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Nugget went to sit down on her little chair and it slipped out from under her! Ouch!! She is fine but it still hurt a bit. And she did get an extra bedtime story. :)

Lunch with a friend...

I went to lunch with my friend Kristen today. We had a very hard laugh when she got her fortune. So silly!!!!

Medical stuff....

I usually use this blog to post random family stuff and tons of pictures of Nugget. But I decided to share because it is scary and the more support I can get the better. Alison is my miracle baby. Getting pregnant was not something that came easy to us. We tried for years before we were blessed. The pregnancy was another hard time. I bled most of the pregnancy and was on strict rest schedule. I finally had my healthy baby girl at 37 weeks via c-section. Ever since having her (five years ago) I have had issues with my cycles. I would bleed heavily for most of each month. Which of course limited our ability to have another baby. Recently though, the bleeding started and wouldn't stop. I was put on all sorts of medications to get the bleeding to stop (which it has, for the moment) and many tests have been done. Ultrasounds and biopsies. The conclusion...I need a hysterectomy. I will get to keep my ovaries so I will be able to go through menopause naturally but of course, it is still very scary. Surgery is scheduled for September 10th. I will be glad to no longer be in pain or having the excessive bleeding but it is nerve wracking. I just hope that everything goes according to plan and that my family is strong through all this.

Closet

Since it has been so hot outside and we are stuck in the house with A/C...I figured I should tackle Nugget's closet. Now sure how...when we just moved in January that her closet was able to become such a mess so quickly! I was able to sort through all of her clothes and filled a giant black garbage bag of clothes for Goodwill.

Brush fire...

On the 4th of July there was a large brush fire near my in-laws house. We were not able to get too close of course but we were able to see the smoke from the car. It was neat to see the helicopters (there were two but I only got a picture of one) dipping their buckets in the pond next to my in-laws house to get more water for the fire. It took quite some time to get the fire out and it did jump a major roadway. Thankfully no one was hurt and no structures burned.

Park fun...

Having so much fun at the park! It was finally a bit cooler so we were able to go. It has been so hot that we mostly stayed inside with the A/C or in the pool! Cute picture even though her eyes are closed!

Last week we headed 5 hours south to Coos Bay. Out of the five days there, we had one sunny day. The rest of the time it was cloudy and freezing!! We stayed at a great campground that has tons of activities for kids and Alison had a blast hanging out with her cousin Jolee and Madison. The men went crabbing and we spent quite some time cooking and shelling crab! So yummy!!! Can't wait for our trip next year!!!

Cousin Jolee enjoying the ocean and the sun!!

Sweet hubby playing frisbee with the kids...

lots of bike riding...

Sweet aunts enjoying the campfire...