Fun with my brother

My brother is on sabbatical and so he and his family stuck around for a while after the rest of my family went home. We had fun spending extra time with them.

We first went bowling. Richard loves bowling. We put all the kids on a bumper lane. Richard did pretty well. I was the high score on the non-bumper lane. I actually scored two strikes in a row! It all went downhill from there, but I was OK with my final score. Audrey just hung around. My Mom came to watch Marie and Peter and keep them entertained so I could have a good time.

The next day, we went to a nearby cave. Scott's never been. I've told Richard about it, and he's been excited to go. We've talked about going as a family anyway, and so the fact that my brother's family wanted to go just made us set a date to actually do it. Richard was a trooper and hiked the whole way. Audrey had to be carried up about 3/4 of the way, carried through the cave, and carried down about 1/2 of the way. Thanks to my brother for his help for part of the carrying. It's been a long time since I've seen the cave, and it was just as cool as I remember. I lost a lens in my sunglasses, which I'm irritated about. I forgot they were on my hat and I had to crouch to go under a formation in the cave. They fell off. I didn't realize a lens had fallen out because it was dark. Oh, well. My mom was an angel and watched Marie and Peter at the bottom for over three hours so we could go. You are amazing!

The next day, we went to some slides that go down a mountain. Scott couldn't come, because he had to take the day off for the hike and couldn't take more work off. Audrey looked at the slides and said she didn't want to go. Richard had a great time and wanted to go multiple times. Alas, I didn't want to spend the money to go multiple times. We'll just have to go back sometime when Scott can go! Again, my mom came to help me with the kids. She had the added bonus of seeing my brother and his family, but I know part of her motivation was to help me so I could be a part of things.