Dr. Joseph Hall D.C.

Last night I was listening to Joe talk to a friend of ours back in Texas and it occurred to me that I have never advertised for my hubby! We moved here to Idaho two and a half years ago from Pasadena, TX. It was actually the day after he graduated from chiropractic school. Joe is very passionate about chiropractic and enjoys helping people. He worked extremely hard in school to become the best doctor there is out there. I'm very proud of all his hard work and dedication to this field. Our family has greatly benefited from chiropractic care. During my last baby delivery I hurt my tailbone and could barely walk and definitely could not sit. Joe was able to adjust me and minutes later I was able to sit and walk comfortably. Little Sam was adjusted 2 days after being born, most people don't think of children needing to be adjusted but they need it just as much as the rest of us. When Douglas had a heavy schedule with gymnastics he had an adjustment after every practice. Young athletes put their bodies through alot.
I'm grateful for all Joe does for us and for his patients. If you are in need of chiropractic treatment I've put a link to his website on the right of my page!

Health Update

So I've been struggling with Crohn's since Dec. the end of January it got really bad, so my mom flew up from Mckinney to help us with the kids while I rested. I had blood tests done, which all came back normal, so that's great. I also had a CT Scan and it showed some thickening of my small intestine in one area which happens to be the area that was hurting like H***.
Since I'm done nursing and having kids Joe has put me on a heavy vitamin and mineral regimen to help nourish and heal my body. I have felt a lot better the past few days. I still have some rough moments during the day, but not as horrible as it was 2 weeks ago. I'm supposed to go to the gastro dr. next week and get a colonoscopy done, not too excited about that because we've been down that road before with no answer. So I pray that the natural approach works. I want to thank everyone who has been so helpful with meals, my kids, and just wonderful friendships! It was wonderful to have my mom here. The kids absolutely enjoyed every minute of her being here as did I! I am also grateful for Stuart all of his medical help, thanks for being a super Doc.

Happy Valentine's Day

So this year I thought I would finally use my talent and make sugar cookies for my monkey's to give to their friends at school instead of cards. It all seemed fine until I realized that I have 4 kids in school, but I already gave my word, so my overnighter began. I was 3 short of 100 cookies on my kitchen table. It took me all night to get them done, but I really enjoyed it. I then had an order from one of the girls at the office so I made cupcakes for all 4 of the girls and put them in cute boxes. Then I decided to take cookie orders for Valentine's Day. It felt great to bake. It's my outlet, my own world. I can't wait to have a bigger home. I really would like to have a 3 car garage and convert the 3rd area into a bakery. I'm also looking at going to culinary school. I've really thought about what I would like to do and it's baking. There are so many things I could do, but will I love it and still be at home with the kids? Heavenly Father blessed me with a wonderful talent, so I should make the most of it!

happy birthday joey

January 21 was Joe's 34th birthday. We took him to Applebee's for dinner and then we had cake and gifts at home. So the 21st was a wed. and that's the night the men play basketball. I got joe some new basketball shoes so he was off to play. Not 30 min later he was back. I figured he sprained his ankle, but no he broke his hand. I instantly started crying and had a huge panic attack. Hello!!!!!!!! He's a chiropractor. So his hand will take a bit longer to heal, but he has been able to take care of his patients.

Snow Family 2009

Cheyenne is our snowman builder and so after school one day she got to work. She built a mom, dad, and baby. The boys helped and they also helped break their bedroom window by throwing a snowball at it. Cheyenne told Kenny he was in big trouble so he hid while she came and told on him. I was in total shock and couldn't even think of what to say to punish him which was really hard on Ken. So we now have to replace another window broken by our children. There really needs to be a budget category for "things your kids are going to mess up and your going to have to replace", for example: the hole in my wall (kenny), broken window molding (doug/ken), broken girls window (abby). I'm sure my list will get longer;)

Merry Christmas

Tamale Time!!

It's our family tradition to eat tamales on Christmas Eve, so this year we had our friends over to help. I love having them over and hope we will do it every year!

California

The 1st weekend of Dec. I traveled to Phoenix to meet up with my sister and mom. We all got in the car and drove to Anaheim, CA for the ACN International Training Event. I had fun driving and decided that I would be a great race car driver after my experience in CA! We met the rest of my team in CA on friday (Liz, Lisa, and Jessica). The men on my team had to stay back due to two babies being born and 1 who was just called to the bishopric for our church. ACN came out with some incredible announcements. We now provide DishNetwork and ADT Home Security. The other services we provide are Wireless(all carriers), DirecTV, Local/Long Home Phone, Internet, and VOiP Video Phone. We had a great weekend and got some much needed motivation. I learned that I'm important and my dreams are important. I have full control of my future and the future of my family. If it's going to be, it's up to me!

Road Trip

We took at road trip with Mom and Dad Hall the last Sunday they were here and now I can't remember where it was. I think we were in Oregon somewhere. The kids of course had their moments of fun and moments of great despair. I was super ready to leave them on the side of the mountain at times, due to whining and fighting, but traffic was low so I don't think anyone would of picked them up. ;) The kids did have a blast with their gramps and grandma. They did some shopping and hunting and got totally spoiled. They loved it. I broke down a bit a couple of days before they left. Even though we've been here in Idaho 2 years, I'm still not used to not having family around. I really loved having Martha teach me how to do some baking and having Ken around so Joe would actually talk. I have the best in-laws in the whole world!

1 week down

Well,the kids are on track break right now and we got off to a rough start. Sam and Cheyenne got pretty sick. Cheyenne ended up getting two shots in her bumm. She was not happy about it. Sam had a horrible cough so we didn't do any of the activities that where planned for the week. We did however squeeze in some school work and Abby learned to read 2 books. Joe came home and suggested I start homeschooling and I just looked at him like he was crazy. Maybe if we had a bigger home where I could designate an area, but we don't and I have zero patience so it's a big fat NO! I had a crippling migraine Sat which put a damper in our date night so that was a bummer. Other than that track break has been okay. The kids are all looking forward to the last week when their Gramps and Grandma Hall come to visit. Kenny has a count down paper he made. I hope all the other track breakers are doing well!