This last weekend the weather was really nice and sunny. Since it had been two weeks since Andy came home last we decided to do something fun as a family. The boys have asked for a long time if we could go golfing, so I found a mini golf place called 401 PAR. It was about a 30 minute drive to south Raleigh, but the weather was great and we took a picnic. They have a 9 hole course, a driving range, and a playground next to the mini golf course. We got there in time to have our lunch and then started to golf.
Daniel was very good!
Bradley wasn't quite as good at putting. I think he really wanted to drive like they do in real golf.
I could use some more practice. :0)
Dad showing Eliza how to do it. She got a hole in 1!
Daniel getting ready to put through the chapel.
I got a hole in 1 on this one. :0)
Nathan was a good sport to sit and watch everyone play. I think he was just happy to be outside.
Eliza and Daniel waiting for their turn.
About half way through the course Eliza decided she really wanted to play on the playground. Since it is right next to the course, inside the fence, we let her got play. After the boys finished playing she came back and Dad helped her finish. She is pretty good.
Daniel practicing his other driving skills! This was the most popular "toy" on the playground. He really wants to drive one that actually moves.
Dad talking to Uncle Quincy and soaking up a little too much sun! :0)
We burned the back of his neck and ears pretty bad. He was a true red neck!!
Looking back at the course. The people over the fence on the left were at the driving range. Andy was sad he hadn't brought his clubs so he could try out the driving range. Some of those guys were hitting it far! Others...not so far...or so straight. I am sure I would be in the latter group if I tried. :0)
In all it was a lovely day! The kids loved golfing and can't wait to go again.
I know you are all awaiting the final score from our trip. It is like this, Andy had the lowest score followed by Eliza, Mom, Daniel and Bradley. That just means that Daniel, Bradley and I won right?! High score wins. :0) The only reason I didn't get a higher score than Daniel is because I was lucky, I mean talented, enough to get two holes in one! I think Daniel also got a hole in one.
(Andy didn't get any and yet he still had the lowest score. Hmm.)
Thanks Dad for taking us and for fixing our van.
(Earlier in the week Bradley came in the house and said, "Mom, Daniel broke a little piece of your van." Luckily for him I was on the phone with Aunt Malea, which probably saved his life. After I got off the phone I was busy getting dinner and homework done and forgot to go look at my van...until the next day. Then I noticed he had ripped the whole wiper off the back! I put it in the back of the van so we wouldn't loose it and waited for our Dad to come home and look at it. When he finally made it home it took a while to fix it. Not because there was a lot broken, because there wasn't. He had to figure out what it was suppose to look like and how it was suppose to fit together. Then he realized that there was a spring on the underside of the arm that needed to be reconnected. The hard part was getting it to stretch far enough. He used a screwdriver to get it stretched, but then it was in the way and he couldn't get the hook back in the whole. Finally, after many attempts, he used a wrench to stretch it past the point where the hook was suppose to go in. Then he used kite string to tie around it and hold it. Then he removed the wrench, pushed the spring into place, and cut the string. It worked!!!)
March 9, 2013
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