quick update

Hi all!
just a quick update..I just spent the week working in the mountains...travelling to Montrose, Beaver Creek

, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Steamboat, and Grand Lake! WHEW!
Now home to recover for 2 weeks, catch up on work/house..then I leave for DURANGO..the BEST week of the YEAR!!

Knee update..seeing a second doctor June 22nd. First one said I have to have a full knee replacement- i have zero cartlidge left in my knee, and a torn miniscus. YUK. Still praying for a miracle..but that miracle might be surgery. :/

Hoping for at least some pain relief with my PT and walking in the water...it is working pretty good so far- I was at a constant 7 or 8 on the pain ladder, now at about a 3. not bad!

more pictures soon, when i get a minute to upload..but i wanted to at least upDATE!

back to the blog...

Hi Everyone! So, since Facebook got so big, I kinda slacked on my blog. But my friend Paige has inspired me to keep it up so...here is my quick update from 2008...to NOW.

Life is good. Life is better than good..I have been very blessed the past few years. I was able to finally become a homeowner...and I have been doing a job that I LOVE..and able to perform as well. Some highlights include playing Martha in "The Secret Garden " and the Narrator in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"...teaching at DPAC camp ( this year will be the 5th year..I can't believe it! ) A dream visit to NYC at Christmastime..Great shows with eLeMeNO-P and Broadway Rocks....Several trips to Kentucky... all is great!

I have only one kind of yuk thing right now...my dreaded KNEE. UGH!

In August, I hyperextended it. Doing something dumb, like walking. ( I am sure this surprises no one. ) And true to form, I ignored it..because I thought it would go away. After Joseph, I finally went to the doctor...and got this news.. I have a torn MCL, a stress fracture, and pretty severe arthritis and near bone on bone on my left knee. I have since then tried every remedy...KNOWN TO MAN.

Here is a partial list...

Traumeel ( a homeopathic anti inflammitory cream)

Glucosamine

Walking in the water against the current

low sugar diet

stretching

vitamin D

Neuro muscular laser therapy

NSAIDs ( celebrex and naproxen)

Icing

Elevation

Chiropractic

and...and....anything else??

Probably trying acupuncture next week..and i am open to suggestions! :)

I will try and update my blog on a regular basis..and post pictures too!

Jalynnie Bee

a funny video...

i have been trying to figure out how to post video on facebook..and i remembered that i thought i saw how to do it on blogger....so....here is a funny video of my dad, seth and andrew grooving to a quick song that andrew wrote in garage band in about 2 minutes. you can hear staci and i laughing hysterically in the background. more to

come.....

the memory game..from tamsen

Memory Game
I've seen this latest "blog game" on a couple of different blogs now and I've decided to play along..
.Rules:
1. Leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together (it doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, just anything that you remember)
.2. Re-post these instructions on your blog. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.


game on! sounds like fun!!

nathan's wedding...rehearsal dinner and pre- wedding prep...

father and son...

the beautiful rachel..
flower girl and ring "burier"
eli, the cute ring boy...
eli and sarah..

this is the back of my cool hairdo..as i do amy's makeup...
mom, katie and amelia in her little curlers..
getting all done up...lexie ( the bride) jalyn, jill and amy..
are we done yet??
amy and katie bug..

xander and lincoln, rachel's twins ...
me with the happy couple..
tyler, eli and jake..amy's two plus rachel's littlest boy...
amelia...yummy!!
notice that the bride and groom are sitting with all the kids....

this will be the neverending blog, i think..as i have over 400 photographs. So a little at a time. The whole weekend was so much fun..having all the cousins together,, and the siblings together too. lexie and nathan were finally reunited after his move to utah...and it was fun to see them getting ready for this big step!!

reunion..class of 1988

here we are...20 years later... charity, jalyn and lori..
sarah anderson and emily sinclair
sean and jalyn
dean, angie( his wife), dave, jalyn lori
jalyn and angie..


it was great to see everyone..hear about kids, jobs , lives...and catch up..but the best part was that the people that i really wanted to see i did see..and they are the people that i have kept up with... so it was really great to have everyone together in the same place!

dpac...part two....

dan and kylee..shaking the groove thang...
brett reliving the 80's...
susan and denise
molly and maxie..
jake after taylor and i fixed his hair...

lane and kylee..
the rubber ducks...quack quack quack..after we shaved jake's beard.
sierra, lane and kylee..
leah, nate and jalyn..the twins from greeley...
kylee and sierra..chris and dan..watch out!!

jalyn and jake...
my four boys..dan, brett, topher and chris..
chris and sierra..
shea's cute baby zoie and berns..
lane and sierra..

so..DPAC this year was even more of an experience than last year. I think mainly because Dan and Chris were there..and it made me realize that our friendships are what these kids at DPAC are creating today. It has been 23 years since Chris, Dan, and Chris J met...and I count them as my nearest and dearest. Seeing the camp thru their eyes was incredible. This year, the classes were really amazing... the teachers incredible. Dan and Chris taught a class on music appreciation, lyric writing and almost a history of music..and it taught the kids so much. Brett taught an incredible Neutral mask class, which actually brought me to tears one day..it was so moving and beautiful. Giving the kids the opportunity to experience emotion without fear...beautiful.

and again..the most wonderful counselors and campers..willing to risk, to experience JOY..to support each other, to learn..to figure out how to talk to their accompianist..and thank them...to work as a team..to grow together... wow.

and then..there was the fact that Dan and Chris's girls..out of all 60 campers...BOTH have a crush on Keri's son. What are the odds? To me..it is more than that..is is that magic that we were able to create all those years ago coming to life again for the next generation...and how amazing will it be for them to have their own stories in the years to come..

The bottom line is this..as I approach the end of my 30's..there has to be more than this. I am convinced that we will do something great in the next few years...it's time.:)

and now....more photos.