Colton's bowling party

Colton's bowling party was a great success! He had such a great time bowling with his friends and after enjoying pizza for lunch and some yummy cake, he received some awesome presents before the boys ended the party playing games in the arcade. We have always done parties at our home so I was amazed to see how stress free this party was being that I didn't have to prepare any food and the best part... I didn't have to clean (before and afterwards ; ) On a bad note, both Josh and Gracie weren't feeling well to the point that we thought they weren't going to be able to make it. They did wind up coming, but Gracie just sat in Aunt Joyce's lap pretty much the whole time and Josh stood in the back feeling miserable. In the end, we were thankful that we all got to be there as a family to watch Colton enjoy his special day.



Colton and his bowling buddies!



Let the games begin!


All the boys had such a blast bowling! We need to start taking our kids bowling more often. I guess I forgot just how much fun it can be! Let me just say, thank God for the bumpers ; )



I can't believe my sweet boy is 7!!!





Okay guys, I know you are going to think I am way nerdy and totally need to get a life but I find something very fun in planning my kids birthday parties. I always think of really neat ideas but somehow I never find the time to do them. I made myself put a little bit of time aside to do these little party projects that some how I managed to have a lot of fun doing. Typically, when I do "projects" I do them when everyone is sleeping at night and the house is nice and quiet and I can actually concentrate. It's like therapy to me. When I'm finished, I get such a sense of accomplishment out of doing something so small. See, it doesn't take much to make me happy ; )


Colton's party shirt. Made from a shirt that was purchased at Target on clearance for $2.50 and from left over fabric from the goodie bags.


Got to love JoAnn's! I went in a few weeks ago asking if they had bowling fabric to make the goodie bags with. The lady looked at me like I was nuts and said, "sorry, ma'am, we don't' carry bowling fabric". I went in a week later to find this perfect bowling fabric that they had just ordered and got in! This was a total surprise to me! Thank you JoAnn's!



We did an activity where I had different tasks for the kids to do while bowling and they had to draw a task from the bag like bowl with your eyes closed, bowl backwards, act like a monkey, waddle like a duck, etc. which I thought they would roll their cute little eyes at me but they really seemed to have fun with it! They kept coming back for more until we ran out of tasks and I couldn't think of any more.



Colton and I had fun making this poster to welcome his friends.