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another year??

i cant believe another year has gone by since my last post!  i used to be so good at keeping up with the events of the family, but some how another year has passed us by without being recorded and i'm so sad about all the things i forgot to write down, never to be remembered again!!!

mimi celebrated her 12th birthday.  ozzy started competing in gymnastics.  i just had my gallbladder removed after many months of feeling sick (like since last august?).  mimi's been having more issues related to her vascular ring.  we took another trip to cali to visit with bryan and tiffany and celebrated cousin Tiyan's first birthday.  dad had eye surgery.  mom is going to have it too.  they found a blockage in an artery near mom's heart.  ozzy got in to aap.  mimi passed Iowa algebra test.  we went camping at camp Jellystone.  had a great vacation last summer at cape charles (even though rob and i did have fight) and we have plans to go again this year.  we found out mimi had a vascular ring and will need surgery to correct that this summer. 

so much has happened and i've already forgotten all those little moments! maybe i'll move over some facebook posts that i made to help fill in the gaps on the family blog. 

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