It was a long week for many of us in the Red River Valley. For those not in our region - we had a 24 hour blizzard (a real one). About 10" of snow - 40 mph winds, 4-6' snowdrifts and bitter cold - it was -16 on Wednesday morning. Normally - this isn't too bad to handle in the middle of winter - but it is supposed to be spring (at least soon). These always seem harder to take at the end of the season. Anyway, 2 days of school missed and the kids get a little cranky. Anyway - the two great ladies that we are married to needed a night out. . . so my friend Roscoe (aka Billy Bob) - the same guy who last summer tried to sell my house (and car, cat, motorcycle, sofa) when we were in Ukraine and I - brought over his lovely daughters: Bernice, Beulah, Bertina and Baby Bertina - and his son Spike - and we had pizza and a Wii tourney.
Proof we fed the kids
Anton (aka Andrew) won with a perfect score of 105. We do point totals and everyone tried to play everyone else - we had a spreadsheet with 36 races on it - and ended up about 80% done - so then we went by finish averages - the totals were:
Everyone had a good night - Spike was a little scared of Scooter the cat - but nothing that a few sessions of counseling won't cover. Rumor has it our lovely wifes had a relaxing and enjoyable evening in the nearby town of Fungus Flats.
Spring is only 4 days away!
5 comments:
proof of feeding children is ALWAYS good - i think your next adventure should involve iron chef night...you might need to cover your house in plastic wrap first, haha!!
looks like you had a fun time! wish i were there! i didn't know you had Mario-Cart? have a good week!
Peter
(your cousin!)
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How Fun!!! Thanks for keeping us posted on the family's 'doings'
Love, Aunt Klarice
I hadn't stopped by in awhile so I enjoyed all the pictures, birthdays, messes, proof of eating and news that your family is feeling better--or was before you were buried under snow.
Joy,RR
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