KINGSTON — Peggy and John Nord were with their grandson Tristan at the Kingston ferry terminal the morning of March 28, waiting for Tristan’s parents.

But the parents missed their ferry on the other side of Puget Sound. That was OK, however. There was plenty to do at neighboring Mike Wallace Park, where a bevy of kites were soaring through the Kingston sky.

“I didn’t know they were doing this until I actually saw it on Facebook,” Peggy Nord said. “I thought, ‘Oh, that’s interesting.'”

The annual Kites over Kingston Festival, sponsored by Windermere Real Estate, took place March 28.

There, people flocked to enjoy the breeze with colorful kites.

The parents missing their ferry gave the grandparents more time to spend at the festival with Tristan. Nord said they would “definitely” return to the festival in the future.

The Nords weren’t the only ones flying kites that day.

“The weather’s perfect and we got these kites,” said Mark Wiser at the festival. “We’re going to have fun today.”

Wiser and his wife were visiting family in the area and were told about the festival over Facebook by Wiser’s son-in-law.

“We thought this’ll be a fun thing to do,” Wiser said.

Wiser and his wife attended the festival with their grandson Will Fitch, who got his very own kite from the station helmed by the Washington Kite Flyer Association, where they were making kites for kids for free.

The festival took place at Mike Wallace Park near the Kingston ferry terminal from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aside from the free, kite-making booth, there was also a food stand, face-painting booth and music.

“(It’s) just a fun, community activity,” said Deanna Gemmer, there with her daughters. “Why did we come today? To fly a kite … to try to fly a kite.”

The weather was, for the most part, perfect for the festival, though there were periods with little-to-no wind. Many children tried getting around that by running as fast as they could with their kites trailing behind them.

“It’s pretty fun,” Stephanie Cannon said. “The kids are having a blast and there’s lots of little, fun activities.”

Cannon said her favorite part of the festival was trying to fly the kites.

“I think the appeal is it’s just a fun event, because it involves the whole family,” said Linda Henry, with Windemere.

“We kind of do the same thing each year…I think it all works together. For me, I think my favorite part is it’s really a family-oriented event.”

Allyson Dirik came with her husband Cagdas and her two-year-old daughter Rayna.

“It’s exactly what it said it was going to be: music and entertainment and kites, and the weather’s nice,” Dirik said.

The Diriks just recently moved to the area. They decided to come because their daughter “loves kites and other kids and music.”

“It sounded like a good fit,” Dirik said.

Kathleen Hadley and her family come to the festival every year.

“We always try to get a kite up,” Hadley said.

“This was fun. This year, we made a kite, which was really fun. We’ll come back for sure.”