Mother Son Game Night

Hungry hippos!

Game of emotions

Andrew & Rebecca's newest thrill is a game of Monopoly.  It gets a little crazy!  This is semi-staged, but it reminds me of real games with my little brother growing up... if he didn't win, things got ugly.  Good thing he's now a priest & not a businessman!  :)  Love you, Fr. Jon.

Staycation Adventure

The last couple of years Darren has taken off some time from work before school starts so that we can all spend some time together. Isn't he awesome? We had some great times last week on our version of a staycation. :) Monday we kicked off the fun with a trip to the Amazing Pizza Machine. Think super-duper Chuck E. Cheese with food that actually tastes good! Their buffet is pretty delicious.

Andrew & Darren raced in the go-karts.

Andrew was totally giddy to drive HIS OWN bumper car, though. That grin! We also played miniature golf & miniature bowling, though both kids opted out of the miniature roller coaster. Me, too. Even after all that intensive "motion training" on our California drive, I don't think it would have been pretty.

The girls rode every vehicle they could hop into with glee & played every game that only required smacking a button or two to get tickets.

One of my favorite features is that they have a huge climbing area with slides, steering wheels, & more for the kids to play on WITHOUT using any tickets any time you want. It was perfect for Teresa. That girl is fearless. I think she would have ridden the roller coaster!

I have no idea how Andrew convinced Rebecca that she would like the Frog Hopper, but she took the ride! She smiled as it went up the first time which quickly changed to a look of fright & "I want to get off"s after the first bounce. They both grinned on the way down to get unlatched; Andrew because he LOVED the thrill, Becca because she was glad it was over! She claims that she actually liked it, but decided not to ride twice. ;)

Darren's sister Katie & baby Logan joined in the fun for a while, too! Check out those dance moves.No, Teresa didn't actually fly a fighter jet, but she sure thought that she did.

I think that Darren's favorite sport is skeeball. ;) After a couple hours of games we headed back to the buffet for dessert. Teresa passed out in the stroller with half a brownie still hanging out of her mouth. It made for a fun afternoon together. Great idea, Darren!

Kindergarten Field Day

Kindergarten Field Day was hilarious! General jungle-gym monkeying around, tug-o-wars, jumproping, parachuting, & my personal favorite: rubber chicken between your knees relay races. Doesn't get much better than that!

Right On Target

I am a gamer.

Not today's kind of gamer...I've never been that in style.

I'm more of a board-gamer, word-gamer, trivia-gamer, crazy-dance-gamer, etc. So, when my brother's parish was hosting their annual Trivia Night, I couldn't pass it up. We had a fun group of friends, good eats, & 80 trivia questions. Perfect! We went with a hunting/trapshooting theme to liven up our table. My favorite highlights were the bright orange clay target coasters. Despite the fact that we even borrowed some of Fr. Jon's (a judge) hunting gear, another table of friends who dressed up like pirates won the best dressed award. Notice a couple of the "Cunning Hams" in the background? We weren't exactly "Right On Target", but we were pretty close. Well, at least closer than we've been in years past. I'm pretty convinced that it's due to the addition of this clever couple... & this one. ;) A good time was had by all. Thanks for a great evening, friends! Hope to join you again next year!

Addicted...

My friend said just to try it. I was going to resist, but I gave in to the peer pressure. Just once couldn't hurt, I thought. Now I can't stop using it. I think I'm addicted. Hi, my name is Robyn & I'm a WordTwistaholic.

http://www.wordtwist.org/

According to their rating system, I stink. But that doesn't make it any less fun! I've learned a bunch of new words including: qis...a 10 pointer. My best score so far is 119. I won't say how many tries it took me to get a score that high. ; ) Can you beat me?