Wii

My nephew, Scott, is on leave. He's in the Air Force and stationed in England right now. It's been about two years since I've seen him, and he's doing very well.

His official home address is still Florida, so he flew into Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. He got a ride to Orlando, where he once upon a time attended the University of Central Florida. A few of his buddies are still in school there.

Scott's younger sister, Jessica, is a junior at the University of Florida, so she drove to Orlando to pick him up and bring him back to Columbus. It's his first time seeing his new home. At least the house where his parents now live!

Because Cheryl's sister's school is on spring break right now, she and her husband and one of their kids came to Columbus, too.

It was a full house here in the Fred and Cheryl Okamoto home this weekend.

My sister, Dorothy, who lives in Charleston, is here, too. She brought our great-nephew, Elijah, with her. He's 4 and he's the cutest boy alive. We're just a little bit biased there!

Dorothy brought a "family present" with her. A Wii console that will live here at Fred's house. It came with a game where you can bowl and play tennis, baseball and golf.

Scott went out and bought the Rock Band game. It's not in a version for Wii, but Cheryl's twin nephews, Adam and Aaron Wilder, have a 360 game console. So Scott bought it in that version. The boys got their console and brought it over to Fred's.

So last night, the whole family became rock stars. At one point, Jessica was on the guitar, Adam was on the drums and Joey was singing. It was so funny I was crying.

After we left, we heard that Fred was singing, with Jess on drums and Dena (the twins' mother) on guitar.

Today, I bought the "Cooking Mama" game. Elijah was "cooking," competing against Adam.

You know those commercials for Wii? It really does make families get together to play.

It really is a fun time for those playing and the rest of us who are watching!