October

We have been pretty busy this past month. Here is a quick catch up for the month.


Nathan was the only one who wanted to sign up for soccer this season. He was lucky enough to get put on a great team with an awesome experienced coach. He really loves the sport and it was great for him to be on a winning team.They only lost one game during the regular season. They work hard and played great as a team.

Dave turned 40 on the 20th and we celebrated by going out to dinner with his parents and then going with them to a San Jose Sharks game. The game was lots of fun to watch. Fast paced and there sure was a lot of fighting.

The kids had red ribbon week a couple weeks ago and were excited to have their hair sprayed blue and red.

 My Parents arrived the day before Crazy hair day to spend the week with us so they could help watch the younger two while we Nathan had surgery. After his sleep study test results showed that his tonsils were causing him to have a moderate case of sleep apnea. He was having an episode where he stopped breathing 11times an hour. His tonsils were massive so we scheduled for him to have his tonsils and adenoids removed and on the 24th when we arrived for the surgery his doctor also recommended to put tubes back in his ears since they were still having problems draining properly. That morning we left for the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at 5:30am because we were suppose to check in at 8am. While the drive should only take 1hr40min it was rush hour so we tried to give ourselves enough extra time to get there on time. It ended up taking us 2hrs and 45min. That traffic is just awful. I am so glad we don't have to deal with it on a regular basis. The surgery went really well and his doctor said they were the biggest tonsils that she removed that day. His recovery went really smoothly and all the nurses were surprised by how quickly he was ready to eat regular food. The doctor had him stay the night at the hospital for observation because we are 2hrs from the Stanford's children's hospital, because he had been diagnosed with sleep apnea, and because he is on the heavier end for his age. She wanted to make sure there were no breathing complications from the anesthesia. He did great  but we sleep poorly since they came in every 3 hours to give him pain meds. We were definitely ready to get home in the morning. they did such a great job add keeping Nathan pain free that I don't think he realized how much the medicine was doing for him. He asked on day 3 to not take any medicine at night and I could tell the next morning that his throat hurt. He took a dose right away and about 40mins later he came up to me and let me know that he wanted to keep taking the meds, haha. Its like the doctor knew what she was talking about. He ended up staying on his pain meds for about 8 days. Also for 10 days he wasn't to play sports or go to school. So he was sent home an independent study packet. He really hated doing the work but of course enjoyed spending his days playing Fortnite.

                        After surgery with his new teddy from Grandma and Grandpa Dickson.

The Saturday after surgery we went to a local Pumpkin Patch with my parents put on by a local elementary school. The boys loved having my parents around. Especially Colin who was attached to Papa and was sad to see them go the following Monday.