First Ballet Class of the Season...

First class. Obviously, I didn't remember the "memo" for their dress code!

Goody bags done!

All goody bags done today! The one with the blue tie is for the only boy at the party- Gadiel! No lip gloss or Hello Kitty necklace in his bag:) The only person who could not come is Theresa, one of Jazzy's ice skating friends. There is a big competition on the other side of town on the same day as the party. We wanted to "train" for it, but I didn't think I could take the stress of an ice skating competition AND a birthday party all in one weekend. Jasmine would have been fine... but not me!

48 hours post dental surgery: Liquid Diet- Check. Sleep sitting up- Check. No exercise- No Check. Went to the gym yesterday and did light weights, then to yoga today. Doing well otherwise!

Dental Surgery! Yippee!

Thanks to wearing braces 15 years ago, I had to endure a little surgery today at the Dental College, AT Still Dental School in Mesa. They took a connective tissue graft from my hard palate, and placed it on the lower gum area that had eroded due to forces from previous braces. Got there at 8:30AM, and just now finishing at 1:30PM! Kind of bummed that my third year resident moved away, and now I have a first year resident fresh out of dental school. Surgeon was great- Dr. Feinberg I really like how they take their time and let every student, resident... anyone who wants to, watch the procedure, and the surgeon explains every little move he is making and the reasoning behind placing each little suture where he did. Very important in grafting. The students and residents seemed to be much more comfortable asking questions as compared to OSU Vet School where the students were just accessories and pay LOTS of money just to stand in the corner and hold an instrument while the nasty surgeon throws things around the room. Everyone was afraid to even say anything, let alone ask a potentially stupid question. Hopefully that has changed at OSU over the years, but probably not. Today certainly put a big dent in my dental implant savings account... but it needed to be done. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get the silly implants. Every time I almost have enough, something else has to be done that eats up the account. Whew, I would like to take a "pain killer" right now and go to bed, but have to pick Jazzy up from school. Hopefully she will let me sleep when we get home! Then... tomorrow I get to call to have my windshield replaced *again*! It seems to happen once or twice a year. Big rock flying thru the air on the way to the dental school picked MY windshield to hit!

First Day of First Grade!

Dobson Academy First Grade. Backpack is completely full of the required supplies. Jasmine cannot even carry it... at least she pretends to not be able to carry it. She wanted Jessie in the photo too!

Lunch with Gadiel, Abby, and Jenny

Went to lunch with Abby, Gadiel and Jenny at Red Robin where they gave Jazzy a pre-birthday present of a couple pair of school shoes! Little Hello Kitty tennis shoes and black school shoes. They also gave her a cute little outfit. Grandma and Grandpa sent the colorful sandals and silver sparkly shoes as well as alot of clothes. Jasmine is really set for clothes and shoes right now!!!

Then off to swimming lessons where Jasmine graduated from Seahorse to Dolphin. For their "test", they have to jump in the water with clothes on and swim on their back the width of the pool. Jasmine was not too happy, pouting, sniffling a little, very hesitant to get in the water with clothes on, then she was just fine.

Route 66

After Bearizona, we drove around on old Route 66 thru Williams, AZ. We had lunch at Cruiser's Cafe Route 66. Unhealthy stuff like milkshakes, huge portions of appetizers and dinner. We had way too much food left over. Driving home tomorrow, and as Jasmine says "back to the oven"!

Right now, Jasmine is watching Rachel Ray cooking show! I'm not sure where she gets this cooking interest!!! It's definitely not from me. Every time the TV is on, she has to watch some type of cooking channel, "Mexico plate"- or something like that, "Somebody's Vietnam"-- a Vietnamese cooking show, and many others. I try not to let her see the channel when I am wanting to watch something because she will yell "stop, stop, stop... I want to watch that!!!"..

Bearizona in Williams, AZ

Our plan for today was to explore/goof around in Flagstaff all day today before driving home tomorrow....but... Flagstaff was invaded by Arizona Cardinal people coming to watch the Cardinal Camp! I don't get the attraction, but apparently many people are interested in watching that. Flagstaff turned into Los Angeles made up of people with Cardinal shirts on. We were originally going to go to Lowell Observatory to see the planets thru a huge telescope, the pioneer museum, and Northern Arizona Museum. Maybe next time. We skipped town and drove to Williams which is about 30 miles west of Flagstaff. There is a new place that just opened up last year called Bearizona. It is kind of like a safari where you drive into different locations to see the bears, wolves, bighorn sheep, bison, etc. Then they have a separate area where there are many other animals in more of an enclosed area... pre-school and kindergarten bears, bobcats, peacocks walking around,... and... we went to a raptor show. The falcons swooped down on people just missing their heads.

Next we drove around Williams looking at potential camping areas for future trips. We didn't really see any that fit our "criteria"...i.e. a shower!!