It was the last week of school before Christmas break! It was also the last week of the semester for Beth and Ben so they had schoolwork to finish and tests to take. It was a bit of a nailbiter for Beth since she missed so many days this term and she did makeup work until Thursday and then we had to wait and see if it would be enough. And it was. She pulled off passing grades in Chemistry, English, US History, and Musical Theatre. Yay! We'll take it!

Ben had makeup work to do as well since he missed two days last week when he was sick, but he got the work done and finished with all As and A-s. Yay! We'll take that, too! He had his choir concert this week and they sounded so good! I love watching him in his shirt and tie, producing beautiful music. He was excused from school on Thursday and Megan and Ammon took him to play racquetball for his first time. They all had a good time.

Saturday was Kevin's birthday!! The twins got to call him that morning. What a great way to start the day!

He's 55 (or double nickles as his dad called it). The whole family got together including Kevin's mom and Jim and we went bowling! It was super fun. Everyone was laughing and cheering for the good bowls and the bad bowls. Avery bowled for the first time and jumped up and down when we cheered for her. It was super cute! By some crazy alignment of the stars, I got three strikes in a row, a turkey! Kevin's second game was one of his best ever with strikes and spares on almost every screen. Oh yeah! He enjoyed that game!

We opened presents in the bowling alley!

After, we were planning to go for pizza at the Brick Oven but there was an hour and a half wait! So, we bought take and bake pizza and went back to our house. Several games of Wacky Six were played while waiting and then we had our pizza! We had fun listening to Kevin tell stories of his childhood and had other good conversations. Then we drove to Spanish Fork to see the drive-thru lights! Unfortunately, the line of cars was three miles long! Wowza! So, Micah said that wasn't really for him and after enjoying our purview of the line and having a good laugh all together in the van we headed home in our separate cars for the night. It was a fun day!