A wonderful weekend

Yes, it was great to have Mark and Tamara up from Sante Fe! They brought a friend, Katisa, (Kate in English) who is in the same Master's program as Mark. She is from Macedonia! So, I'd like you all to find it on the map, and tell me where it is! It sure is different from where it was in Bible times. So please comment! :)I guess we celebrated Victoria Day with all you Canadians! Mark and Tamara leave at noon, today, so that's what makes the weekend special. Next weekend is Memorial Day, the biggie here in the US. (GO! Heidi!)Yesterday was Kaden's first B'day party, even tho his B'day was Tues., the 17th. It was fun to see him dig into his cake, the cookie that Cookie Monster loves! The kids had to put his hands into the cake to get a taste of it, then away he went! I'll post some of the pics.The older kids played volleyball for quite awhile. It was good to have all our fam together! The Kastendiecks were in CO Sprgs. for one of Jenn's brother's softball games, so they missed it. :( Three of Jenn's older siblings were there, tho. Wade got a video of most of it.It was over 90 degrees here on Sat!! We got hot watching the homeschool softball tournament! But Arls was on the team that won! Ernie was a good score-keeper. Sunday afternoon, Tamara and I took Kate to the Black Canyon. It was great to see how impressed she was.On Friday nite, when we were all relaxing here after the kids got here, Keagan was talking to Kate (Date in his vocab!), and asked her if she was tired. She said, "Yes". He asked "Why are you tired? You didn't do anything today." She got a kick out of that! He's pretty clear in his speech, except for his 'k, g, and c's'! It's fun. I'm Dama!Well, have a great week, and HAPPY B'DAY, CHERIE!