Dental Drama

So many times in our marriage Bob and I have made decisions based on whether we want current Bob and Bethany to handle them or future Bob and Bethany to handle them.  Its really a sound way of handling many of life's stuff. 

Well, the problem is that time has this funny way of moving from current to future and many of the things 10 years ago Bob and Bethany put off,  the now current Bob and Bethany have to handle it.  Damn..........future Bob and Bethany are here......

5 years ago after having Evie, I started to have problems with my teeth.  Long story short, I am a grinder, my teeth are moving, and I really need braces......AGAIN.  We consulted with an orthodontist who gave us a cool $4500 figure for the work.  Funny.  Brand new baby, one car, one income, rent a house family.  Nope.......that was going to have to be future Bob and Bethany's problem.

You might be wondering why it was even an issue. Well because I grind, I run the high risk of breaking teeth.....and if we start down that road......$4500 looks like pocket change.  Still we couldn't afford it so we put it in the future's hands.

Welcome to the future!

This summer it all came home to roost when, upon going to my yearly check up, realized that.  TADA.....I had cracked my first molar just as predicted. Thank the Lord it only required a crown and not a root canal, but $1500 later, it was time to fix the problem. So we added $3500 on to it for Invisalign, and gulp, time to pay the piper.

Add to this drama the realization that Lily is now ready to start the orthodontia season of life and we started with some expanders!

I kid you not, in one week I went from, hey we are going to plan a big trip overseas to.....no I am going to give $7000 to my dentist.  I mean everytime I went in there was more money to be spent.  You are welcome future Longmires!

Ah adulting.......so fun.  And yet, I am grateful.  We can do this, we can make this happen, and we have the ability to make it feel like we are only loosing an arm, and not 2 arms, 1 leg, and a foot.  God is good and here's to the amazing smiles we are changing!

So Long Summer

2019 was a doozy of a Summer.  I have said it before and am going to say it again, we did ALL the things.  

And frankly, I'm still tired.  

But I am so grateful for the adventures and memories we made in the brief 11 weeks of Summer. 

After all of our trips came to a close we finished our summer awash in friendships, waterparks, and a visit from Grandma Jill.

I am eternally grateful for this woman here.  I spent a few days hauling my kids to her house only to have us throw all 5 of our offspring in the pool and enjoy ignoring them while chatting.  True friendship. (Don't worry, no one drowned). Being wives and mothers together is a blessing and she will always be a sundrop in my days.

When Grandma Jill came, we braved the Children's Museum for one last hoorah and found ourselves there on Foam week!  Basically a never ending pool of foam, water, sunshine, and giggles.  Grandma and I sat and watched as these two did the thing called kid living at its finest.  Summer is good.

Grandma and Bob got to see the Beatles movie, "Yesterday" (so good), and we enjoyed time spent with Jill.  She is special lady and the consensus is we laugh a whole lot more when she is here.

The cherry on top of our Summer was a trip to Sunsplash with the Allens.  This family is such dear friends of ours and we have attempted ALL summer to get our acts together to make this trip happen.  It did, and it was a BLAST!

It is so much fun to have older kids who can go all day and want to ride everything (even if stupid rules tell you your are too small).  We got there when the park opened and closed it down at night.  Friendship with these guys is special and I am looking forward to far more playtimes at the water park and maybe even Mexico again!

Summer came in like a windstorm and went out like a hurricane.  I'm still trying to recover from the ALL of it, but the truth be told we lived it up and have hordes of memories to boot!