Birthday Party!

December 28th was my oldest nephew Kohl’s 10th Birthday. We were lucky enough to have him and his family in town – so we decided to party. The plan was made to go to Boondocks in Kaysville. I had to work that day, so the party did start without me (but I have seen pictures – looked like fun!). They started with pizza and drinks (in teeny tiny cups). Then they moved on to the having fun part. A lot of the “grown-ups” (note the quotes) decided to play laser tag. Matt was able to attend the entire party and was part of the group that had fun running around in the dark shooting at people.

I got to the party a little late, had some pizza that was saved for me and then moved out to the arcade to help watch the little kids have fun. I ended up shepherding my niece Cora around. She is just a cute little thing. She had such a good time going around and around on the mini merry-go-round. We also had fun with a game where you were supposed to throw balls at the screen. They were little plastic balls like they used to have in ball houses (do they still have those?) and there were a lot of them, so we could all throw and she could still play. It was fun.

Then it was time to go bowling. I wasn’t paying attention when they were dividing up the lanes and putting names in – but someone decided that I merited bumpers on the lane. I wish I could say that I didn’t need them – but I think I took advantage of them a few times. Bowling was a lot of fun. I took a few breaks to take Cora back to the carousel. We had a little mishap where my nephew Dax took a run down a lane (not one we were bowling on) and of course took a spill because those things are slippery! No one was fast enough to get a picture, but it was funny. Then when bowling was over, we had some cupcakes (made by my sister – super yummy!) and sang “Happy Birthday” and opened presents. Then we played the arcade games more and cashed in the tickets for the kids. It seemed like most of the kids came out with quite a bunch of loot from the prize desk. Overall I think it was a fun party!