first time bowling

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On Saturday, we all went bowling. This is something Griffin has been asking to do for at least a year now so we finally caved and hit the lanes. We had hoped to go to the zoo but the weather was terrible, much better suited for an indoor activity. There is one bowling alley in town and they were able to put bumpers on our lane for us. That helped us all have a good time (no one did too poorly.) AND, I actually won! How ya' like them apples! Griffin had a great time and even performed a little "I knocked some down!" jig. Besides bowling, he loved watching how the computer kept score.
Lucy enjoyed all the people and noise. The best part for her was that she was snuggled the whole time - no way would we put her down on that floor! We were a little nervous that she would not let anyone hold her but she warmed right up to my Mom and then to Dikke. It was so nice for us to see her like that.

Here is photo evidence for you who can't believe Dikke bowled (She thought you, Sara and Erik, would be surprised.) The things you will do for your grandkids! See that guy behind her in the black shirt? He took his black shirt off eventually and underneath he was wearing this "European" shirt. For those of you who don't know, Dikke is Norwegian. We really got to giggling about that - if he only knew.
Never the less, I think we all had a pretty good day. Being together was the best part, for sure.

Comments

Dikke said…
Is that when I lost the ball behind me????
8:04 PM
Christi Gast said…
No, unfortunately, I did not capture that hilarious moment! :)
7:27 PM
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