So this summer Chris and the kids and I have gotten a chance to spend more time with Aunt Sue and Uncle Pat. We have had wonderful times there, the kids loooooove to be spoiled by Aunt Sue (and she loves spoiling them), and we have done lots and lots of fun things like going to the zoo, going to the children’s museum, going to rocket park, and going to the Festival of Trees. No matter what, Aunt Sue makes sure the kids have a good time. But when the kids go to bed, the adults break out the cards for some EUCHRE!!!
I will admit that since the dawn of our Euchre games, Sue and I have not had the best of luck… one night Pat and Chris beat us 13-1… GAMES of Euchre. Over time, both Sue and I have gotten braver about calling the trump, and thusly, our games have gotten better. And finally…FINALLY… we have news to report. Today, Aunt Sue and Kate BEAT the men THREE games to ONE!!! That’s right! We won. We might never play again so as not to ruin our record!
Well, the kids have had several fun family activities lately and I didn’t post them on the blog because I did not have pictures, but the kids had such great fun so I am posting about it anyway!
First was their fun day out with my Nikki, a friend of our family! Nikki took great care to get all the foods I said they would like! So on the menu was pb&j sandwiches, sun chips, and root beer! So Nikki took both kids on a picnic and then off to the North Liberty Aquatic Center for a fun filled afternoon of swimming! She reported that the kids had a great time and were mostly behaved! Thanks Nikki!!!
Second was their fun weekend with Aunt Sue, Uncle Pat, and Grandpa Wheeler! We dropped the kids off on Friday night and stayed for dinner and some euchre (the girls lost AGAIN…ugh), then the kids happily sent us on our way so they could have Aunt Sue all to their selves! Saturday, Michael helped Grandpa and Uncle Pat take some furniture to Great-Grandma Marje while Audrey had girl time with Aunt Sue! After they did that then they went to visit some friends in Eldridge where they had a great time playing with their kids and playing at the park with the SUPERHEROES! That’s right, apparently the drama club was having a scavenger hunt where they were dressed up as superheroes! After all that Aunt Sue reported that the kids were completely tuckered out and ready for bed. They will be coming back home tonight, and while it was nice to have some time with just me and
Chris, I really, really missed them!
