Strikes, Spares, and Smack Downs

We hit the weekend! PRAISE THE LORD! I'm seriously super happy to be looking at a day of relaxing with the sis and just chillin'.

Yesterday, the kiddos got out of school at 11:30, and I knew I had to find something to occupy their time before 3 - the time that Michele would be down with the kids. So we went bowling with Will and Julie......


My game stunk so bad. It's been on the decline for the last couple of months - not sure what is going on, but it was bad. I gutter'd a lot. By the end of the game, I slowed it down a bit and finally got a bit of my groove back (and by groove I mean extremely limited skill). Will and Julie could only stay for one game, but in an effort to keep the momentum going, I said "yes" to playing another game with Brayden (while Mikayla messed with my cell phone). I'm not necessarily proud of this score, but happy that there are a few more spares and strikes in the boxes.

(I took the picture to send to Julie and Will to prove I wasn't quite as bad of a loser as I'd been with them).

In regards to the "smack downs" in my title - that would be my kids. Omigosh.....those two! Pester, pester, whine, fight, pester, whine........ahhhhhhhhhh! They were literally fighting over who got to sit on Will's lap, it was ridiculous. I was super thankful for Will and Julie's presence to help me out, but likewise embarrassed by the stupidity of their conflicts.....

I think the whole thing was just a set-up to help me value Michele and the kids' company that much more. Seriously, at this point, 5 kids are easier for me to handle than 2, because the 5 keep Brayden and Mikayla generally separated. But, it also leads to chaos - currently, Traig and Brayden are chasing each other around the loop of our living room, kitchen, bonus room, throwing a football, wrestling - and Baxter and Sydney are chasing and barking incessantly. (Why does it have to be raining and cold today!?!) And, this.......this is what the girls did yesterday when given their own free time......
It's a giant Webkinz Mobile.....real nice, huh? And yes, they were forbidden from turning the fan on.

We get Michele's kids for three days next weekend while M and M are at a youth retreat. I think we need to start brainstorming now for more productive activities, just in case it is raining at that point - for fear our home will be destroyed......... =)