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Family Night

We declared Saturday evening as Family Night.  After a couple of weeks of sickness, the kids deserved it!  So, we headed to Applebee's and then to the bowling alley.  I don't think we had been bowling as a family for a couple of years.   It was so much fun, especially since it turned out to be Cosmic Bowling Night!  

We really need to do those kinds of things more often.  Caiden and Cambry have a tricky relationship - it's a struggle, really.  We want the kids to see that each of them has value in this family, that they are all important and unique.  We're hoping that by doing some of these fun things together, they can see how life just wouldn't be the same without each one of them!  

Bowling certainly isn't the only answer, but hopefully it's the start of more family nights to come!
Oh, those beautiful bowling shoes!
Someone knocked down a lot of pins!
Picking out just the right balls!
It took FOREVER for Delaney's ball to get to the pins, but she
was always proud - she even got a spare one time!
YES!  Cambry got the only strike of the evening!
Waiting for the ball to come up was
a highlight!

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