Visiting Papa Mike

After my Dad got home from the hospital, I took Lauren for a quick visit since she was pretty worried about her Papa. Hung out with Dad for a little bit, played with the new puppy, and then went to the park to feed the ducks. The ducks were great, the geese were terribly mean to us and would chase Lauren down if she had a piece of bread in her hand. It was crazy! Had a blast at eh park and even played on the toys for a bit, but we left after about an hour. Should have left 5 minutes sooner because as we were leaving the park, some people were setting up a bounce house for a birthday party... and Lauren started crying when I told her she couldn't play in it. Broke my heart. :(

My Daddy

This summer was a little rough for us. My Dad found out he had prostate cancer and after some serious thought and consideration, he opted for surgery. So at the end of August he underwent a "radical prostectomy" and had his prostate removed. It was a looooong day waiting at the hospital. His surgery wasn't able to be started on time, I was exhausted, and he was kinda miserable at the end so I was worried for him. The next day went pretty well, except that he had a fever that they couldn't keep under control...and I had a hard time sleeping that night because I was so scared that something was terribly wrong. So I woke up the next morning, took Lauren to daycare, and drove to Yakima and spent the whole day with my Daddy. I must say I was a little disappointed in Yakima Regional. They didn't have him on a diabetic diet so his blood sugar was out of control, had to ASK the nurse to change his dressings ( I could see the wound leaking onto his gown), and some crazy lady walked into his room that night and used his restroom!

He is doing MUCH better, has been back to work for a few weeks now, and lost 38 pounds in the process of all this.

"Catch You Up" Post

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but this new house and busy schedule have us running ragged. Whew! Seems like Summer just came and went this year, but it was a fun filled one for us. I will take this opportunity to simply post pic's of the last part of Summer and then catch you up from there.

Lauren playing on the slide at the Campground...





Swimming with Kylee and Aizlynn at Shelby's birthday party...