My little bowler

So back around the first part of November my dad asked if we'd let Ryder join the Junior Bowling League. I really was a bit nervous as to if Ryder would stick with it or not. He sort of is a sore loser to say the least. He likes to win in anything he's doing. Sometimes it becomes quite emotional for him if you play a game or something and he doesn't win! (Strange, I know!) :)
My dad is in charge of the bowling leagues and we figured if nothing else we'd drop out if he didn't like it. So dad took him and little Ryder was SO excited. He's been watching his grandpa bowl and his Aunt Misty and the thought of him doing it now was neat as heck to him.
He struggled for the first few times because he wasn't knocking pins over and really wanted to hit pins. As soon as he got just two pins on one of his throws he was upbeat and excited! He has been doing it now for a bit and loves it. He finds it fun and it's a good challenge for him. He tries super hard to beat Aunt Misty each week and loves when Aunt Misty doesn't bowl good. (He likes to get under her skin a little.) They bowl every Saturday here in town so it's easy and cheap for him to be doing!
My dad just told me last week that with his good scores he's been bowling lately (really good for a 6 yr old) combined with his handicap score he qualifies to go to Pocatello and bowl in a Tournament come April. Boy was Ryder happy and thought he was something neat. Can't wait to let him go and see how he does! :)
Here he is getting all set and ready to go up and throw his ball!

Ryder is getting some lessons from Aunt Misty his first week on what to do....

Now he watches as his ball goes slowly on down the lane...

Good luck to Ryder and hoping he keeps on enjoying it and gets the hang of things like his Grandpa and Aunt Misty do!

SOO behind....Finally here is Thanksgiving

Man how life has seemed to get away from me. I have had good intentions to get on here and get my blog updated, and as you can see I am behind. WAY behind.
A quick few updates and then hopefully I can use 2012 and do better on staying on top of things.
First, our Thanksgiving. We were lucky enough this year for Thanksgiving to go to my sister Val's. We tired the year previous,but we ended up with a big snow storm that kept us home. This year the weather was nice and things panned out and off we went to Las Vegas!
We were able to have about a week down there which was very much needed and enjoyed! We spend some days going around in Vegas visiting things. One day we went to a couple different museums and saw stuff we never got to see before. We saw some really neat things and had fun seeing the kids enjoy themselves and haul their Aunt Val everywhere! :-)
On Thanksgiving morning we got a suprise and had Bryan show up at Val's house! My mom had no idea and either did the kids. He drove up and was able to spend Thanksgiving there and then the next day as well. What a fun time it was. We haven't been able to all get together since my uncle's funeral in March of 2010! It was so nice to sit and enjoy a delicious dinner as a family and laugh about life.
When it was time to leave I had a hard time as did my kids. They hated leaving Aunt Val's (as they are here side kicks when they are around) and it in turn made me sad we had to leave. I enjoy having an older sister and now that we have both grown up I really enjoy the times we get together!
Here are some pictures of our journey down there. Enjoy but beware I had a bunch of pictures!!...it was SO fun and I hope that we can do the Thanksgiving trip again as a family!

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