Playing Spades

We spent a quiet night at home and played spades last night. Annette was losing and went "blind nil" (so she could catch up).

Imagine her surprise when she found the A, K, Q, and J of spades in her hand. There was no way she could "go nil." She laughed until she cried. . . no, she didn't win.

 

Final score Joe 101, Abbey 48, Steve 12, Annette -337. Becky was working so she couldn't play.

 

We called it an early night and didn't play to the usual 500 points because Abbey and Joe both had finals this morning.

 

The focus of this blog entry is to encourage you to turn off the TV and spend some time playing games, reading books or doing projects as a family. About twice each week we play a game together, it facilitates conversations and builds relationships. But most importantly (to the kids) it gives them an opportunity to see their parents lose with grace (most of the time).

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