I'm sick of being bopped in the face!

I braved the grocery store, costco, and several more stores with my three kiddos today, but came home with a bad attitude and a really sore jaw! Chad bonked his head right under my chin as I was picking something off of a shelf. I bit my tongue and my jaw really hurts right by my ears. I've been bopped many times before, and I'm sick of it! I just looked up TMJ and TMD, but I'm looking for any info from those of you who have experienced this before. Does anyone have any wisdom or insight on this matter? How to get relief? How to avoid getting bopped in the first place? I've been bopped in the past when the boys were babies, but it's really hurting now that they are bigger. Alison hasn't got me yet, but it's bound to happen! Talk to me... share in my pain...leave me a comment! :D

Happy Birthday Chaddy!!!

My Big Boy turned 5 while we were in St. George! I can't believe it! (Well I guess I can, he's so dang smart!) He LOVES everything Legos right now, so I made him a Lego cake and gave him some Legos and the Lego Star Wars game! We had a fun little pizza party after the race with all of his St. George cousins. He also got to have a sleepover with his cousin Griffin! Thank you MaryAnn for making his birthday morning so special! Chad is such a good boy! He helps me ALL of the time! He already loves to read and is so good at building things! I got to go to his "special day" at preschool on Monday and bring some Lego fruit snacks for his friends! Oohhh I just love this boy!

Race Day!

Back in September my friend Kerri and I decided we would do the Snow Canyon Half-Marathon. She was totally running that distance already, but I sure needed to sign up for something to get me motivated to run more. We had ten weeks, no problem!!! Well then she got her husband Dave to climb on board as well! Mentally I knew I could do it, the physical part would have to follow, but I am VERY impressed with Dave sticking to his schedule over the last FEW weeks and completing his first half marthon! Dave and Kerri you are both amazing! My sister Karin did the Snow Canyon 5K, and I am SO PROUD of her! She and I ran the course the Monday before! I absolutely LOVED running with my big sister! She is such a wonderful mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, volleyball player, Relief Society president, chauffeur, cook, maid, and she RUNS, too! She had an amazing race that the rest of my family got to see while I was still making my way through Snow Canyon! It was a beautiful race day and a majestic course! I wasn't completely ready and had to walk parts of it, but I finished 2 minutes and 8 seconds after my goal of 2 hours! I'll totally do this race again! I'll be sure to get my hips in shape before next time! I've been walking a little funny for a few days!

Cute Cousins!

I didn't take a ton of pictures while we were visiting with cousins down in St. George, but I'll share what I did take. We loved getting to meet my niece Mae, and we got to be there for her blessing! My sister Karin put us up or put up with us for the week! They took wonderful care of my kiddies and I. The kids played all week long and thoroughly enjoyed themselves! It was a really good break for all of us! We're having another break from school this week since my kids and I all have eye infections! I feel like I cut very fresh onions this morning and the effects haven't gone away all day! We're all looking a bit better, but we'll see how long it lasts!