Bowling...

After not practicing in over a month and feeling really tired today, you can assume I didn't do fantastic in the bowling tournament I was in today, but I still had fun! :) My friend Andrea and I were just a lane apart so we were easily able to see each other during the 3 games. I didn't make it to the next round after my third game, but my brother Matthew did, and so we have to wait to find out the results. He might have won, or at least gotten close to it, but we don't know quite yet. It was a long morning being at the bowling alley from about 9:30 to 1:00, but it still went pretty well. When Andrea and I got eliminated and weren't bowling, we drew a picture of a weird person, played tic-tac-toe, and took funny pictures... oh, and we also bowled in slow motion on an empty lane without our balls. ;) We also bowled backwards, and bowled in fast motion, so we were kind of having too much fun. ha ha :) That was probably my last tournament for this year since I'll instead be playing basketball, but maybe I'll come back to bowling in a year or two... but then again, I think I have more fun talking with Andrea then I do bowling. ha ha :)
-Brooke

Summer Memory #1

The day I finished my SAT for 8th grade, we got in the car and headed to Bradenton, FL, for the Pepsi Bowl Tournament! As my first memory of the summer, it was a pretty good one! I know that technically it was in early May but it was still part of my summer break. :) For those of you who don't know, this past year I was in a bowling league. When they were picking people to go to the tournament I was not very good at bowling, but the week they were picking I somehow did really well for myself. I was surprised I made it, but very happy! :) The week before the tournament I was practicing a ton, and doing worse than I normally did at bowling! When I got there though, I did really well! My brother Matthew and my friend Andrea and her brother also made it to the tournament which was nice since I knew someone there. Andrea and I were about 25 lanes apart, but whenever I got to a good breaking point I tried to run over and say hi! I played 6 games of bowling, and the bowling alley was really weird compared to how they look here, but it still went well. I love competition, so it was lots of fun. 

I kept looking for a good picture of the bowling tournament, but on all of the pictures I was bowling with terrible posture, and so I decided that one of me walking away from the pins was good enough :) Anyways, to sum it up that was one of my best, and first summer memories.

-Brooke