Summer 2009

So here is a summer recap-Sorry the pics aren't in order. In June we went to San Diego and had a great relaxing week. We went to the beach, Sea World and Disneyland. It was fun to spend that time together as a family. At the end of June Bella had her first surgery on her eye. At first they thought it was a clogged tear duct, but found out during the procedure that it isn't. It is a hemangioma-it is a type of birth mark that actually shows up after birth and then goes away in 2-4 years. But since it is on her eye and was starting to block her vision we chose to have them inject it with steroids which is suppose to make it shrink. We did that in July and by August there wasn't a lot of progress so they ordered an MRI to take a closer look. It is quite big and actually wrapped around her tear duct making it a difficult one to take out. So as of right now we are just watching it. In the last 6 weeks or so it has shrunk a lot so we are glad to see that progress. We enjoyed the 4th of July parade and fireworks. We also got to visit with my good friend Melissa on her 30th birthday. The kids took swimming lessons, Tanner did basketball camp and Tati did volleyball camp. Tati made the level 4 gymnastics team so she is competing this fall and we are so proud of her. So there it is our summer in a small nutshell. Enjoy the pictures that are in no particular order. Next up Back to School time!!

My cute girls
Me and Melissa

Getting ready for surgery

4th of July cuties

Me and Bella at Oceanside Beach
Bellas first time in a pool
Disneyland(my favorite place)
Sea World First time in the sand-she tried to eat it of course

Summer Fun

Sorry for the Long Slide Show-but I have been a total blog slacker this summer. We have had a lot of fun and kept pretty busy. We have gone to city carnivals, This is the Place State Park, took swimming lesson, went to the zoo and Lagoon. We also had a fun 4th of July going to the parade and watching the fireworks-Tanner also played T-Ball this summer which was really fun.

All in all this has been a fun summer-except for my parents moving last week. We miss them already!! The kids are really having a hard time adjusting. I can't believe school starts in just over a week. It is crazy how fast summer vacation flies by. The kids are so excited to go to school. I will try to be better at posting once we are back into a school routine.