KIDFEST JULY 2008

We survived kidfest 2008...Yeah! Starting Thursday night we had at least one kid with us until Saturday night. Our nephew Nathan started off kidfest and stayed with us until Saturday. When he heard Rich was going to play Wii Mario Kart with Doug (Rich's brother) who lives in Oregon he wanted to play too. Thursday night Rich called Doug and arranged to play Mario Kart over the internet. Rich, Doug, Nathan, and our other nephew Ian played Mario Kart for about a hour together. They had fun and I enjoyed watching them race.

On Friday Nathan was still visiting and we were joined by a few more. Our two nieces, Bella and Lily, and our nephew Kobie hung out with us for a while, so their parents could go to the temple. I was alone with all four kids for a little over a hour before Rich showed up. I have to admit I was a little nervous being alone with all of them, but it was fine and everyone had a good time. Lily the youngest loved Luca and Mo. She wanted to play with both of them. Bella and Kobie had fun feeding Mo pumpkin flowers. When Dave and Jessica got back from the temple we all went out to eat at Superb Burger (one of our favorite local burger joints). We had a nice meal and the kids were able to have fun because nobody else was in the restaurant.

On Saturday Nathan was joined by his sister Rachel while their mom went to the temple. Nathan and Rachel played some Lego Star Wars and Metroid for a little while. We then went in the backyard to cool down in our swimming pool (kiddie pool). The kids had a lot of fun walking around and around to make a whirlpool with Rich. They also loved having Luca in the pool. After drying off we went back inside to play, what else, the Wii. We played Mario Party 8 until Sherrie came to pick up Rachel and Nathan.

Saturday night Rich and I relaxed!! We were pretty tired and enjoyed the peace and quiet. We treated ourselves to pizza and watched Monk season 6 on DVD. It was great to spend time with our nieces and nephews. We appreciate the great amount of energy their parents must have to keep up with them. They are all wonderful kids and we love them very much. And to the rest of our nieces and nephews that we haven't seen in a while...we love you too.