Todd wrote: A friend to Amy and me had this done as a senior even after he wore headgear for a couple of years. It was painful, but worked. He was most surprised by his facial change. He got a chin out of the ordeal.

Myrna wrote: I would have liked the chin but not the pain. I just wore braces for four LONG years. They did the best they could and I do have a bite. Kirsten did not have a bite.

Amy J. wrote about the Myrna's mention of the difficulty of  keeping up with a family schedule and her admiration for the young mothers of the family: But you DID do it Myrna, AND you had 8 kids instead of 5! :)  Give Kirsten our love and she will be in our prayers for a speedy recovery.  Have fun with her kiddos. Amy


Myna wrote: Yes, BUT, my kids will all tell you they had to ride bikes some places they went and walk others. We were lucky to live two blocks from church and that helped a lot.

Melanie wrote: ...and three blocks from the Elementary school, a half mile from the old high school, across the street from our friends, a short bike ride to the pool and dance...it was fun to ride bikes everywhere.

Todd wrote: I have scars from trying to keep up with Shawn. 

Shawn wrote: ...and most of that bike riding was on one speed bikes, but that is how we got around.

and yikes, headgear!

 

From Lyla Spencer

Hope you are staying warm in Colorado!!  No one from the press showed up at our meeting tonight.  Short meeting and guess what??  i have been recording for 10 yrs and have never done what I did last night.  I found out when I got home to burn the minutes that they had been deleted!!  So I hurried and typed what I remembered, good thing I took some notes and it was a short meeting.  We held an excutive session (UGH)  and that was okay, I recorded that.  I wonder sometimes if our executive sessisions really merrit an executive status!!  Oh well!!  Not my problem I guess!!  
 
See you next meeting and have a safe trip home!!
 

Kirsten is Out of Surgery

Kirsten was out of surgery at noon today. That was about four and a half hours from start to finish. The doctor said he was able to do everything he planned. In other words, he cut her upper jaw and her lower jaw apart and made it so that her bite meets. She had very thin facial bone but he was still able to get the screws to stay in place in the plates. (It is too bad that Dr. Kitchen died. He kept Shawn from having to do what Kirsten is doing by giving him headgear). She will have lots of pain but they are keeping her sedated so that she can rest and heal. Tomorrow, when she comes home, our adventure will really begin. We must watch her meds so that she gets painkiller every four hours. The kids cannot sit on her lap or hug her for fear that they will jostle something loose and she will have to undergo more surgery. She cannot talk at all. She has to write what she wants on a white board. She has a doorbell buzzer in her room and it will ring downstairs. She has to sleep in a recliner so that her head is up. She will need to do that for six weeks. There will be no solid food for two weeks or more. She has a syringe that she will use to squirt juices in between her teeth (sealed together with elastics). We have to keep her locked up and away from the youngest kids for the next two weeks. I don't know how this is all going to work but I guess we will find out. Dad and I must leave at 5 a.m. to go and get her. I honestly do not know how any of you keep up with your lives. Taking kids to school, picking kids up from school, running errands, shopping, washing, ironing, fixing meals, keeping things moderately clean and having the company of wonderful little people while you do it AND staying on schedule.

SV: "Holdman Christmas Lights 2010 - Complete Show"‏

Holdman Christmas Lights 2010 - Complete Show

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Visit us at http://www.holdman.com/christmas The complete Holdman Christmas Light Display for 2010 after a fresh snow storm. Music Winter Wonderland - Alexia Phillips Yule - Amazing Grace Carol of…
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Kenneth Anderson, Denmark, wrote: Glad you enjoy the display! The father of the fellow who has been making these Christmas displays is a colleague. Have been in touch with both for some years!

I watch it every year at Christmas time!

 The following link puts our (Floyd Holdman, the father) mutual involvement in perspective:

http://vimeo.com/13514540