May 16, 2010
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Evening with the Grandkids
Saturday afternoon, we had planned to go in and stay with our daughter’s children while our daughter and son-in-law attended a wedding in his family. The plan had originally been to go out on our son’s boat with our son and his children, cook out, and stop off at a park to let the kids play. Unfortunately, one of our son’s kids was sick, so we had a last minute change of plans.
Our daughter’s children were disappointed about missing the boat ride and her son was very disappointed not to be spending the evening with his cousins. We decided to take the kids to Culver’s for supper and then to go bowling as a substitute for the boat ride.
It was a beautiful evening following a week of sub-normal temperatures, so we decided to eat outside at Culver’s, Here is Ryan at the table.
We were actually pretty impressed the the kids’ meals that Culver’s offers. We don’t eat very much fast food, but Dan and I were able to feed ourselves and 3 kids for about $25, which we thought was pretty good.Our daughter has 2 children, Madison and Ryan. Madison’s best friend, Maddie (short for Madison), was the third member of the crew. Maddie, frequently joins us on family events, including family vacations. We refer to her as our adopted granddaughter. Here are Madison and Maddie at the table. Madison is on the left. I think I caught her off-guard.
After supper, we went bowling. We don’t bowl very often. In fact, I have probably been bowling less than 20 times in my whole life, so I am not very good. Bowling alleys have changed quite a bit since we took our kids bowling when they were growing up. They now have what is basically a casino for kids where the kids can play games to win points which can be exchanged for prizes. I think that is the main event for the kids. For us, the main event is bowling, so that’s what I choose to capture in photos.Here is Ryan. His score zoomed ahead of mine right away.
Here’s Madison throwing a ball. I noticed that the kids’ balls tended to bounce a little. I didn’t think they were supposed to do that. The kids all had bumpers that prevented their balls from going into the gutter. Do you think that is why they all beat me? Next time, I want bumpers!
Madison looks pretty satisfied with that ball, don’t you think?
Maddie bowled last. She is a pretty good bowler!
We had a good time with the kids! Somw of the pics aren’t the best. The lighting in there was not great for photography!
Comments (8)
nice photos
Now that looks like a fun evening with the grandkids.
Well one thing about xanga’s new private pages as they seem to call them. I can see the photo’s in the email but here I would have to click on them I suppose. Only a quarter shows.
It’s great you enjoyed Grandkids time.
@BLB - Hmmm. I wonder why the pics don’t show????
Because to my monitor at least, this section is very narrow. The pictures do show if I click on them but in your photo stream, not the blog. (this is why I refuse to go to xanga new themes).
I understand your grand kids were deceived to not ride the boat . But you have been able to find something that pleases them : bowling . Your photo are a good report of this evening which makes them happy finally .
Nancy in your garden you have interesting plants , tomatoes for instance . Green beans are easy to grow. The main problem is to pick them for cooking .
Love
Michel
RYC : Thanks , Nancy , for your comment about Jean – Baptiste ‘ s house .
This gives me the oportunity to ba amazed again by the large and beautiful photos you show . The thee large ones are wonderful.
Love
Michel
Grandkids are the best.