The Bunch Are Enjoying The Holidays

My family ❤️, Cracker Barrel is doing $5 take home meals with an entree. It was was a great deal for next day's lunch!

First off, A and I are feeling a lot better. However, this illness seems to last FOREVER. We still have a lot of sinus issues and an occasional cough. We also get winded pretty easily, but we're slowly slipping back into our normal routines. We went to play pickleball with T one afternoon and we played both of us against him to keep our running down. However, it happened to be crazy windy that day so we spent a lot of time chasing the ball anyways. 😂 Thanks to the news we discovered a place by us that has about 4 acres of crazy Christmas lights! We went to go check it out and it was awesome! We also went to our traditional Cracker Barrel and drive thru lights in Sherman with C and H. I think it's fun we just kind of started this tradition. I love being able to have our own thing for the holidays so we all feel connected even though they aren't nearby. I hope I can do this with the other kids as they get married and have their own families. We can find new traditions to enjoy at the holidays to look forward to and stay connected.

They are the best of buds.🥰

C has been doing great with his pacemaker! He joked that this year he wasn't going to ruin our night with a heart attack. It was pretty scary last year to make an abrupt swing to the ER instead. However, at least we were close to a hospital and thankfully he was fine after getting stable. This year was much less stressful and so much fun!

The lights by us. I can't believe we just heard about it.

It was really good and of course pictures can't do it justice.

I always love this drive thru display.

We had a great time.

D was finally able to get his surgery he has been waiting for. It was an outpatient procedure and I'll tell you what. They really move you in and out. From arriving to him going under to having the procedure and waking up, we were in and out in about 2 hours. He took this week off work to recover and it was nice. The second day was kind of hard for him, but now he is almost back to normal. Unfortunately, for both him and our wallet, he will need to have another one next year. For whatever reason the doctor can't do it in the office. He has tried twice and failed both times so my guess is we'll have to go to the hospital again.

His bed was waiting for him.

He doesn't seem too excited 😆

T has been killing it with his Cookie ideas this year.

A did good to with her roasting marshmallows.

This is apparently a great game while recovering. Apparently, the goal is to catch the ball with the grabbers 3 times in a row. This has been played multiple times now and T has the record with 12 in a row and D has 4. Boys.🤦

T did awesome with this! So creative!

A went all out on her night too!

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