And the diagnosis is...

Sever's (Seaver's) disease. This is what Michael has. It's not a disease. The doctor couldn't even tell me why they call it that. Basically, there is an inflammation in the heel growth plate. It's probably due to rapid growth. It's also something that he will more than likely have to deal with until that closes up. So, for now he's gellin' (ha) and has to do PT for a couple of weeks. He also can take Ibuprofen if he can tolerate it. We tried it for a week (yes, with food), but his stomach started giving him fits. We're going to try a lower dose and see what happens with that.

Our fun story tonight was our dinner. I tried to cook a pork tenderloin. This was not the first time. When the timer went off, the bottom was cooked, but the top was raw. It was not an attractive sight! We determined that something must be wrong with the top heating element in the oven. The power went off today, so I don't know if that messed something up or not. Anyway, I thought maybe we should try the broil setting to see if it worked. We finished cooking the pork on broil, opened the oven and the cool air busted my Pampered Chef bar pan. Dang! Then in the midst of all that, we messed up the mashed potatoes. You could slice them! Then I dropped a box of baking soda while looking for something in the pantry, Kevin got up to get more potatoes and flipped the spoon out of the bowl. In the process of trying to catch the spoon, he busted his hand on the granite. As all that was happening, I was sitting back down at the table and busted my knee on the edge of it. Whew! What an exciting meal. After dinner, I apologized for the meal and my sweet husband said, " you could have cooked a normal meal and we could have had a normal dinner, but instead, you created a fun memory." And that's why we are still married after 20 years! Sorry there are no pictures to post! LOL!

Our weekend!

Our weekend started with a birthday. We celebrated one of our favorite girl's 11th birthday on Friday. The kids went to see Hotel for Dogs and then we all went to get pizza. A fun time was had by all!

Saturday, Michael had a game. He is still not putting any weight on his heel, which makes running a challenge. They lost their game even though they were within 4 at one point. :(

After the game, the boys worked on rearranging the Bonus room. That afternoon we went back to church to read in the new chapel. The pastor of our church wanted the whole Bible read in the new chapel. They started having people read last Sunday. I believe there was someone in the chapel from 6:00 am until 9:20 pm everyday until yesterday. They finished reading the Bible by Thursday, so they started over with the New Testament. Our scriptures involved the parables of sowing seeds, calming the storm, driving out Legion into the pigs and John the Baptist's beheading. It was a neat experience to be in the chapel together as a family reading God's word aloud.

This is the new Children's worship space. Em sings once a month on the worship team. Today was her first day in the new worship space. It's pretty amazing.

Tonight we ended with the dedication of our new space. We met in the chapel for the service. It's hard to believe that it is finally done. We added the chapel, it holds about 400 people. They will hold services in there on Sunday for those interested in a more traditional form of worship. Our pastor's image will be on a life size digital screen during the sermon. Ok, so it's kind of traditional. We also added a whole new preschool wing and play area, an incredible children's worship area and a high school area. We are so blessed by our church family and excited about God's plans for the future!

And they're off!

The braces, that is. Today was the last day - yeah! We pick up the retainer tomorrow. She has a permanent one on her bottom teeth. 1 down and 1 to go - probably.

The super horrible Titan's playoff game.

There are really no words. We are still in mourning!

Michael's basketball game

Michael has started basketball again . He's loving it, but having some heal pain. We may be back at the doctor again this week.

January catch up/ visit with our Nashville Grandma!

I have miserably failed at keeping the blog updated through the holidays. We saw most of the family at Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I'm going to pick up with January. During the break we went to see our Nashville Grandma. We always drive over the Natchez Trace bridge when we go. It's an awesome view!