It was a COOOOLLLLLDDDDD night....some of us only made it half the night, the others made it the whole time. Kudos to them! Dad came with us....luckily he drove seperately so that he could eventually take Major and I home. We were in it for the long haul...registration started at 6:30, the first race was at 7. Well...as the sun went down it got colder, and colder and coooollllddddeeeerrrr. By 8 they STILL hadn't started the first race. They were very unorganized.
We waited...and waited...and waited. MaKenna rode around....
Cam waited patiently.....
Jake waited...impatiently....
Finally, the races started at 8:30 ish. They each had 3 races. Major, Dad and I stayed through each of their first races....then we left, Major was cold and VERY grumpy as it was WELL past his bedtime. Below is Cam coming in second. He came in second in each of his 3 races and qualified for the MAIN event....which is the BIG race. He came in second in that one as well.
Jake didn't fare quite as well. He came in last in all of his motos. Poor kid. It isn't his speed...it is his bike. It is very heavy and just not a good racing bike. He was bummed...but we tried to encourage him.
MaKenna didn't come home with me because she was waiting for HER event...which is normally held right before the MAIN event. But...due to the fact that they started WWAAAYYY late, they didn't do her event. Poor thing. She was also very bummed. Maybe this week!
I found out that ThunderAlley gives half price bowling on Monday afternoons...so around 3 we headed out to Elkhorn for an afternoon of bowling. This is a new alley. Very nice. If you haven't been there you have to head out there. Honestly it would make for a great date night. It has two different sets of bowling alleys...one for cosmic bowling and one for regular, it has laser tag, an arcade, and a really neat go cart track. It also has a nice restaurant and bar. Fun date night! Anyway, MaKenna and Jake used bumpers. When it got to their name on the screen the bumpers would automatically go up, then back down for Cam and I. Very high tech! :-) Below is MaKenna. She had a hard time. The ball was too heavy she said. She is a leftie if you can't tell and used both hands to throw it down the alley. It usually went about 1 mph...IF THAT...and it took a good couple of minutes of us watching it go down the alley before it actually hit anything. But it was great suspense for MaKenna and she loved it!
Jake was a good sport. Though at first he didn't want bumpers. He said it takes the fun out of bowling. Then he realized that he needed bumpers so we had them add his name to the bumper list. Once he had bumpers he started having fun! He thought the ball was way too heavy also, but he did well. He actually finished 2nd in one game!
Cam did really well. I was impressed. He did have a funny moment though! He threw his arm back to get ready to bowl, and the ball slipped right out of his hand and started rolling towards us. Very funny moment! He finished 2nd in one game too!
Then since everything was half priced that day, I decided to let them do lazer tag. MaKenna had never done lazer tag before, so I thought she would enjoy it! The vest swam on her, but other than that she did pretty well! I don't know what is going on with Jake's face in this picture, and yes, I know MaKenna needs a haircut.
