Goodbye Gum!

Torrey chewed her last piece of gum for 2+ years today ... and forlornly said, "Goodbye gum!" in the middle of chewing! That's right ... tomorrow she gets spacers and the following week she gets her braces. We really have no idea what spacers are, but we are assuming they will not be comfortable ... there will be lots of trips to Starbucks for fraps and Randall's (our grocery store) for soup (can I just say they make the yummiest soup ... ever!)

We did make it home from our trip to NC. As we came down the street Dean commented that he hoped the house would still be standing and that there wouldn't be any water damage ... we were thrilled and offered a prayer of thanks when the house was both still standing and dry! (To explain ... the day after we got home from the family Christmas cruise one of our hot water tanks leaked. Ordinarily this would not be a cause for major concern, but in Texas they put hot water heaters IN THE ATTIC and the leak was discovered on the first floor. Only in TX would hot water heaters be in the attic ... but that is another post!) We hit Monday running and haven't stopped since ... Torrey and I are volunteering at Princess Prep at Second Baptist, there was grocery shopping, picking up pets from being boarded at the vet (boy did they miss us!), Torrey went to her summer rush group (which is her discipleship group at church) ... and it is only Tuesday!

I will post before and after "spacers" pictures tomorrow ... and I will try to finish posting about the rest of the vacation this week. Oh, and watch for Zack pictures soon ... I took his "before" pictures today .. he heads to the "Doggy Spa" tomorrow. Really. That is what it is. Only in Texas!