Thankful for friends

The day after Christmas Abby and I got together with a bunch of friends to hang out and catch up. We started with brunch, did a white-elephant gift exchange, progressed to Starbucks, then on to Seattle for dinner, then we played Rockband, and finished the evening off with bowling. It was a lot of fun, and really great to see friends that we only see a couple times a year. We constantly thank God for the wonderful friends that He has blessed us with. They are truly amazing.


Brunch at Matt Metsker's new house. (Left to right: Taylor Swedberg, Tim Reeves, Brett Lumsden, me, Matt.)


Gift exchange at Matt's. (Left to right: Andy and Emily Hooper, Abby, Matt.)


At starbucks. (Left to right: Anne Marie Champoux, Jessica Rosenquist, Kara Pentz, Abby, Mindy Swedberg.)


Dinner in Seattle. (Left to right: Jessica, Tim, Anne Marie, Mindy.)


Dinner. (Left to right: Taylor, Peter Plantenberg, Abby, me.)


Rockband at Tim's. (Left to right: Brett, Taylor, Mindy, Tim, Jessica, Abby)


I've never bowled a better game than this. Look for the D on the left side of the screen and then follow across the right side for the score. I scored 192!!! I've never scored that high before. And I also bowled three strikes in a row (known as a Turkey) for the first time ever. It was crazy! Brett was so excited for me when I surpassed Tim with my score that he tackeled me in the middle of the bowling alley. And if you've never seen Tim bowl, you should know that he bowls like a professional. I can't believe I was only a few points away from breaking 200. Does anyone understand how to score points in bowling? If so, would I have broke 200 if I had thrown a strike instead of a 9 on my last throw?