Thomas Penwell

I took a week and a half long vacation to see my brothers in Centralia, WA. That was the longest week and a half ever with kids running around wild and crazy like (Nanny 911 where are you???) My brother has 3 kids of his own. The oldest, Kevin, is a funny little man sometimes. First thing he says when I walk in the door is "Do you wanna play a game with me?" I reply, "I didn't come here to play games, I came to be with my family and relax." Too bad when someone tries to talk to him, 95% of the time goes in 1 ear and out the other (Nanny, we need your help.) The middle one is Alissa. She's kinda shy and always sick from whatever is floating around. Too bad she is the only one who does what she is told by both parents. The last one is Blake. His mind runs at 100 miles per hour (along with his body.) Can tell when he hasn't had his meds. There is hope for this one yet, he's a smart boy and soaks things up like a sponge. He even asked me to help him with his homework. I asked him to pick up the crayons afterwords and he did it.

On the other side, we did get to go out and do a few fun things. We went up to Mt. St. Helens (we couldn't see the mountain that day due to fog.) We went bowling (kept the kids occupied for about an hour.) We went Go Karting and of course I didn't win

The sister-in-law (Heidi) took me, dad, and brother out to a mom and pops place in Vader, WA for breakfast. They make some really good food. My bro and Heidi go to this place like every weekend for their breakfast date. This trip the wait staff there finally found out they drive all the way from Centraila to eat breakfast there