Church Carnival

In Steve's parents' stake, they had a fun little carnival. Kiana was in Montana with her grandparents, and so I thought it would be fun for Maile and me to go. She had a blast. They had food, a DJ that people were dancing with the music, bounce houses, fishing, puzzles, archery, relay races, and more.

Of course, her favorite was the bounce houses.

They would let the big kids in and then the small kids. It was so much easier for her that way. I think she would have had more fun with her sister, but she did okay.

Then she went fishing. They had a little kiddie pool set up with hundreds of small goldfish and you just tried to catch them with your hands. Maile was scared at first, but she got in there and did it. When the fish would tickle her hand she would let go. She got one fish for her and one to take home for sister. Kiana was so excited (Maile had told her about it on the phone), it was the only thing she could talk about and the first thing she wanted to see when she got home. Sadly, at her birthday party someone had dropped some salad dressing into the bowl and they both died the next morning. Our luck with fish isn't so hot, though we have had frogs for well over a year now!

Maile also got her face painted. She choose this cute little flower and proudly wore it. She didn't want me to take it off for nap time.Sh was totally engrossed with watching the girls do line dances and other things. They would jump up on the table to do songs like "YMCA" and she would just watch. Not much eating happened. I think that we were able to keep her mind off sister being gone for a few minutes, and we managed to have some fun!!