Bentch.com » mario kart http://www.bentch.com I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. -- C.S. Lewis Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Busy Weekend http://www.bentch.com/2008/06/24/busy-weekend/ http://www.bentch.com/2008/06/24/busy-weekend/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:27:34 +0000 jennifer http://www.bentch.com/?p=280 Our family had a great weekend. On Saturday morning, we went to Deanna Rose Farmstead. The kids got to pet cows, feed baby goats a bottle of milk, see chickens, and play on the playground. I love taking the kids on Deanna Rose because it is free and a lot of fun for the kids. You can do almost the whole farmstead in one morning. Then we went for pizza. We had friends over for a MarioKart game night Saturday night. Arwyn actually ended up busting her lip really bad in the evening. She and her friend were running through the sprinkler outside, then got in the sand box. She was in serious need of a spray down once all was done. So, I took her to the shower to spray her off. She didn’t really want to be in the shower and while trying to climb out (I even had hold of her hand) she slipped and fell face first. So now she has a rug burn on her face (her own doing from rubbing her face on the carpet) and a busted lip. Great.

On Sunday, Breckin and I went on a date. He chose to go bowling. I was trying to get him to smile with the bowling ball in his hand, but he was too busy just trying to carry the ball. I loved hearing him say, “Mommy, this ball is heavy for me.” But he persevered and scored a 58, with bumpers. Then we went for some Sheridan’s custard. I still think it is the best custard I have ever eaten. Yum. I didn’t get pictures of the kids at Deanna Rose, but did get some of Breckin bowling.

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