Stopped by Border Patrol

On the last day of school we pulled the girls out of class a little early, we jumped in the car and headed for San Diego. We got thru the first border patrol stop, no problem. At the second stop we were admiring the guard dog and as the guy on the left was waving us through, the guy with the dog was saying..."pull them over, pull them over"! They told us to all exit the vehicle to the right and "go stand under the awning"so we dragged the sleeping children out of the back. The seven of us watched as one of the officers circled our car with some kind of little scanning device...nothing. So he walks over to us and starts scanning us. Little beeper goes off, so he asks if anyone had had a recent medical procedure. I told him I'd had a P.E.T. scan that morning... he said, "you, step away from the rest of the group". He scanned everyone else then they scanned me. beep, beep beep beep bbeeep...beeeeeeep!!! I'd been injected with radioactive fluid for the PET scan. How creepy is that? To have a substance in your body that is considered a potential hazard that they were actually able to detect from outside the car! They copied my I.D. asked me a million questions, wanted to know if I had any brochure from the doctors office. I joked with them that they'd told me to keep away from pregnant women and small children to not expose them to the radiation, they hadn't mentioned anything about the border patrol. Kendon and Bly thought it was a highlight of the trip.

We spent several days enjoying the beautiful weather in San Diego, stayed with Bly's sister, Shanna and her girls. Enjoyed them so much! Had a wonderful time!!!