bocce bowling

last night we had a little going away BBQ for our friends dan and kelli. they are leaving utah for boise at the end of the week. chris grilled hamburgers on our new "Weber Q" and we enjoyed classic BBQ food {chips, potato salad, baked beans, fruit} brandon and becca brought popsicles for desert--yum. after we had feasted we enjoyed a rousing game of bocce ball. for those of you who haven't yet experienced the thrills of bocce ball you are really missing out. there are four colors of two balls each {perfect for us because we had four couples} there is a smaller "mouse" ball that is thrown and then each team follows by throwing their balls to try and get them closest to the mouse. whoever is closest gets 2 points and the second closest gets one point. we played that the first to 12 wins. quinn and lex were the victors, but after the winning toss we did another toss just for fun. we had to "bowl" our balls through the conrete picnic area and land it on the other side of the grass. it was funny seeing everybody's balls hit the picnic tables and poles to the shade structure. i was lucky enough to get it through the picnic tables and onto the grass on the other side closest to the ball. too bad the "real" game was already over.