just nasty!

2) Have you ever smoked crack? Unfortunately, no.

3) Do you own a gun? I do not personally own a gun, but my husband has something.

4) What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? None, I like my cola straight up!

5) Do you get nervous before doctors appointments? Depends on where they are probing me.

6) What do you think of hot dogs? LOVE 'EM!! Especially the ones I ate in New York.

7) Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night, especially when JOSH GROBAN is singing it.

8) What do you prefer to drink in the morning? OK, if we're being honest, Mountain Dew. If you want the answer I should give, we'll say water.

9) Can you do push ups? Not sure, why would I want to do that?

11) What's your favorite piece of jewelry? Love my wedding rings.

12) Favorite hobby? Sleeping, that's a hobby, right?

13) Ever been in a car wreck? Yes, two.

14) Do you like thunderstorms? Yes.

15) What's one trait that you hate about yourself? The leftover baby fat, thanks kids!

16) Middle name? Lynn

17) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? 1- Is it time to leave to take Maxine to swimming lessons? 2- Is it time to put the kids to bed yet? 3) I have some serious studying to do!!!

18) Name 3 things you bought today? AA batteries, milk, cat food.

19) Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water (yes, I drink a lot of water, especially if it's really good water!!) and Mountain Dew. Just two.

20) Current worry? First Anatomy & Physiology test Wednesday night.

21) Current hate right now? Stupid people in college courses.

22) How did you bring in the New Year? As I always do: sleeping.

23) Where would you like to go back to? Puerto Rico, baby!!

24) Name three people who will complete this? My 3 "Jenn" friends, Adams, Hicks & Pearson. Maybe??

26) Do you own slippers? Yes, pink ones and white squishy ones from Bath & Body Works.

27) What shirt are you wearing? ISU Bengals shirt Bryan bought me for Christmas.

28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? YES!! If only I could afford some of my own.

29) Can you whistle? Yes, but it's pretty pathetic.

30) Favorite color? Pink.

31) Would you be a pirate? Nah.

32) What songs do you sing in the shower? You think I'm coherent enough to sing in the shower. I'm finally awake by the time I get out.

33) Favorite girl's name? Maxine, of course

34) Favorite boy's name? Riley & Easton

35) Whats in your pocket? My cell phone.

36) Last thing that made you laugh? Watching Psych with Riley, and watching how hard Riley was laughing at it.

37) Best bed sheets as a child? Huh?

38) Worst injury you've ever had? Does a jaw swollen to the size of a baseball due to an abscess of a 15 year old root canal count??? I think that's the best I got.

40) Favorite flavor potato chips? Not a fan of chips, but I suppose I would say Fritos.

41) Who is your loudest friend? Not sure how to answer this one, don't want to offend ;-)

42) How many dogs do you have? Zero, no thanks.

43) Does someone have a crush on you? I hope somebody does!

45) What is your favorite book? Don't have favorite, currently reading Abnormal Psychology, Anatomy & Physiology, 1776, An Unquiet Mind, and When Listening Comes Alive. Whew!!!

46) What is your favorite candy? Don't care much for candy, but I do have this strange unexplained weakness for Twinkies?

47) Favorite Sports Team? I could really care less, sorry.

48) What song do you want played at your funeral? What?

49) What were you doing at midnight last night? Studying for a quiz on the skull bones; got 100% thank you very much!!

50) First thing you thought about when you woke up? Couldn't I just stay in bed??

Dental Catastrophe: Part Two

So, a week ago monday (August 11, 2008) I went back to the oral torture surgeon for the next stage of my tooth drama for the implant portion of the nightmare. If you recall, in March I had a tooth, previously root-canaled, go terribly wrong and abscess, which led to emergency removal. It was not a good thing, worst-case scenario type of situation (see post: http://thefamilygee.blogspot.com/2008/04/when-momma-aint-happy.html for details).

