Fourth of July

This 4th of July was a rainy one.  What is one to do when you can't go to the pool on the 4th?!  Well, we decided to give bowling a whirl.  Nolan had never tried it before and was anxious to get out of the house so off we went.  We headed over to a brand new bowling area by the mall and I gotta say, it was really nice.  Everything was automated so when it was Nolan's turn his bumpers came up from under the lane, the menu and food were really good, Nolan enjoyed to music and flashing lights, and Eric and I were able to have a cocktail at noon to celebrate the holiday :)

This was the best picture I could get of Nolan modeling his tiny bowling shoes.  How cute are those?!

Quinn slept through the whole experience.

Nolan rolling his ball down the ramp.

Yes, you are reading our scores right.  Nolan beat me and wasn't too far off from Eric's score.

After bowling we went home so the kids could nap and later that evening Uncle Chris and Aunt Debbie came over for a cook out and some sparkler action.  No fireworks for us again this year (we cherish bedtime too much).  We'll get to the fireworks again some day :)

Nolan with his sparkler.

And this was the sequence of events before we actually got a good picture of the two of these kids.....

Okay, not too bad.

Slowly going downhill. 

...and he's done holding her.  Poor baby.