Visitors...A picnic @ KOA in Kent

Wednesday night we were getting ready to go camping... There was an unheard message on Greg's phone. We listened to it, and it said that Grandpa Smith was going to be in town the next day @ the KOA in Kent and that they were going to eat a dinner. Some of the cousins and a few of his nieces would be there. So, we postponed our camping trip until after the 4th... Which was a good thing because we were able to scope out our campsite instead of booking online blindly.

It was really great to get to see everyone... The dinner was great! Hamburgers grilled to perfection! Unfortunately the hot dogs were too frozen to even begin to grill... They tried to break them apart, but they were just to solid. We had pasta salad, chips and dip, salad, brownies, and few others. I think the funniest part of the whole night was when the picnic table almost tipped over on us...
There were three of us sitting on one side and one person on the other... The ground must have been somewhat uneven because when the one person got up, the whole table started to flip... I think I screamed louder than anyone (which was kind of embarrassing). We all grabbed on to the table and someone sat on the other side again... Disaster averted!
The kids had a great time playing at the park. They had a giant checkers and chess board. The boys made up their own version of the game. Of coarse Nicholas always seemed to be the winner...Occasionally he would let William knock out one of his pieces. Hailey's favorite part was swinging and playing in the dirt.
It was really great to get to know some of the cousins a little better. We plan on getting together soon. Especially, since they live a lot closer than we thought. They live right across the street from one of our favorite summer spots... Gene Coulon Beach.
William seemed to take to abby quite well...

Boogaboo!!

Kindergarden Graduation

A surprise treat to ride in for graduation... Our neighbor Logan drove 10 kids to and from the graduation. All the kids looking great in their little suits and dresses.


We were all standing around waiting for the kindergardner graduates to finish getting ready... One of the dad's said, "I'm just worried about Nick! He's already asking the girls how he looks in his clothes." I had to laugh at that... It was exciting watching the kids get ready for graduation. They were so excited to get to ride in a limo! Some of the parents were talking about how this was an early picture of what prom was going to be like. I didn't want to think about that... That is still so far away!
Inside the limo... They had a blast with all their friends laughing and making lots of noise. Nick said the best part of riding in the limo was... getting to listen to music.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a good picture during the graduation. It was in the gym and the lighting wasn't that great. It was a great program. They sang a few songs. My favorite was the kindergarden song... I tried to have Nick recite it for me later, but he said he didn't remember all of it.
Here is a few of his friends... Dylan, Tera, and Riley. This was his classroom and his assigned seat through out the year.
This was his wonderful teacher Mrs.Udstuen. She did a great job with all the kids this year. She also did a great job with the graduation program. Congratulations Nicholas!! You will soon be a first grader... His words "Only three months until first grade...I can handle that!"