So the next step was to put in the implant, which basically is a screw, drilled into my jaw (yes, I saw the drill, yikes!!!) which they will eventually build a crown for. Fortunately, they knock you out for this part too, and give you good pain meds to follow up with. Here is the result, this is an x-ray they apparently took right after the surgery. I have no recollection of taking an x-ray after surgery, I know you have to stand for this kind of x-ray. All I remember is waking up with Bryan by my side, listening to girl in the next curtain-cubie over barfing her guts out.



Yep, that's my mouth! Pretty. Awaiting the next bill, donations accepted!:-)

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

This is a fun site I came across with giveaways. Wouldn't Maxine look cute in this dress? Wish us luck!

Drop me a memory

Have you seen this yet on other blogs? Kind of fun. Here's how it works:

Leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember!

Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... comment!

Maxine lost her first tooth!!!

Unfortunately it didn't happen the "normal" way, and hasn't been the best experience. Here's the story, I'll try to keep it quick. Maxine bumped one of her top front teeth a few years ago, and as most do, it discolored a little and has remained the same for a few years. A couple weeks ago she complained that it was hurting and it looked to me that the coloring had changed, ever so slightly. So I took her to see her regular dentist in Utah who has been watching the situation since she bumped it. He took an X-ray and checked her out, said he didn't say anything to be concerned about. He said it could be the permanent tooth pushing on the bone, pushing on the baby tooth, or something like that???, and maybe the feeling was new to her and that the only reason to pull it was for the level of discomfort, but nothing serious. I said leave it alone, it will probably be coming out in a few months anyways. She hasn't lost any teeth yet, and he said, nope. It will be a while before she's ready to loose any teeth, she was about a year away from losing any. So, we went home and that was that. Earlier this week she said it was hurting again and was asking for lots of Tylenol. I took a closer look, her gums above the tooth were swollen and we noticed a little spot. I had a friend who is a dental hygienist come over and look at it. She said it didn't look good, could be an abscess and we needed to get in to a dentist, quick!! This was Thursday night, and we didn't want to go through a weekend. So we got into a local dentist here in Pocatello, and he said, basically, it needed to come out. (He said things like this don't always show up on an X-ray at first, so the first dentist didn't miss it, it just wasn't there enough for him to see. Put my mind at ease cause I didn't want to think he had missed anything, we really like him).

So, Friday morning he pulled out her tooth. It wasn't much fun but she was a brave, tough girl. She wimpered a bit when he deadened the area but after that she didn't cry until they were all done. As we were walking out, she could hardly hold it in any longer and I told her it was ok to cry. She cried the entire way home. Once we got home, she did ok, but didn't want to take the gauze out of her mouth (don't worry, we changed it several times throughout the day but it didn't come out until after she'd fallen asleep that night). She wouldn't eat or drink at all. We had been planning to go swimming that afternoon, and she said she was ok to go. So we went swimming but she didn't swim much. Mostly, she just laid on the grass wrapped up in her towel.

The next morning she woke up and said her tummy hurt, I said it was probably because she hadn't eaten anything. She tried eating a little, but she threw it up. All day long she was feverish and threw up everything she tried to eat, even water. She napped on and off all day. But by about 7 that night she said she was hungry and perked up and ate popcorn and has done great since. She's not real happy about not having a tooth, but she'll get used to it. The dentist said she'd be without for at least a year.

So, that was our fun Saturday and of course, as Murphy's Law goes, Bryan was out of town, just like the last dental emergency. Our family hasn't done too good this year concerning teeth . . . .

Riley's Birthday: 9 years old!!!

Here's a few pics from the birthday party with the Gee's.9 candles, out!!

Maxine and Brooklynn, playing "Office" with the fake glasses Grandma Susie bought.










Silly Easton!

My little Cub Scout.

