December Events

We've had a wonderful December! We started by going to see Santa. The kids told him what they'd like to have and he certainly didn't disappoint!







We went to Brayden's first Cub Scouts pack meeting and he received his first award. Tim and our friend Luis picked Brayden up and flipped him up-side-down so that I could pin his badge on him. Brayden was so proud to get his first badge and we were very proud of him for his accomplishments.




We had a wedding in our family. My cousin, Landon, married his sweetheart, Jessica, in the Orlando Temple. They had a beautiful reception at Uncle Glen's home. It was so much fun to see friends and family that I hadn't seen in quite a while.











On Christmas Eve, we all went to Uncle Glen's and had our annual Christmas Eve party! There were lots of people, both family and friends, lots of food and lots of gifts. We sang, played the piano, read about Christ's birth in the scriptures and told everyone what we were grateful for. It was wonderful to see my cousins that I hadn't seen in a while and to spend time together as a family.




Christmas morning was fun and filled with surprises! We all received wonderful gifts and spent the day at Noni & Papa's house. It was a fun day and we were grateful for all the blessings we received.




I hope each and everyone of you had a wonderful Christmas and received all the blessings that you deserve. I hope that we will all have a awesome New Year's and accomplish all of our goals for 2009!

Love,

Jessica

Thanksgiving

Okay, so I'm a total slacker when it comes to blogging! We've been so busy lately, with Thanksgiving, work, school and of course the pain in my neck (literally)!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving lunch with my Mom & Dad. They brought back lots of presents from their trip to Tennessee...where they froze their tails off in 27 degree weather..while we were hot hot hot here in sunny Florida! By Thanksgiving night, after Mom & Dad went home, we were bored...so, we went out to dinner to Chevy's (our favorite Mexican restaurant) and then took the kid's put-put golfing on I-drive. We had so much fun...it was a little chilly out that night which made it even more enjoyable!

Update of my neck...I went to the neurologist and he told me that my MRI showed 2 bulged disc's and 1 herniated disc in my neck. And...suprise!!...he diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia and said all of that combined is why my neck and shoulder are hurting so much. He doesn't believe that I have cervical dystonia, although I do have a lot of the symptoms. I had an EMG which came back negative, so I don't need surgery on that disc for now...thank goodness! But, he said in the future it's likely that I'll need surgery. That didn't suprise me though since my mom and her sister and my dad's brother just had neck surgery done about a month apart from each other...and degenerative disc desease is hereditary. So, surgery is pretty much inevitable down the line.

Anyway, we are looking forward to Christmas and spending time with our family over the next couple of weeks...with a wedding and all of our family Christmas festivities to come. Have a great week!