Catching Up.......

Well, my blog is turning out to be alot like my journal......."Dear Journal, it has been a while since I've written, so I'll try to catch up." So, now I'll share my random thoughts and try to fill in some news of the Earl/Nielsons in Heber. I'll add some pictures later to go along with some of my thoughts.
Football is over. I think Wasatch may have been last place, or close to. But that was ok, the boys had a great time playing and they both Lettered in football. It was Tylen's last year and he really enjoyed it. He was a member of the Fat Boy Possee. That was started several years ago by some of the boys and has been tradition. The Possee have T-shirts made and they get together to eat every week, which is a big feat to feed all those big Linemen. Some members of the Wasatch Boosters feed them. Incredible!
Now Wrestling has begun. I actually enjoy watching the wrestling. Tylen has chosen not to wrestle this year, and just work on finishing school and working. Chase will wrestle and is hoping for a varsity spot. Keaton and Cameron both are wrestling in the Jr High league which means duals and tournaments every weekend through January. My Favorite it when they go to the state championships in Richfield. Granted there isn't a ton to do in Richfield, but the tournament is enjoyable because we sit for 2 days and don't have to do anything but watch for the boys to wrestle. It is a time to get caught up on books, visit, and relax. I think we might pull our 5th wheel down to stay this year as fuel prices seem to be coming down. Caroline usually goes with us and we don't see her for 2 days because she hangs out with her good friend Bridgett. Fun Times!!
Chase was asked to Preference. That is a girls choice formal dance here. He was asked by a long time buddy, Mallory Utley. They have been friends since kindergarten I think. There were 9 couples in their group. The group went up to a cabin at Sundance on Saturday morning and went hiking and I think they played some games. They came home and got ready, and went to the Mountain House Grill in Midway. They sat upstairs where the TV's are because they were all pretty interested in the big Rivalry Game, Uof U/BYU. After dinner they went to one of the girls houses for dessert and finished the game then went to the dance. Chase said they had a good time. He looked very nice all dressed up. (if only i could get him to cut his hair.)
Caroline had surgery on November 21. She had renal reflux. She has a double ureter system from her kidney to her bladder and one of those ureters allowed urine to go back up into her kidney from her bladder. We found out about this when she was 4. Chase had the same problem. they both had ear infections chronically from birth, therefore they were constantly on antibiotics. When we finally had tubes placed in their ears, and quit the antibiotics, they both developed kidney infections. Caroline had her testing again when she turned 10. They had hoped she would outgrow the problem, unfortunately it got worse. The Dr. suggested we consider fixing it before puberty as girls can have problems with UTIs. We figured this was a good time since all our deductibles and family out of pocket expenses have been met this year. So, Friday morning they took her to surgery and fixed it. They reimplanted the ureter so it would not allow the reflux. She has a two inch incision on her bikini line. Wow, she is a trooper. When they called me in to recovery, she was already sipping an apple juice and talking very well. They then transfered her to a post-op room where she drank down a slushy drink with no problems. She went in for surgery at 10:30 and we were home by 3. She wanted Taco Time for her first meal so that's what she had. Saturday she seemed to be feeling really well, so we went to see Twilight. Well, Sunday it all slammed her, and she said she had bad pain in her back right where the kidney is. So, she stayed in bed most of the day. And today, she stayed home from school and took it easy. She wants to go to school tomorrow though to have a thanksgiving party. So, i'll send her and she can call me if she needs to.
I think we are going to be planning a surgery for Kelly to have his galbladder out. He has had some problems and had it tested and it proved to be bad. the Dr. said if a surgeon looks at the results, they would be in parameters to have it out. So we are just waiting to get it scheduled. Kelly has been very busy teaching scuba. He has had 2 classes going and should be done in the next week or so.
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas!!
Now i'll try to add some pictures in another post to go along with all these thoughts. And I'll try to blog more often.