Strike!

With the cold weather outside but no snow to play in, what is there to do with 7 kids? Well, we decided to give bowling a try. We're ready to get this party started!

Attractive bowling shoes and the right size bowling ball - Noah is ready to go!

Checking out all the cool bowling machines.

Ciara is the first niece ever to allow David to hold her.

I'm always the one taking pictures so it's nice to come across one of me every once in awhile.

Savannah had a hard time at first. One time she even had the ball go flying up in the air and land in the gutter of the lane next to us. Ha ha! But eventually she got the hang of it and started to enjoy herself a bit more.

Ciara took a few turns herself, with the help of her parents, but mostly she just hung out looking as cute as can be.

Go Aunt Heidi!

Love those smiles!

David has a killer throw...those pins go flying!

Noah struggled the most. Even with the bumpers up, he put some weird spin on the ball that had it falling into the gutter without hitting a single pin. He got more and more upset as the game went on.

Thank goodness for a good daddy who gave him lots of "it's ok" hugs.

Kellan, on the other hand, did a great job and was clearly excited when he got a strike!

Xander was a quick learner as well...

pure excitement!!! STRIKE!!!

By the end even little No was getting better. Check out that great bowling form!

But with 2 semesters of bowling classes at BYU way back when there was no one beating me! (Okay, maybe Heidi and Ryan had lower scores because Ciara bowled some of their turns...maybe.)

The bowling gang!! (Yeah, Noah was still bummed.)

Have to have a silly pose!

Such a fun afternoon!