Dane's new glasses and lots of truffles!

The past week was pretty quiet.  Hunting season has ended...  but here is a picture of Brock and Bones on their last duck hunt.

Clint has the opposite days off than we do...  so when that happens and it is cold weather, we like to bake and make treats...  This time we decided to make truffles.  People see to like them and I can do them in stages if needed.  (sometimes the kids get a little crazy and we have to stop the project and regroup!)  This time I made coconut, mocha, and chocolate and they turned out pretty good.  Here are the treat plates I put together to give to the neighbors, Clint's work, St. Thomas, and Grandma. 

 Kimber helped me deliver the goodies to neighbors... 

 But I thought for a moment she might just eat all of them!!! :)

 About a week and a half ago we went to Missoula to see a specialist about Dane's eyes.  Ever since the eye infection that he had last June, he has had recurring eye issues in his right eye.  It waters constantly and sometimes gets very goopy.  After seeing his pediatrician and 2 eye doctors here in town, they referred him to Missoula.  The Doctor there was great.  He determined that Dane will need surgery on the tear duct of that eye.  It is plugged and will not drain...  so they will put in a tiny tube.  After about 3 months they will take out the tube and it should drain normally and stop getting all goopy and icky. 

More surprising was what they found when they screened his vision.  It was obvious right away that he wasn't seeing well out of his left eye.  After about 2.5 hours of various tests they determined he has an astigmatism in that eye.  The Doctor said that this is a really good time to catch this type of issue though.  He said that with treatment they may be able to improve his vision enough to where he doesn't need glasses as an adult.  The first step is glasses...  which he got on Friday.  He is doing really well wearing them and was happy to model his various silly faces for the camera!  They will retest his vision when they do the post-op appointment and then determine whether or not it is improving.  If it isn't then we will have to patch it for 4-6 hours per day for a couple months.  (That will be FUN!)  But, I guess research has shown that this works very well, and I have a coworker who has personal experience with it and said it worked great for her sister.

Anyway, that is all for now.  We got some really cold weather and snow last week, so maybe when we get days off with Clint we may get to go ice fishing!!!  We shall see!