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Return to the Dentist

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 So, you didn't quite make it to the next week without having to get your other tooth fixed. Thankfully, they were able to repair it rather than pull it out. Yay for you and yay for our bank account. I was fully prepared to pay another several hundred to get it pulled or get a root canal. You have been pretty miserable, and it's hard to watch you feeling so sad. Work has been tough, church is tough especially as the bishop and, everything is a bit overwhelming at the moment. A painful tooth is really the last thing you need. I said to you earlier in the week that maybe the dentist emergencies were Heavenly Father's way of forcing you to take a break. Oh, did I mention that it was your birthday, the day you had to go to the dentist? It's okay; we decided to move your birthday to share it with Ammon in a few weeks so you are actually able to enjoy it.  Since you were home and the dentist went pretty well, I thought, why not go sit in the emergency room at the hospital for...

Remember To Floss

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It's been a painful week in more ways than one. For the past few months, your teeth have been playing up. Sometimes, you would send me photos of bits of your teeth that had fallen away while eating your lunch. Side note: banana chips are not a good idea when you have barely holding in there teeth. You thought, "it's fine. I can hold out, and we can go to Thailand and fix them". Well, that didn't happen, and on Tuesday evening, you had the worst one pulled out. After all these years of putting off the dentist, it wasn't nearly as bad as you had anticipated. As a plus, you got an extra two days off work this week. You've healed well, but now the other one that needs work is hurting, so stay tuned to next week when we see if you survive the week or not.  This is just one tooth. It was HUGE. You didn't actually look too bad, but I did make you stay in the car rather than come to Coles with me.  As for the rest of the week, we went camping over the weekend...