blizzard 2011 {fun to the extreme}

Oh my goodness.
I can't tell you how much we thoroughly enjoyed that whopper
of a blizzard yesterday.

It was fun to the extreme.


And look at this polar bear that wandered into my
flower garden.
Zeke LOVES the snow so much!

K-man was chomping at the bit to get out there with
his BFF snowblower.

Little birdies will have a to wait quite a while
for their bird bath to be user-friendly again.

When you're craving grilled burgers around here,
nothing stops us.

After dinner
the main event began.

Our First Annual
(or monthly...or whatever we feel up to)
Family Wii Bowling Tournament.


Lucy kicked it off.

Everyone was in on the action.

And it got mighty competitive.

Serious business.

Lucy was our cheerleader.
Her creative cheers were:
"Strike, strike, strike!"
or,
"Spare, spare, spare!"

And she high-fived everyone,
no matter how good (or bad) their frame was.

Stop and examine the fantastic form.

Watching my mom bowl in a league back in the 70s
is paying off.

Nick gave it all he had.

And got a tad silly as he started to lose.

It came down to Macy and me.


But in the end....
as you can see from our bracket,

MOM was the winner.
That's me.

Yep, I am the grand champion bowler.

we wii!

Yes, that's right.
We have joined the Wii world.

Now, we Wii...a lot.

We've wanted to buy one for the longest time.
We had even gone as far as having
it in our shopping cart...only to put it back on the shelf, not wanting to
spend the money just yet.

But we took the plunge, finally.
And we are so glad we did because we are having so much stinkin' fun
with this thing.

Nothing bonds father and son quite like virtual canoeing.

And nothing makes four sibling laugh more hysterically at each other
like bowling in the living room.

And as for me?
Do I wii?

Oh, do I.

And I'm non too shy to tell you that I'm good.
No, I'm VERY good.

I hold the house record for bowling.
Oh, yes I do.

And even cleaned Nick's clock a couple of times in a 3-point
shooting contest.

So besides the fact that I lost in Jeopardy to my husband
($141,000 to $650),
I declare myself the queen of Wii-ing.

So what if my husband is "virtually" way richer than I am, money-wise.

Who would you say is a more fun person to hang around with?
A Jeopardy champion?
Or a bowling champion?

Oh, yeah...that's right.

Bowling beats brains any day.



Happy Wii-ing everyone!