Ear Surgery

I had surgery on my ear on Tuesday morning.  I had a tube in my ear for like 17 years.  It lasted much longer then it should have by like 10-15 years.  But it was doing it's job so we kept it in.  The doctor said my tube was the longest he has had in a patient.
But then it stopped working.  I grew polyps around the tube in my ear so my doctor said it was time to take it out and replace it.
So Tuesday morning, super early, Tony took me to the hospital.  The three younger kids stayed with Margie the night before so she could take them to school for us.  Tyler stayed home because he can get himself up and ready and out to school by himself.
Everything went well with the surgery.  The doctor said that I had skin grow around the back of my tube which caused it to not work.  So he removed the tube and the polyps.
Recovery went well.  I was able to go home pretty quick.  I felt pretty good the first day.  I felt dizzy and nauseous when standing up, but beside that I was pretty good.  The next day I had a lot more pain.  I have been surprised how much blood I have had and still have.  But it should continue to get better each day.  Guess we will see how long this tube lasts.

Tyler's Jr. High Volleyball Games

Tyler tried out for and made the Jr. High volleyball team.  He had only ever played volleyball in gym but liked it enough to try out.
He made the JV team and was super happy about it.
They have played four games out of six. The varsity team plays first and then the JV team plays their game.  Tyler team has won two games, lost one and tied one.  
Tyler is learning and makes some good plays.  The JV games are more practice games and just the coaches ref the games, but they do keep score and play hard.
Tyler is fun to watch and it is nice to see him try new sports.

Snow Fun at the Cabin

Christmas 2019

We had a great Christmas.  The kids didn't wake up too early, like 6:30 am.  Allie woke up Megan and it was so cute to hear her little voice telling her to wake up because Santa had come. 
We all had lots of gifts to open and it was fun watching everyone enjoy their presents.  Megan wanted to open everything she could get her hands on (even Tony and my presents).  It was so fun to see how excited they all got after they opened their presents.
After breakfast and a few hours of hanging out at home we went over to Grandma Margie's house.  We took them some gifts and they had some for us.  They kids loved everything they had for them and we liked ours too.  Luckily they liked what we brought them as well.
After hanging out there for a few hours we left to go to my parents house for Christmas dinner.  We handed out our gifts to my parents and then we opened our stocking from my parents. 
We ate a yummy dinner and then hung out there for a couple hours.  The kids had fun but wanted to get back home to play with their toys.  After we got home we let them play for a couple of hours before sending them to bed.  It was a long day but a great day.  We are all very thankful to celebrate our Saviors birth with our family!

Christmas Eve

We always have a great time at the Kresser family party.  The kids spent the night at Grandma's house the night before with Gabe and Brennen.  They got to help her get the house ready for the party.  They always have a great time with cousins and love spending times at Grandma's.
After the extended family left the party we cleaned up and got the rooms put back together.  Then it was open jammie time.  It is fun to see what jammies grandma finds for the kids and to see them all wearing them together.  She is so good to do these fun traditions.

Christmas Sunday

Clark Family Christmas Party

Here are all the actors of the great nativity!  They all did a great job!

The kids table.  The food and company was amazing.

My dad narrated the Christmas story and the kids acted it out.

 

My mom had my Aunt Luanna make the girls a tea set.  She gave the kids their Christmas presents at the party.  Megan and Allie LOVED the tea set.  Luanna did an amazing job!

Christmas Sing-a-long

Megan's class sang a Noel song...she did awesome!

Josh's class sang a new song I had never heard before.  A song about zebra's pulling Santa's sleigh.  He did a great job!

Allie sang the beloved JINGLE Bells.  She sang out loud and proud.  I was a proud mama!

Gingerbread House

Breakfast With Santa