A few days later it was confirmed that Kevin and Karla were
going to host on Sunday around 2 and we were going to have BBQ chicken, beans,
fruit, veggies, potato salad, etc. We
were to bring the veggies and dip. I had
gotten cards a while back for Father’s Day so we didn’t have to get those while
we found a couple of gifts for dad and grandpa.
We called Doug to let him know what was happening and he said he may or
may not come; it would just depend on his work week. Grammie also mentioned that we would be
playing croquet because the weather was suppose to be decent and she promised
that we would do an Easter egg hunt since we didn’t get to on Easter because it
was too cold. I told her I was going to
hold her to it.
I called Trish to see what they were doing on Father’s Day
and she said she didn’t have plans so I invited her to our gathering if they
wanted to come. She said that sounded
like fun. Ben and I also wanted to do
something for his dad so to remember him we were going to bowl a few games
since that was something he liked to do by himself and with his family. Trish also liked that idea.
Doug and Jenn didn’t end up making it and Ben met us at
Kevin and Karla’s house while I carpooled mom, dad and grandma. Trish and Amy got stuck in traffic but got
there at a decent time. Tracy was late
also due to traffic coming up from the south.
Once everyone got there we all situated outside underneath the tent
structures Kevin set up. We helped Karla
bring out the food and we all grabbed plates, said grace and dug in. The food was delicious. We all sat around and chatted while we
ate.
We cleaned up the food and plates and grandpa got the Easter eggs out and Tracy hid them for us while we waited in the house for a few minutes. There were 32 in total we had to find. She came in and said they were ready to be found. We all took a mad dash into the side yard and started looking. In about five minutes we all had at least three in our hands with two still missing. We looked everywhere. Turns out we had counted wrong and only one was missing. We eventually found it.
I got the croquet field all put together. The challenge here was that it wasn’t Grammie
and grandpa’s yard so setting it up in Kevin’s yard with a slope to it plus a
hose in the way I had to get creative.
Then we had people who have never played before so I had to explain the
rules before we played and as we were playing.
I said before we started that grandpa was going to win. I was ahead most of the game and became
poison and killed grandma first. Then I
went after Ben, missed and died. Ben
went after everyone else. Grandpa became
poison and then missed Ben by millimeters.
Ben got him soon after. Then he
killed Trish and then Amy. Our audience
had a good time watching us.
We had dessert and gave dad and grandpa their cards and presents. Dad picked out his own shirt and I was surprised by the Hawaiian print because he would have never worn that years ago. We got grandpa a Mariners hat because you can never have too many hats. We visited for a while longer and then started packing up the vehicles. We called a few bowling alleys to find out if anyone had availability on a Sunday evening. The Westside in Oly had plenty of space.
No one else wanted to go or had the energy so it was just me, Ben, Trish and Amy. I had never bowled with Trish and Amy so this should be a great time. I found out that Ben’s family bowled often growing up (everyone had their own shoes and balls) so I would probably be the one with the worst score. We bowled two games and I had some good throws and some not-so-good throws. I had I think five strikes during the two games we played.
We ate nachos during the second game because I needed a snack and they were actually pretty good for bowling alley nachos. We wrapped up our last game and decided to head on home. Trish and Amy had about an hour drive back home and Ben and I had to get ready for work the next day.
Next Adventure:
Heading to Yakima
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