Fun at The Puyallup Fair 2008!

We did it! We went to the Fair had a great time and didn't lose a kid!

...well not permanently anyway :)

Nofo, Me, Marisela, A.J., Aime, Armand

Sione, Liliana

Nofo Jr., Ayden & Ashten

Future Firefighters???

Left to Right: Nofo Jr., A.J. (in the stroller), Ashten, Liliana,

Sione, Ayden & Marisela (in the stroller)

The kids LOVED the canoe ride!

Here's Nofo Jr. & Ayden, don't they look cozy?

They were actually making room for Ashten to hop in

and the guy who was in charge sent them off without him... Oops!

Here he is! Ashten got to ride with Liliana!

say CHEESE!

Here's Sione (john) all by himself... just chillin like a villian :)

We had the best time on Saturday, it was our very first time at the Puyallup fair, and I think the crowd was pretty reasonable. There were a lot of people but not too many, comparatively speaking anyway, the fair in Sacramento, Ca. is always unreasonably jam packed with people.

So I thought this was nice. The kids had a great time, we lost one for a minute, it was Ashten, but everyone stayed calm (KUDO's Aime, I wouldv'e lost it) and we found him just fine!

My favorite part was the train ride and the kids loved every ride they went on! We caught a puppet show, some mutton bustin, even a hypnotist show (which was hilarious). I have to say I would do it again every weekend until it's over, but it's kinda pricey when you got a million kids!

I guess we'll just have to wait for next year!

Thanks to the Nicolas Family for going with we had a great time!

Happy Birthday Sione & Liliana!

Nofo firing up the grill!

The first to arrive were Wes & Kristin, so we let the kids open their gifts since they weren't going to be there the whole afternoon.

John's (sione) toy was awesome, the kids played with it all afternoon!

Look at all that excitement! I'm pretty sure she's thinking "Holy cow, HANNAH MONTANA"

Red light, Green light!

Musical Mats!

left to right: Landon, Gabe & Luisa

Wes was all tired out from playing with the kids.

The Cakes & Presents!
The bbq had a rough start but turned out fantastic
We got to the park around ten in the morning, only to find that there were no tables left! I could've reserved an area but wasn't sure how big it should be, plus I really thought that there would be plenty of tables floating around the park, big mistake :)

We had to send my father in-law to get tables and it took a little while. When our tables got there, we all got to eat and the food was really good, thanks to that good looking chef :)

Close to the end of the party we did the Pinata! Boy oh boy that thing was sturdy. All the kids got their chance at it, most Pinata's bust open after a few kids hit it, not this one, each kid got to take two turns! That was a finely crafted Mexican Pinata that only cost me $18 and we sure got our money's worth just ask all the kids! They all loved it! Little Ashten (Aimee's son) was a little nervous the first time around, I think he was probably wondering why we would give him a stick and tell him to beat something til it burst' open! I tell ya what though, that boy needs to play baseball, he's got a swing on 'em like nobody knows :)

All in all the day was great! The kids got to swim, play and see some friends, I was a little stressed out in the morning but by the end of the day, knowing how happy my kids were made it all worth it! And all though I said I would never do it again, I think I would!
Thank You Everyone!

THE PINATA

SIONE

LILIANANOFO JR (BOOGEY)MARISELA (TADA)

THANKS FOR THE PICTURES

KRISTIN & AIME