The Cricket Chronicles: Sean's bowling b-day party

We went bowling tonight to celebrate Sean's birthday with our families. What a great time we had together. We had quite a crowd. It's amazing how many in Sean's family have moved from up North down here now. And his Grandpa Dale and Shirley are down for a few months as well. We had Sean's parents, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Larry, Laurie, Mike and Ellie, my parents, Wes and Suzanne, Chad and Lauren and Grandma Blanche. Boston had a great time bowling. He can now do it all by himself and he's so proud of that. Every time he would bowl he would turn around and look to us for all the applause and support. It was so funny. He even bowled 2 strikes! Dallas also enjoyed bowling with a little help from one of us. Asher enjoyed being held by everyone and gnawing away on his zwieback cracker. The boys had a blast playing in the arcade which was right behind us. They drove the car game and played skee ball and air hockey (without tokens most of the time!) I even bowled 2 strikes (but never made it out to the hundreds...must of been those frames I only bowled 1 in!!)

My dad took all the pics for me since i was busy running around chasing kids or talking. I wish I had gotten a pic of him. He looks amazing. He had surgery on his eyes because of cataracts and he now doesn't have to wear glasses anymore. His eyes sparkled blue with this awesome deep blue shirt he had on. And he's still growing out the grey bread, I do really hope he keeps it. It looks so handsome. And he looks about 15 years younger!!! Of course we all said by next Christmas maybe he could dress up as Santa Claus.

It was great getting to see Sean's grandpa Dale and talking to him for a little while. It's too bad we don't get to spend more time with him. He's a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. What a great man.

I think Sean had a great time at his bowling birthday party. He got some really great gifts and he's already enjoying a lot!

Boston bowling