Family Activity Night

Friday night used to be pizza and movie night, but Ben got kind of bored.  Now, we let the kids pick what they want to do (within reason).  Sadie's pick last Friday was miniature golfing.  We get half price at Disney, so we headed over to the Fantasia themed course.

A tale of 2 benches

I love it when I actually finish something.  Back in January when my parents were here we bought 2 benches at the thrift store.

Aren't they lovely?

Here's mine in the Living Room (with my awesome crate from the Crayola Factory)

Here's Ben's for his office.

Fun with William

I've been working on the house a lot lately, so William has been entertaining himself.  Sometimes though, we manage to work up some fun.

How many strawberries have you eaten William?

Sadie's first big field trip

 
Disney World!  She invited me to go along.  What a fun way to spend a day.

Spring Break - Myrtle Beach

Samuel and Henry exploring a stream at the beach

What to do when you have a gazillion weeks banked for your timeshare that you never use?  You trade out to anywhere that is driveable during spring break.  So, we ended up in Myrtle Beach.  The kids and Ben had never been there.  The last time I was there was about 13 years ago.  It started out a bit rough with kids not getting along, etc, but it got better.  Ben worked in the hotel during the day and then played with us at night.  It was a Marriott and very nice.  It was on the beach, had a great playground, bocce, shuffleboard, smores, water slide, and much more.  We did a little bit of exploring during the day.  I took the kids to Pawley's island to check out the hammocks and play a bit.

We also went to the beach, but mostly the kids wanted to be at the pool.

Sunset on the beach

Ben and William

William

Samuel on the slide, he spent HOURS there.

And more photos:

Love this!! William looks so excited

Henry and William

The boys

The view from the local seafood restaurant...I heard the food was good :)

Sadie looks like it was good, but she really did enjoy it when it finally came

I guess we left William's shoes outside one night, since this is what we found the next morning

"golfing"

And the kids FAVORITE thing of all...farting (sorry Mom) sand