We wish the bowling alley would just take reservations. We got there at 10:00 and stood in line. Thankfully they let us inside to wait around 10:30. Thankfully some family got there early too, to wait with us. Lynnlee and Ivy were twinners.
Marshall helped me add a plaque to the trophy of the names and years of previous winners. The other side has places to add future winners.
We had a great time bowling and eating lunch.
It was fun having Lily's boyfriend Trae and Taylor's girlfriend bowling with us.
I wish I had filmed when my dad walked in. He came in a little late with my mom and Betsy. He had been using a walker but he was able to walk in with a cane. It brought happy tears to my eyes.
We went back to the house after bowling and hung out. We made it back home in time for Marshall's parents to come over for dinner. We had shrimp and some other fun foods for dinner.
After dinner we met up with Cam's family for a tradition Brooke grew up with. You go to the dollar store, everyone draws a name and then you spend a few dollars getting gifts for that person. So we did that and then came back to our house to give our gifts. It was very fun and entertaining. The kids performed the nativity after that. James was the narrator.
I had a difficult time getting matching Christmas pajamas. I ordered some from Old Navy back at the end of October or beginning of November and many sizes were already out of stock. I kept hoping they would get some more in stock but no. So Marshall and I matched James and Lynnlee. Kade, Tag, and Sienna matched each other. At first the younger kids didn't really like them but now they like them.
