A Day Off

Today was President's Day, which meant the kids didn't have school and Matt was off of work. Yay! It's always nice to have Matt home when the kids are home.

I send Blake and Matt to get donuts for breakfast~ the kids love this!!

We decided to take the kids bowling today. Obviously it was a great idea because a million other people decided to do the same thing!! It was soooo crowded! Blake had gone bowling once with cub scouts but the other kids had never been. Matt began by showing the kids what to do and then they were on their own, aside from Preston. He couldn't even HOLD the bowling ball on his own! haha Surprisingly, Blake and Gavin did pretty well (with bumpers, of course)! Brooklyn just pouted because she wasn't doing as well as everyone else.

I love how Matt's right leg slides behind his left leg every time he bowls! Blake takes after his Daddy, apparently. Like father, like son!!

By the end of our ONE game, I was ready to get out of there! Preston was being wild, climbing all over, then he smacked Gavin so Gavin whacked him back. Brooklyn was complaining all the way out to the car that she didn't have fun. Sometimes I wonder why we try to take our kids to do things together as a family and then they whine and complain and act like heathens. Aye yi yi!!

Then we were off to the dentist for teeth cleanings for Brooklyn, Blake, Gavin and me. We emerged with four clean mouths and NO CAVITIES!!! Hooray!

The rest of the day was spent hanging at home. Derek, Kristin and kids came over for pizza while Derek and Matt chatted about their upcoming trip to Philmont in June. The kids were loud, loud, loud!! I'm so glad that we live so close to Derek & Kristin and that we are able to spend so much time together.

Although we had some "moments" today, it was nice to be able to spend a full day together as a family! Seems like days like this are far and few between as of late.