The younger four

Well, almost. Technically A4 is younger than Zach, but he's here and she lives out east.

So...today I spent time with my younger four nieces and nephews. This morning I headed north to see Jake & Ava. Jake had his last soccer game and being the lame aunt I am I hadn't seen a one until today. Despite the temperatures it was a lot of fun to see the 5-year-olds out running around and trying to kick the ball. They did score, which surprised me, and Jake's team technically won.

After that Mom(she came along too) and I headed to the house to play with the kids for awhile and hang with K&J. It was a great time to see them again. And J and I agreed to run a 5K together next Saturday. God willing, it won't be as cold.

Then Mom had to go into work so I dropped her off at home and headed home. I picked up a few things and headed to Target to buy season 8 of CSI. Then down to L&R's to see Zach and Emmy.

L&R got a new flat screen TV and entertainment center (not the one L wanted, according to Zach) and so they have a 19" available for me if I want it. (I have a 13" from 1993 - there's is 19" from 1989 or 1986). So I headed down to pick it up and attend the church bazaar they had going.

I walked in the door and Zach says, "It's so nice to see you again." L & I exchanged a surprised look and I said, "It's a pleasure to see you again, nephew." What an odd child sometimes. He's such a good kid and often comes up with these things that I just don't expect.

But the kids were excited to see me and had a whole slew of plans for me...beginning with challenging me to several games on Wii.

Now, I've never played Wii before (I know, I'm so behind the times) so this was a challenge. We played baseball, Guitar Hero, fishing, tennis, some weird farmyard race (which was hysterical when I took on Emmy) and various other ones I can't remember. We had a blast though and were laughing so hard.

The bazaar was good - a typical Lutheran, farming community bazaar complete with full meal of lots of salads and mashed potatoes, turkey and pie. It was a good meal, though very starchy and carby for me.

We got home and played some more Wii and Zach played his trombone for me. For only learning about 6 weeks, he's doing great.

It was a great time today. I miss my nieces and nephews. I really need to see them more often, though I will say I get to see them more now than I did. Now I just need to get out East and see the other four.