Bowling with Aunt Kathy

Robert has an aunt who is very special to all of us. Her name is Kathy and she lives with her sister here in Arkansas for part of the year, then splits her time for the rest of the year in Florida with her brother and other sister (Robert's Mom).

Kathy loves spending time with the kids and is always thinking of fun things to do with them. Her sister, Gina (another wonderful aunt) helps make these special times happen. We've had swimming parties, bingo parties, Christmas parties, etc!

Anyway, a few Saturdays ago, we went to breakfast and had a bowling party for Kathy's birthday. I took some not-very-good pictures of all the fun.

Enjoy!

Part of the breakfast bunch.

Benny with Aunt Kathy at the Ranch House Restaurant.

Funny story: One of the waitresses walked up to me while we were eating breakfast and said, "Do you have an older son that eats here every weekday?" I told her yes, that my son Daniel ate breakfast there every weekday with his boss. The waitress replied, "when I saw that boy (Benny), I just KNEW they had to be brothers!"

Mama and Sammy.

Sam loves Aunt "Kaffy", that's why he sat by her, but you can't tell by the picture.

Kathy with her Tweetie Bird bowling ball, putting us all to shame.

Benny did pretty well!

(I'm not mentioning that he crossed the scratch line, in fact, I'm pretty sure none of them even knew that there was a scratch line, or what it was for)

Joey after one of his turns. He was of the opinion that harder was better. I don't know if it was better, but it it was enough to knock one of the bumper lanes down!



Funny story: Joey got his shoes from the "Bowling Attendant" and we went to the bench to put them on. He looked at the shoes, then back at me with a slightly worried expression. Then he said, "Have other people been wearing these shoes?" I suppressed my laughter and reassured him that they are thoroughly disinfected before we get them.

(Lord, please don't let that be a lie)

I know this a boring picture of the back of Rachel, but the "Bowling Attendant/Nazi" caught me taking pictures PAST THE LINE (gasp) and he wouldn't let me stand in front of them anymore to get a picture, so I had to take what I could get.

Rachel looks pretty cute in those bowling shoes, dontcha think?

Bowling with Samuel was an experience. He preferred the "bug's eye" view, where he laid on his stomach on the floor after he let go of the ball, so he could better watch the pins fall.


Here is a fantastic shot of Andrew's back as he takes his turn. Look at the sheer determination in those back muscles. Ok, I'm obviously grasping for something to say other than, "Here's a picture of Andrew from the back".

Woohoo!! The heavy hitters have arrived!!! Matthew and Daniel were working that morning, but when they were finished, they joined us for a game.

Yes, he bowled in his cowboy hat. If he had been allowed, he would have bowled in his boots, but one must draw the line somewhere. Plus there was this "Bowling Attendant" lurking around that would have frowned on such a blatant violation of the Bowling Alley Code Of Ethics.

O.K., I just made that whole code of ethics thing up. But I'm sure the Attendant would NOT have liked the Bowling in Boots idea.

Daniel takes his turn. I think he had the highest score overall. I'm sure if you asked him, he would most definitely remember beating Matthew!

Miss Cutie Pie.

Speaking of Hannah, she is voicing her need for me loudly and repeatedly, so I'd better go. Hope y'all enjoyed the post!