Well, so much for keeping up with the blog over the summer! I can’t believe there are only two and a half more weeks until I have to go back to school and not be with Lanie all day! I have really enjoyed spending so much time with her and we have had a lot of fun. We haven’t done nearly as many things as I had hoped or planned, but you know all those things about best laid plans! I’ll try and catch everyone up on a bit of what we have done this summer.
The first few weeks of the summer we had our friends Cassy and Rylee staying with us before they left for Kuwait. It was nice to get to spend time with them before they left. Lanie enjoyed having someone around to play with, even if it did seem that they fought and got on each others nerves a lot! We spent a lot of time at the community pool and took the girls to their first Texas Rangers baseball game! It was sad to say goodbye to them at the end of June, but we will get to seem them sometime around Christmas, so we tried to say see you later instead of goodbye!
Lanie started learning to swim this summer! She took two weeks of swim lessons at the community pool, and her instructor has been doing some private lessons with her in our pool this past week. Yes, our pool finally did open the weekend before the 4th of July and we have spent a LOT of time in it! Lanie loves the water and is doing very well in her lessons. She will put her head underwater on her own, and “swims” underwater (being directed but kicking herself toward the edge). We are very proud of her!
We are still working on getting settled in to the new house and there are still a lot of boxes around. I hurt my foot at the beginning of the summer and that hasn’t helped matters. It’s still hurting quite a bit and I finally broke down and went to a podiatrist this week. One of the most exciting things for me personally this summer was that I had LASIK surgery last Friday, and it is truly amazing. I can see as well now as I ever have in contacts! I am so glad that I finally went ahead and did it!
As for the rest of the summer, it will be packed with things to do. We are hoping to get a lot more done around the house so we can have a get together here for David’s birthday. Lanie and I are going to visit family in Sacramento next week, and are very excited about that. Then it will only be one more week after that until I return to work. I am still not exactly sure what school I will be at (long story), but I hope they are able to place me somewhere that I will be as happy as I was this past year!
I have started updating Lanie’s pictures, but still have a bit to do, and am not making any promises as to when it will get done! Keep checking back and I will get them up as fast as I can!