Bryson's birthday fun - part 1

Happy 5th Birthday Bryson!

In our family we do friends parties on even birthdays and have a special family day on odd birthdays. This year Bryson chose to go bowling. He was a little disappointed during the first game that he doesn't bowl for real as well as he bowls on the Wii.

He had more success using the ramp (with dad's help aiming).
It surprised me how well Jacob did considering that his ball bounced off the bumpers several times. I couldn't believe how often he hit right were he wanted to. In fact, he won the 2nd game. Travis bowled the last frame between his legs to give Jacob more of a shot at winning and ended up w/ 2 gutter balls. Way to beat us all, Jacob!
Maddy's arm probably got tired since she would swing her ball back and forth several times before she actually bowled it.
Here is Travis's between the legs shot. Too bad he couldn't quite keep the ball straight. Jacob didn't mind though. ;-)

Ally was our little cheerleader! She's saying, "YAY"!

The kids also had a good time in the arcade. Bryson did really good at skee-ball.

Jacob enjoyed the skee-ball as well. He couldn't do quite as well as Bryson. Hey, you can't win everything, right?! Notice Maddy's huge handful of tickets. She dropped her token into one of those games where you try to land it in the truck beds. Hers landed in the truck bed and dumped the truck over, so she got 250 tickets! She was ecstatic and kind enough to share w/ her brothers so they could all get better prizes.

Bryson had fun bowling and then we had to hurry off to a primary activity. They were having an Articles of Faith Ice cream party. Just more fun to celebrate his birthday!