Flying the Kite

It was finally almost warm enough to be outside again on Saturday. We packed up our kites, called some friends, and headed for the park. We had a great time - it was quite windy, and really made it fun to fly the kites. On Andy's first attempt with the big one, a strong gust of wind caught the kite and it drug him head over heels and rolling sideways about 50 yards. Needless to say, he was a little sore after that one. The wind calmed down after that episode.

Silas' girlfriend, Mollie, flying the kite. (Sorry for the bad picture - I didn't realize the camera was set to full manual. Oops.)






















One of our great friends, Esther, standing with Rachel and Christopher, watching the kite-flying. Esther graduated from RVA, and her husband Josh works with Andy. We had never met previously. Crazy small world!
















Josh tackles the task of controlling the kite in the wind.






















Esther's turn. She and I enjoyed the smaller kite - it didn't drag us anywhere, and it was more fun to zip across the sky and do tricks.
















The littlest kite-flyer. Christopher LOVED watching the kites in the sky, but he was really enthused when he actually got to help Mommy fly it.