Happy Birthday Mr. Bowling

Joseph's obsession with bowling started at an early age. Just before his second birthday, he came across two tiny plastic bowling pins. He found out he could set them up and roll a tennis ball to knock them down. He entertained himself for hours with this sport and his love of bowling took off.

About six months later we got him six foam bowling pins with a big foam bowling ball. He played it constantly. He called them "color pins."

For christmas the next year he got his "big ginormus bowling pins."

Joseph turned five on April 8th. He had some friends over for a bowling party. He had a bowling cake.

They then went bowling.

Most of the kids were done by about the seventh frame. Joseph and Andrew (the one to the right of Joseph in the picture) stuck it out to the bitter end. Joseph ended up getting two spares and a strike during the game.

We were happy that Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson were here for his birthday as well.

Happy Birthday, Joseph. We love you.

Addendum:

Shannon reminded me that I forgot to mention that Joseph was a bowling ball for Halloween. I had meant to include that, but forgot. Here is a picture of Joseph as a bowling ball.