Well, three months have gone by and nothing to write about. Just kidding, we have done plenty, perhaps that is why I haven't been able to blog, to busy with life. School is starting up again, so I have some time in front of the computer to write. Sounds good to me. But where should I start, maybe with a recap of the summer...
Darius has for the most part recovered from his surgery in May. He still is not allowed to eat things that are really hard or sharp. Like apples, crackers, chips, stuff like that. He doesn't miss it though, so that is good. In the next couple of months he will have no restrictions at all, so I look forward to eating some chips and guacamole with him. There is still a small hole at the surgery site, but it may close, or it may not. We have to wait, in the mean time, he will do some speech therapy to see if that helps. Fingers crossed.
We spent much of the summer at home during the week and off on adventures during the weekends. Bahai Summer Camp, Cabin, Silverwood, Cabin, Seattle, Friend Visits, Cabin. There is a wedding coming up too, so, in a word, we have been busy!
ViviAnne and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this Aug 4. Had a wonderful time at Schweitzer Mt. and I feel more in love than ever. This past week we committed ourselves to a three week elimination diet, cutting out sugar, dairy, wheat, eggs and several other things, like coffee. I have lost almost 6 pounds in one week, and I think ViviAnne has lost 4 or 5. I haven't felt hungry at all, just had cravings for all of my favorite things, like cookies and cheese and bread and coffee. Well, two weeks to go, then I can start adding foods in one at a time and seeing how it affects my body. Should be an interesting experiment, and I will write more on it here.
There is still a little bit of summer left, and I plan on using it up. I would like to head back to Lake Wallowa for a weekend with the kids and some fishing. We are also going up to Schweitzer again for Labor Day weekend, the kids and I will fish on the boat in the lake. Speaking of the boat, I need to convince my dad to bring it down home in the winter, so we can fish on the river for steelhead.
