Tradition!

2016 ARIVES
We start the New Year off with the annual Jones bowling event.  We converge on 21st Century lanes at the opening of their day.  Taking 8 lanes (4 for the adults and 4 for the kiddos) we add our organized chaos to the establishment.  Some rent shoes, others had their own. Then the hunt begins for the perfect ball.  One that isn't to heavy but will allow your fingers to come out.  The competitive bowlers of the group polish up their own balls and prepare to crush the competition. 
However this isn't your usual bowling game format. 
I'll try to explain how we do this......

Each girl is assigned to al lane, but the guys are left to move around.  So we start by pairing a guy to a girl.  The girl throws the first ball, then the guy has to pick up what she left.  If by chance she gets a strike, the guy gets to go first the next frame and the girl has to pick up what's left.  At the end of the game we rotate the guys for the next game.  We get three games in so by the end you will have bowled with three different partners.  It's lots of fun and it bring out the Jones competitive nature.  Not that it's hard to bring that out. :)

Here are a few highlights of the event:









So did you recognize any of the people?

Love you all ~~Mitzi

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to the deep end...

Image
...this is the message I got on Monday as I jumped in. Monday was my birthday, another milestone day.  One that I have been dreading for weeks.  Not sure why this one is so hard to swallow.   For weeks I have been feeling like the crocodile from Peter Pan...Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock.  The days just tick away. Birthday's are interesting, there is a build up as the day gets closer adding to the excitement (or dread).  Then the alarm goes off on the "BIG" day and you wake up just like any other day.  The same person, nothing feels different.  If it wasn't for the wrinkles you see in the mirror you wouldn't know you were any older. It isn't until you mentally do the math in your head and realize that you're starting a new decade of your life.  60 is the new 30, right!?! We need to not dwell on the years that have past, we should look forward to the years ahead of us, all the new adventures to be had, people to meet, life left to experience. So let's not
Read more

Reworked

Image
I re-worked my 4th of July subway art.  I thought the first one was a little blah…… Let me know what you think about this one. Love you ALL ~~ Mitzi
Read more

Finally used

Image
Four years ago, we bought Dana a snow blower for Christmas.  He never took it out of the box.  Claimed that it would be too noisy for the neighbors at the time of the morning that he like to shovel, which is usually around 6:00am.  I could never figure out if he really did like to shovel the snow or if he just wasn't sure about putting it together.  I really should have had Home Depot do that for us. In the fall, he decide to unpack it and see about putting it together.  He claimed that you need to have an engineering degree to put it together.  Well the heavy snow came and in the mist of both of us shoveling and not getting any where.  Paul, our neighbor, was out working on his driveway, so Dana told him if he helped him carry upstairs and got it going he could use it.  He was all for it.  They carried it up and by the time Dana got back from getting gasoline, Paul had it running. Need I say Dana feel in love with the snow blower.  Did several of the neighbors driveways
Read more