Casts, and Doctors and Shopping! Oh My!

Griffen got his cast off!  Finally!  He had it on for 7 weeks!  On the way to the Dr he took it off himself in the car.  He stuck his arm out the window and with a look of pure enjoyment said, "Now I know why dogs like to do this so much!"  The feeling of wind and summer on his arm was the best thing ever!

 

 

Blake really loves his snake he got at the zoo.  I guess pics like this make it worth the stupid $30 it cost.  I picked him up from golf the other day and he gets in the car, clearly annoyed and said, "Flippin, it must be Grandparents Day here or something!"  "Why?", I say.  "Because this place is crawling with old people!"  

I gave Ben tickets to Def Leppard and Poison, so I decided to rock some big hair.  This picture really doesn't do it justice.  Ben said he didn't know I could make my hair that big, and I was like, Please! I'm from Tremonton!

We babysat Eva!  She is so stinkin cute. The boys even took a little break from XBOX to play with her.

We went to Wicked!  I am officially obsessed.  It was so freaking good I can't get over it!

We went to Cheesecake Factory for lunch after and it was delish.
We also did a little shopping at City Creek.
I took Griff to a follow up appointment at Primary Children's for his foot.  It was stupid.  I don't know if I had too high of expectations or what, but they weren't helpful at all on either visit.  The Dr there referred him to a foot and ankle specialist at the University.  He has an appointment there on the 8th.  She said she was referring him because he was too big to qualify as a child.  That iritaties me for several reasons, but the top two are, did she not notice his size the first time we went in April????? and regardless of his size, he is still a child!!!!!!   BAAAAAHHHHH!  #@!!%*$ I am losing it! I just wish someone would figure out the problem and fix it already!  After his appointment we went down to Fashion Place to do a little school shopping and then went back downtown to eat at PF Changs.  He was in heaven.  He kept trying to talk me into ordering a ton of food because it was going to be the last good thing he ate until he goes on his hike.  It didn't work, but it was a good try.  He is all packed.  His pack weighs 36 lbs.  He leaves Monday for a week. : (

Nutty Buddy

This has been a pretty lazy summer so far!  Griffen still has his cast on his arm.  He has 2 PT appointments each week and an appointment with the chiropractor once or twice a week for his ankle.  He has basketball M & W and soccer T & TH.  He hasn't been going to soccer because of his foot, but will be back at it this week.  Next week he is going on a 50 mile hike for Scouts.  I hope he has fun.  Blake has been alternating every other week M-TH swimming lessons or golf lessons.  He loves to swim and his favorite part of golf is chipping.  Griff and Blake have been getting along really well.  They have to do jobs, read, and play outside for at least an hour before they can play X-Box.  That is all they want to do!  They can play from 1-5 and for an hour or so before they go to bed IF they get all their stuff done and IF they're good.  So far, it works like a charm!  I started Jazzerscise-ing and I freakin love it!  Brittni started going too.  I'm still doing stupid WW.  Ben works 2 days on and 2 days off. 

We had our 4th of July BBQ as always, and it was fun, as always.  The kids were playing soccer and Blake took a pretty good shot to the nuts.  We now call him Nutty Buddy.  He hates it.  The next day he was having trouble moving and was in a lot of pain.  Friday it was really swollen, but the pain had gone away some so we didn't go to the Dr.  Sunday came and he was still in pain, and swollen and the color was way off so I called the hospital and the Dr. on call said to bring him in.  Really?  Just what I need, more Dr. bills.  I said I didn't want to bring him and if it could wait until the next day I would get him in with his Dr. but On-Call-Guy was all about getting him in in case there was a blood flow problem.  Then he went on to say if the area was compromised it could effect his growth and bla bla bla.  So, off to the hospital we went.  I could just imagine if I hadn't taken him and there was a problem, so he was stuck at 4 & 1/2 feet tall for the rest of his life because I was to cheap for an ER visit.

He had to have an ultrasound and everything was fine.  YIPPEE!  It was 2:30 am so of course we went and got Happy Meals at MickyDs.  After we ate, we decided to walk around the new temple.  We were the only ones out (imagine that), it was quiet, and everything is so clean and new and pretty.  We were about half way around and Blake says, "We really need to get some of that gel like the ultrasound lady had."  Why, I asked.  He stopped walking, spread his legs out a little, put his arms up and said, "Because, my balls feel.....
A-MAAAAAA-ZING!"  I guess a 15 minute massage to the nuts will do that for ya!