Happy Birthday Arrena!

My dear friend, Arrena, turned the big 3-0 this month, so we went out Friday night to celebrate! We had a great time! We started with some delicious Mexican food and margaritas!

Here is Arrena with her fancy margarita glass. It says 'Hot Mess' on it. Yes, that was a very special gift from me :) Our waitor guessed that she was 23 years old :) He got a nice tip for it.

After dinner, we headed to the bowling alley. You'll notice that Jack is in these pictures. After several failed attempts at a babysitter, he got to come along. Lucky guy. This was his first time bowling, and he loved it! He clapped every time the ball went in the gutter, was amazed by all the "baws" (balls) and loved the fancy chairs that he could spin around in.

Jack taking over Stacey's turn.

Jack taking over Arrena's turn.

Jack taking over DeLynne's turn.

I really like this pic. Jack was staring at the ball very intently. I wish you could've seen how slow it was rolling. Approximately 1 mph. No joke. And then like clock work, as soon as it went in the gutter, lots of clapping from Jack! He was so proud of his gutter balls!

Thanks girls, for giving up some-what decent bowling scores so Jack could have some fun!

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