I Love Summer!

Dear Ethyl...
This is the very first post on my blog!  For beginners,  Dear Ethyl started from Jaci's mission when I was writing to her everyday.  We LOVE I Love Lucy and so I started sending my letters, Dear Ethyl, and I was Lucy. I also loved the idea of writing to someone. When I write TO someone I am always looking out during the day for funny things to tell them, therefore I enjoy my life more and I enjoy writing about it.

Sooo, I have been to California with Will for 9 days on a Fantastic Motorcycle trip.  We stayed in Encinitas in the bottom floor of someone's house. Will learned to surf and did a great job. I boogie boarded which is my absolutely all-time FAVORITE sport! And... I broke my ribs, the little baby one at the bottom of my right side. 1 1/2 mos later it's doing pretty good! We went to Sea World, toured the USS midway, ate at Anthony's 2 times, which has the BEST clam chowder in the world!!!, played at the beach, gathered shells and had a FABULOUS time! I froze... I know...SHOCKER! We stopped at the Mad Greek in Baker on the way home and it was super good too.  Oh, and we went to a Dodger's game at Dodger stadium, which is in the hood, and sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame with the whole stadium and sat on the outfield and watched the BEST patriotic fireworks show I've ever seen on the 4th of July.  It was Sooo much Fun!!!

Then I went to Jes's for 5 days while Will took the boys to Scout camp above Vernal. Then she and Daniel came down here for a week. Daniel was so much fun this time. We swam every day he was here.  He is a fish! He wears a mask so no water gets in his nose and he has NO FEAR!  He's even taught himself how to swim. He says he want to live in Nana's world forever!  Who wouldn't?!! We read stories every day and just had a great time!  Shaun told him he couldn't swim on Sunday so he put his mask on, filled a 5 gallon bucket with water and started dunking his head...So Funny! We took pics, video'd and then gave in.  Silvi played with him the whole time. She is still so good with him!

Yesterday I had LASIK surgery. I prayed to be calm and surprisingly I was...not usual for me.  It was freaky and unnerving, but didn't last very long , thankfully!  It was super painful for about 3 hours after, then the pain eased some for 3 hours, then got pretty uncomfortable for the rest of the night. But guess what?
I CAN SEE!!!! It's like looking through cloudy contacts a little right now, but I can read and it will improve every day. I've worn glasses since I was 5. I've never been able to see. I am writing this with no glasses; not even reading glasses. IT'S A MIRACLE! About 2 mos ago Heavenly Father whispered to pray to See with new eyes. A lot of things have changed in my life since then and it led to this surgery.  Somehow I feel like the change in my vision is going to change my perceptions and how I see life, people, relationships and everything. I feel like there's a lot more to it than just being able to see without glasses and I'm excited to keep growing spiritually.