Just a few days after school let out for the summer, Raquel and I went to Kaiser for another ultra-sound and found out that we are expecting a baby boy this time. His name is going to be Noah Craig Tucker. Right after the appointment we went to Las Vegas to spend time with Mom and Mike. While in Vegas, Raquel and I celebrated our anniversary by spending a night on the strip at the Luxor. It was only the second night of Maya's life since coming home from the hospital that she did not spend the night with us, the first was last years anniversary which was also spent on the Las Vegas strip. As our stay in vegas was coming to an end, Raquel received a call from her Mom saying that she didnt feel well. Raquel had her brother taker her to the emergency room. It was discovered that she had a bad heart valve and that she also had a heart aneurysm. She went into surgery to have the valve repaired and have the aneurysm removed. Thankfully, the surgery was successful. The recovery time from such a surgery however is a few months which meant that Raquels mom would have to rest as much as possible and would not be able to watch Maya at all in the summer. In fact we feared that she might not be able to watch Maya for the rest of the year. Luckily, her recovery has been much better than expected and we are hopefull that she will be able to take care of Maya by the end of August when I am in school and when Raquel is working.
Towards the end of June, I made a trip out to Colorado to attend my brother Robby's wedding. On the day that I arrived, Robby had set up a game of golf at a really nice course. I had played golf only a couple of times before and that was many years ago. I was terrible. But I did improve quite a bit by the end of the 18 holes. It was a lot of fun, maybe I will start playing at some point. Unfortunately, this was the same day that Michael Jackson died. I was really shocked by the news. On Saturday the wedding took place. It was wonderful, could not have been better.
As far as fishing goes, I really didnt get to fish much, only three times all summer. I am used to fishing at least three days a week during the summer. With Raquel's mom recovering from surgery, taking care of Maya was my full time responsibility this summer. I miss fishing a great deal but Maya and I had a great time together.
In July, my Dad got married on the 4th in Lake Tahoe on the Tahoe Queen ship. It was also a really nice wedding and we did get to view the great fireworks show from the ship after the ceremony.
Also in July, Robby, Oriana, Mom and Mike came to California to go on an Alaskan cruise from San Francisco. We were supposed to be on that cruise with them, along with Jamie and Shannon but the girls got themselves pregnant which canceled the plans. However, we were able to take our annual trip up to the Oregon coast to Lincoln city. We had a great time once again. I wish that I could live on the Oregon coast.
Photos from Oregon.
Robby's Wedding
Dad's Wedding
The few fishing photos of the summer
The few fishing photos of the summer