Now, I'm new to this whole Cub Scout thing, took me almost the first year to figure out what it was all about and what I needed to do to help Riley (and I'm still pretty clueless). He's really enjoying it though; he enjoys the accomplishment and getting awards. The Pack Meeting held in July, the same month as his birthday was exciting for Riley as he earned quite a few awards. If you look closely, there's even a smile on his face, in a few pics, a bit serious too. This month he received 2 "segments" for day camp, and an outing the den had done. He earned his swimming belt loop and pin (and is on fire to earn more of those), and finally his Wolf Award. He is also ready to get several arrows and a conservation award, but he'll get those next month.

Earning his swimming belt loop and pin.
This is Riley and his friend, Grant. Grant lives about 3 houses down from us and will be in Riley's class at school this year in the 4th grade. Riley got his wolf, Grant had earned his Bear.


This is Riley pinning me with his Wolf pin.

Glamour Gal!

Another fun creation of Maxine's hair. We're having so much fun trying new things.

Time to post

I guess a blog isn't too much fun if the author doesn't post anything. Oops. I didn't think there was much that was post-worthy at our house, until I transferred the pictures from my camera, so we'll see what I can do. . . .

Rappin' Gee's

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"I wanna be a cowboy!!"

My aunt and uncle live close to us here in Idaho, and they have a horse named Scooter. My kids love Scooter and have been wanting to learn to ride a horse. So, Uncle Rod took the kids out on the horse around the pasture (thanks Uncle Rod!!!) for a ride and they loved it!!!! Look, even Riley is smiling, imagine that!! Maxine said it was like having a butt-massage. Riley said it's bumpy! They can't wait to go again.

My first jam session!!

So, my boys finally talked me into trying this whole guitar hero thing!! I picked up the guitar and discovered, I TOTALLY ROCK!!! 81% on my first try ever!!
Look at that proud husband looking on, said he'd never been more proud. . . . .

A new litter of puppies at our house!!

Ok, not literally of course. But there are 6 identical puppies dwelling in our house, running around on 3 pairs of little feet. I made all the kids new puppy slippers, they turned out OK, and they even fit!! Easton and Max run around the house, every time they step they make a little squeaking, barking puppy sound!! Pretty cute.

So CUTE!!

This is what I did to Maxine's hair this morning for church, look how cute it turned out. My friend Jenn told me about this great website that shows you how to do such fun things to little girl's hair. THANKS so much for sharing Jenn!! Maxine & I got so many compliments today on her hair. Talk about making a little girl's day!! It was nice. Here's the link: http://shedoeshair.blogspot.com/ If you have a little girl, check it out, she has step by step instructions and lots of ideas, no excuse not to do your little girl's hair anymore!!

Riley Swimming

Maxine at Swimming Lessons

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Easton at swimming lessons!

Swimming lessons are over, Easton did GREAT!!! He had so much fun, here's some videos.





Easton is a jumping fool, he loves to jump in!!

Flowers for Maxine

Maxine wanted me to post these beautiful flowers. My friend Karla that I walk with in the mornings has a BEAUTIFUL yard. Maxine and I went through her yard, admiring all the pretty flowers; Karla picked a few for Max to take home.

Swimming Lessons

Getting ready for swimming lessons.

Think Easton is excited about lessons at all?

Another Knitting Project

So, I wanted to knit some baby booties for my sister in law who is having a baby in August. I found this pattern and knitted them up, and they turned out looking too big. I tried them on a friend's baby (thanks Muriel!!) and indeed they were too big. So I undid them all, used smaller needles, and reduced the pattern considerably. This is my second attempt, finished. Went back to try them on the baby, and yep! you guessed it: too small!! This baby is 5 months old, but still had little feet, they didn't fit at all. But we guessed, rather hope, that they'll fit a newborn baby. So they may only fit for a week, but you know what they say, it's the thought that counts! :-) I'll have to keep modifying the pattern until I like it better. So, this baby may get two pair, a tiny pair, and a pair that might actually fit!