Spring Break and Acupuncture

I have so much to share, so excuse the length of this post. I don't get to the computer as often as I would like thanks to a wonderful husband who is doing a great job of studying a lot!

We decided to go to Los Angeles and San Diego for our spring break. We first visited my younger brother in L.A and enjoyed the fun of the Natural History Museum and the Air and Space Museum. We had a great time with "Uncle Lief." The kids really liked the Nat. His. Museum. They had a life size baby triceratops moving puppet. It was really neat.






They loved all the animals that they never get to see in a zoo- walrus, hippos, buffalo, etc....










We went to the San Diego Zoo the next day. I loved watching the kids get excited over the animals. Daniel loved destroying every pretty flower that came across his path. Noah loved all the monkeys and the sky train. Jodi loved fighting with Daniel over which side of the stroller was "hers." I was so ready to go back to the hotel and soak in the hot tub-which we all did! The kids really had a great time. We loved the animals and just being together as a family- for the most part :)
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We had planned on spending the whole next day at the beach and the USS Midway. But, Noah's throwing up and scorching high fever after the zoo, and Dad's fever put a bust on our plans. We did go to the USS Midway. The kids, Dustin especially, loved the air craft carrier. They had a good time and they did so good despite not feeling good.








We also went to the beach and stayed long enough to build a real sand castle and for Daniel to destroy it. We came home with a very sick family.


Noah finally was feeling better by Tuesday. Dustin got strep throat and tonsilitis at the same time. Daniel has the sickies now and Jodi is bringing up the rear! Noah has been so burnt out this week with TBall. He loves it and is doing good- if we can get him to pay attention to the ball when the other team is at bat.

I made a leap of faith and decided to try acupuncture to try to eliminate my pain. It hurt having the needles in my leg. The Dr. said it was because my back was so tender. Then, she did a cupping therapy. This was really trippy. She took a flame and heated up glass balls with openings and stuck them on my back. My skin was sucked into the cups and left like that for 10 minutes. When she came back my back was free of pain- enough to have a little massage. I can not tell you the last time I have been able to have someone rub or even brush my back without me wincing in pain. It was a miracle for me. I may have looked like I lost a fight with an octopus, but I am feeling amazing. I go back in a week for more torture and then sweet relief!

That's a quarter taped to my back for comparison. It looks nasty but doesn't hurt at all!