the dude

one of dave's fellow co-workers is leaving ledco and yesterday was his last day. so last nite, after work, they headed to a bowling alley to say goodbye. i took hayden and talan up there and figured we'd let hayden try it out. we played about 4 games and by the last game he had gotten quite good. of course we didn't allow him to use bumpers, because honestly, if he got a strike with bumpers would it really have counted?! the answer is no. he ended up scoring a 72 on his last game, and only 10 pins didn't actually count since bobby flowers helped him out a little. but he ended up getting 2 totally legit strikes during the evening all on his own. he started the evening with a 6 pound ball, and by the end, he was using my 8 pounder.
i am now looking into the fall bowling leagues that are starting up in september and figure we'll sign him up. this morning when he woke up he came into our room and said "after you get done taking your nap, can we go bowling again?"
i don't mean to brag and take the spotlight off of hayden, but i did bowl a 117, 134 and 139. i'm just saying.

i didn't end up getting video of his strikes, but here's a little bit of the action:






the 16 pound ball was quite tempting to him, but he stuck with the 6, 7 and 8 pounder:
what form:
it looks like a strike, but it most likely turned at the last minute:

dave taught him this fun trick at the end of the nite:
talan was there too. with bobby flowers: