Just relaxing

June 12, 2008

Happy birthday, Kaye! (I know it will be after your birthday by the time you read this, but we are thinking about you.)

Today was a rest and play day. Becky and Katie actually slept through most of the night, and the other two kids and I got a fair amount of sleep. I was up at about 3:30 when Katie woke me up (of course, she fell back asleep, but I didn’t), and Alex and Zac got up around 5. We went for an early morning walk so we wouldn’t wake up the rest of the house. Our friends live in a picture-perfect little valley, and their house is terraced into one side of the hills that surrounds the valley. One of the pictures from yesterday is the view from their front porch. I’ll post a picture of the house when I have the camera on the other side of the valley sometime.

Anyway, the kids got a chance to play a lot today. Memo and Maria have their house all set up for grandkids with swings, a sand box, etc. Their daughter Noemi came over with her two kids, Moria (age 5) and Ezra (age 2). Noemi is also almost ready to have her third baby; the due date was originally supposed to be in early July, but she’s been early with first two so she’s confident that she won’t have to miss any of her brother’s wedding celebration.

Maria, of course, made a huge lunch. The kids all played together for a while, and then we went over to Franco and Emily’s house. Since they lived in the California for three years all of their kids speak English so the kids get along great. They have a 15-year old daughter named Ashley, a 11-year old son Joshua, a 9-year old daughter Marie (2 months younger than Alex) and a 5-year old son Benjamin. The kids played at a park for a while, and then we all had another huge dinner at Maria’s house. I’m afraid that I will probably be gaining some weight on this trip.