smith family bowling!

Friday night was such a treat! We decided to go to Holiday Bowl with Randy and Susan and the kids…and it happened to be Alana’s very FIRST time bowling! So, naturally, we brought a camera to document the fun!

Alana was REALLY excited when I told her we were going bowling with her cousins, and then she paused and said, “What is bowling?” Haha! I explained the game to her and she got excited all over again

Love the pre-fun family shots…thanks babe!

I. Love. My. Family.

She was a bit overwhelmed when we first walked in, because it was very large a little noisy. But once we got to our lane and we chose our bowling shoes and balls, she was excited to try it out. I was pretty darn excited that they had a toddler size 6 in bowling shoes…I wasn’t sure if they carried such small sizes. Ah, small things are so ridiculously cute. Especially compared to my very UN-cute women’s size 9 feet

This was her very first time rolling the ball down the lane. Rich helped her and I grabbed the shot. Almost every ball that she rolled went so S.L.O.W.L.Y. that it stopped short of knocking the pins down and we had to roll another ball to help it alongWe didn’t know until we were leaving that they provide ramps for little ones. Would have come in handy! 

Watching and waiting! 

Throughout the evening, Alana took several different positions while waiting to see the ball hit the pins. This was one of them 

This is another!

Proud of herself

Her cousin Jake helping her. He is so incredible with her. He’s patient, helpful and kind, and she LOVES him!

Alex is incredible with her, too! Cousins are great

Then I grabbed a shot of rich trying his hardest to kick my butt in bowling. He succeeded, but only because I was having an “off” night

Then Rich took some super fun photos 

Self portrait with the whole group! We love you guys and had such a blast!