When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

-Stanislaw Lec

Matthew's Smile

Tomorrow's a big day for Mister Matthew!

Following in his brother's footsteps, the ortho work on his mouth will begin. Spacers go on tomorrow afternoon. Next week the expander contraption goes in...Whee! how fun this ride will be.

Although his narrow palate is not as pronounced as Niko's, it's pretty much the same. He has four teeth that are hiding out up in his gums that are fighting each other to come down in a space that is not big enough for even one of them....which is why he does not have eye teeth right now. So before they become impacted, they are going to give them the room they need. With Niko, he had lost one of his front teeth prematurely and it allowed these other teeth to drop, but forced that one in front to have a mind of it's own....

I am going to go stock up on the smoothie ingredients now :)

February

Well, we missed the boat for February, that's for sure. Now we find ourselves, not only IN march, but already halfway through it. Yep, it's going to be one of those years isn't it?

Febrary began with us basking in the sun on the beaches of Hawaii! Can you believe it! It was so beautiful and so fun and so absolutely heavenly-literally a taste of paradise. It was even more of a pleasure to share it with some amazing, absolutely cherished human beings-My dad, Kristi, Sarah, Dave, Brad, Jamie, Amber, Jesse, Greg, Jenn, Ava, and Ginger...and Bethany, Nikolas, Matthew, and Mike...You want to just absorbed every moment of it and hold it forever and ever.

So we got back home and hit the ground running. Basketball games, school, etc. Busy, busy. But God blessed us with so much beauty around our own home here in Arizona to appreciate where we are just as much. It was warm for a good week at home with temps in the 70's...very nice indeed.

Valentines was pretty uneventful. Mike was on shift, that kids and I had our traditional make your own pizzas eaten at a finely decorated table. It was fun and special.

Just after the middle of the month, Ava, our niece went in for another surgery. She had some bumps recovering, but was able to make it home after a week of recovering in the hospital. She is a champion. Her willingness and cooperation and determination is just as much a part of her recovery as anything else, and she is alwasy ready to get it done. She is my hero and an inspiration for sure!

Matthew had his Suesical Musical towards the end of the month. The second grade class performed some songs and they did a fantastic job. So fun.

We went right onto March watching Bethany do her flute solo for band. She did a great job as did everyone else who performed. Lots of talent.

And now the kids are already on Spring Break. That quick, really! We got some snow last week, but it looks like spring is here. Our trees are sprouting their new leaves and the quails have been out on our fence scouting their mates...

Change is on the horizon.

We've been busy with work outs and Crossfit, basketball, keeping the kids on their schedules and looking for extra work...Fun times here at the clesceri house.