A Man's Weekend

(October 2012)

This weekend Michael was able to add some much needed points on his "Man Card".  It all started Friday evening when I got to the hospital a little earlier than usual.  It was such a nice evening so Mike talked me into taking him outside.  It wasn't hard, he just gave me a thumbs us when I asked if he wanted to go. I grabbed his football, went outside, and then had an epic game of catch.  Mike has been able to catch his football for quite some time but Friday he definitely took it up a notch. He caught almost everything I tossed to him and from a much farther distance and then he would toss the ball back to me.  I was shocked at what he was able to do. Now before you get images of Mike grabbing the football and throwing it back it's not quite like that.  He can't use his hand to grab the football, so he moves it to the crook of his arm and pops it over to me.  I would laugh and Mike would smile it was really fun.

After the game of catch, we went back in to get ready to watch the BYU game.  Luckily for Mike his friend Sean comes and watches the games with him, Mike needs all the male bonding he can get.  As we were waiting, I turned the TV to a super girly show which Mike did not like.  He finally got sick of it and grabbed the remote and moved it up to his eyes to try to figure out which buttons to push to make the girliness stop.  He couldn't quite figure it out so I told him I would change the channel for him if he would give me the remote.  He handed it over RIGHT AWAY, I don't usually make him watch my shows so I thought he was totally over reacting.  I did have mercy on him and turned it to a more natural show.  Soon his friend came and the game started so I left him to enjoy some man time. 

Saturday the manliness continues with another game of catch between sessions of LDS General Conference.  Mike did even move amazing than the day before I was so proud of him.  Later that evening my nephews came by so we decided to have a mini football game with Mike.

The rules of the game:
1. The football is tossed to Mike
2. Mike hikes the ball it to his teammate
3. The teammate runs and touches the fence before being tagged by the rest of us. 

It was really fun and after playing for a while I finally thought to record what was going on.  I don't know if Mike suddenly got tired or was camera shy but he totally clammed up (this isn't the firs time). 

The best, most manly part of the weekend was that Michael attended the priesthood session of conference.  He has not been able to attend for the past two years.  I got Mike dressed really nice and then his friend Sean came to get him.  He walked him to a chapel that was just a couple of blocks away.  Mike stayed awake and alert for the whole session and really enjoyed it (reported to me by his friend).  I love that Mike could do this. The weekend ended with another manly activity, Mike basically napped all of Sunday.

This is the video of Mike playing football with the nephews.  He was already dressed for the priesthood session that is why he is so fancy.  He did way better than this but this will give you and idea of what he does and how nice he looked for priesthood.