Henderson is a suburb filled with parks and homes. It is at a slightly higher elevation than Las Vegas and has many beautiful views of the strip.
And thus while it was an oppressive 104 degrees in Las Vegas today, it was a much cooler and far more refreshing 102 degrees in Henderson.
Welcome to summer in the Las Vegas Valley.
The Stay at Home Mom's Club that Cari organizes met today at the Mission Hills Park so all of our families could enjoy the warm weather...
Cari says that she started the Mom's Club as a way to make friends and create opportunities for our kids to play with other children their own age.
Sometimes, though, I think she started it because being surrounded by a mere 6 children isn't nearly enough for her...
The Mission Hills Park is just one of the incredible number of facilities that characterize the City of Henderson. I had a meeting with the Mayor a few weeks back and he mentioned that this year he finally realized his goal of ensuring that there is a public park within 1 mile of every one of the 250,000 residents of the City of Henderson. That truly is remarkable. This is the greatest system of parks, community centers, and recreation programs that we have ever seen!
The Mission Hills Park is one of those characterized by numerous water activities which the kids just love on a hot day like today. Whether it be using the water canons...
Or just running through the sprays...
Everyone had a grand old time.
As a part of Cari's Mom's Club, they are starting to celebrate the birthdays of any child who happens to be born in that month. In May, this includes our son Kekoa, and Cari's friend Hillary's son David.
On an aside, I must note that we had two Brets, two Davids, and two Zachs at the park today. There is nothing more confusing than calling one of your children only to have another kid show up. Therein is another reason that it's great to have kids named "Kekoa," "Nalani," and "Malia."
Anyway, here are David (not my David, the other David) and Kekoa opening a few of their presents in the park...
Of course, in typical Bicoy fashion, our son Bretty found something else far more interesting than the presents...
And while this was all going on, little Malia found the once full plate of strawberries and decided to help herself...
Of course, at a Mom's Club, you can be sure that lots of moms jumped into action to keep Malia out of trouble...
Okay, maybe "stared into action" is a more appropriate phrase. That's Hillary, Kim and my lovely wife Cari in the picture above.
As any modern parent knows all too well, opening presents is only the beginning of their birthday responsibilities. Packing materials have to be removed. Wire ties need to be untied. Pieces have to be assembled. Stickers placed on the toys. It's a lot of work!
So the birthday boys were told to go play and their presents were put aside to be unpacked later in the air-conditioned comfort of their homes.
We put Kekoa's presents in the stroller and suggested that he go back to play in the water with everyone else.
Here's Kekoa's enthusiastic reaction...
We finally did open one of the boxes for the poor little boy because he just stood next to the stroller staring at the boxes.
Ultimately, though, the 102 degrees and this wonderful park are just another of the many reasons we love living here.
Our children have adjusted very well and have long since realized that Wisconsin summer clothing just doesn't work in the desert...
Well, most of our kids have realized that!
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