Yvonne and family came for a visit last week.  They arrived on Tue night (7/19) while the boys were already asleep.  The boys had agreed to have Logan to sleep on the lower bunk in Connor’s room to free up Logan’s room for our visitors.  They both did well sharing the room for a few days.  As soon as Kevin and later Katie woke up on Wednesday morning, all the kids hung out together well.  The kids really did not know each other well, but they warmed up quickly and bonded well.   They talked, watched TV, and later ate the breakfast I made for them while Yvonne and Allen slept in.  Later they migrated upstairs to play games in the bonus room.

    I had taken two days off to keep the boys from camp so we could spend time with the Liangs.  Stuart had to work, therefore he did not go with us during the day.  For Wednesday, the plan was to visit Monterey, possibly ride 4-person bikes and hit the beach at Carmel.  But we started the day a bit late, and changed plan to go have lunch at Phil’s in Moss Landing first.  After a big yummy seafood lunch, the kids could not wait and we just walked to the beach at Moss Landing instead.  Kevin, Logan and Connor were so excited playing with sand and waves.  Katie had fun playing with them, but shortly later she felt too cold and decided to wait in the car with Allen.  Yvonne and I just sat and watched the boys having a blast and getting themselves quite wet.  At some point, we wrapped up our beach outing and changed them into dry clothes.  We initially planned to head to Monterey pier next.  But we ended up stopping by Cannery Row where the kids had the most fun just climbing around the rocks and running at a big grassy area there.  The four of them played for a long time and must have a great exercise.  Afterward everyone lost interest of going to the pier and we decided to drive back near home instead.  We headed to the Asian area to have a Korean dinner and for the Liangs to do some shopping there.

   One big thing to mention was how the kids all bonded well playing Pokemon Go.  The boys had learned about this phone game initially from my work picnic, and once they realized that both Katie and Kevin play with it, the boys became quite obsessed with it.  All four of them played on the phones together in the car or in the restaurants any opportunity they had.  At least they shared well and we did not hear any argument.