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!