Impromptu birthday celebration

We haven't seen Matt & Carrie since New Year's. And her & I were on the phone yesterday & we decided that we needed to get together. And since B-rad's birthday is coming up - we thought we'd be nice (normally Carrie & I make the plans & the guys are just along for the ride!) & ask him what he might wanna do for his birthday. He said, "go out to eat & go bowling."

So we ventured to the far-away land of Taylorsville Road. Matt said they had a really nice bowling alley there. We ate at Buffalo Wild Wings first.

And since there was snow - Brad decided to torment Carrie with it.
He got her after we ate...

And he got her again when we got to the bowling alley.

We went to KingPin to bowl. It was really nice inside. And perhaps the best part?! It's NO SMOKING! Which means when you leave, every article of clothing you are wearing & your hair doesn't smell like a cigarette!! We had to wait for a lane to come open. So the boys decided to race motorcyles. (Matt has a Harley & of course you know about B-rad's bikes.)

I was cracking up watching them lean away from each other, then towards each other.

Time to bowl! It's hard to tell who everybody is because all the pics are from the back! That's Matt's butt...

Carrie's butt...

My butt...
Brad's butt.Carrie's parents have a group of friends that all hang together. There are like 8 of them. And unfortunately, 1 of the ladies passed this week. And her memorial service was yesterday. Carrie said it was really sad to see her mom so upset about losing a friend she's had for 30 years. That made Carrie & I appreciate each other even more. It's hard to find great friends that stick with you forever.

Of course, Matt sees the situation a little differently. He says that after seeing Carrie's parents so upset - he's decided he doesn't wanna have to deal with that pain in 30 years when we start dropping off. So he said it was good to spend time together...for the last time...And I don't like to brag - but I think in this pic Matt's pointing at the scores because I won the first game. But this is funny because I suck as a bowler. Really - I'm NO good. And it must've been beginners luck because I lost the 2 games after that.