Chucky Cheese Party

Martin, Graham's cousin, just turned one and we went to Chucky Cheese's for his birthday

(it was more for the older kids, as Martin didn't really play SkeeBall)

Yummy cake.

Nothing is better than the one-year old going at their very own cake

Tommy and Graham inserting a token to play a game

Graham was way more interested in riding the "rides" than playing the games.

We did find one he liked though. You push a button and a fist "punches" down a duck. He played it until we ran out of tokens!

Kimball (another cousin), helped Graham up into the tunnels (it hangs from the ceiling) and they crawled around for a while.

Here they are again in the tunnel, Kimball pushing his face up against the "glass" (do you think they ever clean those? yuck!) and Graham just laughing at him. Kimball always has a way to make Graham laugh!

We had a really fun time, and Graham was less crazy than I thought he would be. (For those who know Graham, know he has a lot of ENERGY! like we were at my parents house on Sunday and he chased their dog around their kitchen island laughing for at least 30 minutes... he was so red in the face!)

Yummy Pancakes

Graham LOVES breakfast. Almost every morning the first words out of his

mouth are "waffo" (waffle) Unfortunately we ran out a couple days ago, but a good

alternative are scrambled eggs. I used the last one yesterday, and I meant to get to the

store, but didn't. SO, I got online to find an egg-less waffle recipe.

I ended up with an egg-less cinnamon pancake recipe instead; but it did the job!

Graham INSISTED that he stir the batter....

...and "oversee" me cooking them... had to make sure I did it right!

(of course I am not in the picture because I am taking it!)

So we got through the morning, with pancakes instead of eggs or waffos

Family Day

We started the day with having family pictures... with EVERYONE there! The women all worn white, the little boys wore sweaters that had forest green and/or white, and the men wore matching rugbys that were forest green and white. The pictures turned out great... I jsut don't have to upload right now.

We then headed to breakfast at good 'ol VI (Village Inn), then there was a nap... (almost the best part of the day!)

Later we went bowling...I forgot how fun it was!

Even the little kids could bowl! They have this cool contraption, you put the ball on it, push your ball, and it rolls down it. Graham had so much fun!

He would even pick up his 7 pound ball by himself and carry it over to the "thing"

This was Graham's first bowl... he did better than me... I got one down!!

Tommy and Graham bowling

My brother Garrett and his wife Sarah "Couples Bowling"

...Garrett got his first strike...

All of the girls holding bowling balls... uh... all but one.

We went to Trail Dust after bowling. Mckay (my brother), had plenty of ties to get rid of (since he just got back from his mission). Each of the little boys were wearing ties to be cut... since

that is the "rule" at Trail Dust.

Graham was pretty upset they cut his tie...

...did he think I would let him wear it to church?!