bowling with grandpa

We celebrated Grandpa's birthday by doing his favorite thing...bowling!

We met Grandpa, Grandma, Brad, Steph, and the boys at the bowling alley and everyone (well, except the little boys) had a super fun time, especially Grace...it was her "lucky monkey" day!

Carter LOVED all the bowling balls and he is even strong enough to pick them up...which meant that he wanted to the entire time and of course, I would rather him not pick up a 12 lb. bowling ball and drop it on his toes.

Thankfully, Steph brought some snacks to keep the little boys distracted for a few minutes!

After bowling, we grilled out at Brad and Steph's house.  (Those little boys eat a LOT!)

We gave Grandpa this bowling pin with all the kids' handprints on them.  It turned out pretty cute and I think Grandpa loved it!

After dinner, we played...

...and it was fun!!!

bowling

Last weekend, we celebrated Andrew's 7th birthday at the bowling alley!  I love this boy so much and I can't believe that he is 7 years old now!  Crazy!

This was Grace and Carter's first time to go bowling and they both had a great time!  Grace wanted to do it all by herself and she did pretty good...she got a spare!

...waiting and watching...

Carter LOVED the bowling balls!  He actually picked up a few of the bowling balls!

He wasn't going to let the big kids have all the fun!  Carter took it upon himself to make sure he got a chance to bowl too!

We had a fun time and used up a lot of energy! Both kids fell asleep in the car on the way home and it was only 7:30!!!