Our Dinner ENTERTAINMENT...

Most nights of the week... we have entertainment with our dinner!! ;) Our boys sure like to perform for us!! We have singing and dancing and it all happens on stage (a.k.a. the radiator)!! Here they are putting on another show!! :)

ANOTHER... Eye Surgery

I remember having a picture like the one on the left when I was dating Nick.... a snowmobile accident in 1999 caused him to have 5 surgeries then and here we are 14 years to the EXACT day... having surgery #6 on his poor eye! Unbelievable!!!

Nick and Owen were playing around and Owen kicked his head a few years ago and Nick started to have vision troubles then... then about 2 months ago they were playing around again and Nick completely lost his vision. We went to our optometrist in Des Moines and he told us the lens implant had become detached and from that point on... we spent lots of time in the eye doctor office with appointments with different specialists... to finally the surgery on January 4th!

Here is Nick BEFORE surgery...

and here he is AFTER....

He has weight restrictions and just has to take it easy for awhile for recovery!! THANK YOU all for your prayers, visits, calls, texts, gifts/cards and kind words!! Thank you to Don and Jane for helping with the boys too!!! We truly appreciate it!!!

***UPDATE... Nick's eye has been slow to heal, with cornea swelling and pressure issues, but is now improving!! We are hoping for a contact soon so he can have his sight back!! :)

Milkshakes

Our boys LOVE to go get ice cream... ALL YEAR ROUND! So we decided to start having it more often at home since it can get pricey with 5 people!! :) We make sundaes, milkshakes and have ice cream with strawberries or raspberries more often than I would like to admit!! ;) --- but the fruit makes it better, right? ha! Here we are with our milkshakes.... they were carmel and chocolate this time!! YUM!

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