Sunday, October 20, 2013

KOA

We took our annual trip to KAO this weekend and it was a blast!  There was lots of build up waiting for this weekend and we pulled the kids out a bit early from school to avoid traffic and we got there nice and early Friday afternoon.  We unpacked and decorated the cabin for Halloween.  Reggie and Kayla were great helpers with the decorations!  
These cabins are very small, but we managed to pack 6 kids and 4 adults in and it went shockingly well (probably because we were only there for mealtime and sleeping) :o). We spent some time admiring all the decorations....the kids spent many hours on the jumpy pillow, some time riding scooters and this year the pool was heated, so swimming was really enjoyable.  Reggie even decided he wanted to brave the haunted house!  He held my hand tightly, but didn't freak out.
People get very creative with their costumes and it was really fun to see all the different ideas.  Minions were definitely the hot pick this year and since there wasn't really a great costume to buy, it was very interesting to see how people made their costumes.  Everyone was very impressed with Reggie/Ryan/Grandma's work on Reggie's and K's costumes.  Trick-or-treating is always fun for the adults....jello shots/hard lemonade...you get the idea! We made some new friends that Brian works with and Ainsley loved their 12 year old daughter Morgan and Reggie slowly warmed up to their son.  The football was a good thing to bring this year (Reggie's new favorite activity!!!) and even the girls were having a good time throwing and catching.  Three more families joined us during the day and it was a mess of adults and kids, but somehow everyone was accounted for and fed :o).  The weather was great and company lots of fun and we couldn't have asked for a better weekend!
Morgan, Ainsley and Daniella:
Video of the jumpy pillow



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