My, my, my, how time does fly. Here he is, our oldest child, 7 years old. How does that happen so quickly! To start this post, we'll take a trip down memory lane and see what Daniel looked like on his birthday for the past 7 years.
7 years old
6 years old
5 years old
4 years old
3 years old
2 years old
1 year old
birth -- Kids sure do change a lot in their first few years of life!
Well, to celebrate Daniel's 7 birthday this year, he wanted to go bowling. So we headed to the bowling alley with Grandma and Grandpa, Scott met us during his lunch break, and we had a lot of fun bowling with the family. I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but Daniel's style of bowling was the same as the approach he takes in life -- a lot of speed, intensity, and purpose. Technique be darned... from the second he picked up his ball, he wanted to get it down the alley as fast as possible.
And then there's Calvin... his style of bowling also reflected his personality a bit. Calvin does things at his own speed, in his own time, and with his own style. He would pick the ball up from the rack and sit and hold it in his lap until it was his turn to bowl again. Then, he would meander up to the alley, and slowly push the ball down the lane. There were a few times I thought the ball would stop before it got to the pins.
The bowling alley's automatic score-keeper also kept track of the ball's mph. This is one of Calvin's faster speeds... several of his balls were in the 1 mph range.
Keeping with the bowling theme, I made Daniel a bowling lane birthday cake this year.
So nice to get to celebrate a birthday with Grandma and Grandpa!
Yum!
Opening fun new presents -- a kit for making your own bouncy balls -- thanks Aunt Laura and Uncle Aron!
Football cards and $ from Grandma and Grandpa
Kostelyk -- Thanks!
And a speedometer/odometer to go on Daniel's new bike from Grandma and Grandpa
Pausma.
And his new bike -- he really had outgrown the 16-inch bike he got for his 3rd birthday. Happy birthday to our dear son!
7 years old
6 years old
5 years old
4 years old
3 years old
2 years old
1 year old
birth -- Kids sure do change a lot in their first few years of life!
Well, to celebrate Daniel's 7 birthday this year, he wanted to go bowling. So we headed to the bowling alley with Grandma and Grandpa, Scott met us during his lunch break, and we had a lot of fun bowling with the family. I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but Daniel's style of bowling was the same as the approach he takes in life -- a lot of speed, intensity, and purpose. Technique be darned... from the second he picked up his ball, he wanted to get it down the alley as fast as possible. 
And then there's Calvin... his style of bowling also reflected his personality a bit. Calvin does things at his own speed, in his own time, and with his own style. He would pick the ball up from the rack and sit and hold it in his lap until it was his turn to bowl again. Then, he would meander up to the alley, and slowly push the ball down the lane. There were a few times I thought the ball would stop before it got to the pins. 
The bowling alley's automatic score-keeper also kept track of the ball's mph. This is one of Calvin's faster speeds... several of his balls were in the 1 mph range. 
Keeping with the bowling theme, I made Daniel a bowling lane birthday cake this year.
So nice to get to celebrate a birthday with Grandma and Grandpa!
Yum!
Opening fun new presents -- a kit for making your own bouncy balls -- thanks Aunt Laura and Uncle Aron!
Football cards and $ from Grandma and Grandpa Kostelyk -- Thanks!
And a speedometer/odometer to go on Daniel's new bike from Grandma and Grandpa Pausma. 
And his new bike -- he really had outgrown the 16-inch bike he got for his 3rd birthday. Happy birthday to our dear son!
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