Date Nights

What a blessing it has to have a little 10 year old boy who still likes to "hang out" with his mother.  Ben and I get to spend a lot of time together.  He is a riot, and fun to be with.  Last weekend, Ben and I went to the cheer on the Ute Basketball team.  Steve's siblings and parents all have season ticket together.  They aren't great seats, but it is a lot of fun to be around the family. Ben sat with his cousin Lizzy (big Liz), and I sat with the adults.  What a great time, and the Ute's finally pulled off a win!

Big Liz and Ben.

Pre-game meal at Noodles and Co.

It is preseason for the Bountiful Braves Basketball team.  Mike is a member of the team, but unfortunately he is on the injured list.  Mike's ankle (the one he had reconstructed last April), has been painful and difficult to walk on without a brace.  When we went back to his surgeon, he told us that the surgery had failed.  Talk about a let down!  I'm not sure who took the bad news worse, Mike or me!  The surgeon stated that if it was his kid, he would let him play basketball with a high tech brace (since it's his senior year), and have the surgery redone after.

We got a second opinion by another orthopedic doctor who was hoping that with more physical therapy the problem could be resolved.  After several visits to the Physical Therapist, the PT recommended that he began running.  Thanksgiving Eve, he took a run, came back in pain.  He iced his ankle, and rested it until the next morning. On Thanksgiving morning he played basketball with some friends, (for the first time in a long time) only to come home with the opposite ankle sprained.  It looked like a baseball was attached to his ankle - quite discouraging!

This week, we met with the orthopedic doctor who gave him a cortisone shot, hoping to alleviate the pain in the ankle that was reconstructed.  Right now, we are just hoping and praying to get him to walk without braces and pain.

Ben and I still go to all the Bountiful Braves Basketball games every Tuesday and Friday.  We cheer them on, even if Mike's isn't playing right now.

The cortisone shot.

Friday night, Ben, Mitch and I sent to Alpine to cheer on the Bountiful Braves.  It was a close game, and a sad loss.  On the way home we stopped for dinner at In-N-Out Burger.  Ben and Mitch are typical 10 year olds'.  I made them pull the fries out of their noses for this picture.  Sheesh!

Crazy little hooligans!

While driving on the freeway, I decided to make a stop at the Holiday Nights at Thanksgiving Point.  It did not disappoint!  Since it was late in the evening, it wasn't crowded at all.  We sat in our warm car, viewing all the wonderful lights.  Now that's my kind of light show!

At the end of the course, was a bible reading of Savior's birth, and a lovely manager scene.  What a great way to end the night!

Thanksgiving Point Holiday Lights