Quick Summary

We had a faboo Fourth of July weekend, doing everything that makes summertime great for kids. Diane and Derek came in Friday night with their girls, and we had an awesome time together! We took the kids to Jungle Java, the Spray scape park (think giant sprinklers), Chuck E. Cheese's (where a birthday girl can be a kid), went out to dinner (for the adults!), saw the parade in Northville, and walked to the ice cream store together (Cold Stone's - where else?!). On Monday, Jim and I escaped to go see Star Wars Episode III, which was awesome, and the kids played together before they went to bed. In the span of3 full days, the kids got to eat birthday cake, hot dogs, ice cream, pizza, more pizza, and brownies. Now, tell me that isn't a good summer weekend for them.

I know you wouldn't believe we had a great weekend if you heard the other side of the coin first, but I will only say that in spite of leaking, explosive diapers and broken glass (not caused by the diapers in any way, shape, or form), it was a fantastic time with our very dearest friends. And, as we mentioned in regards to the glass: at least it wasn't a deer in our house. This is a true story, folks - they had a deer jump through their front window and create havoc and wreckage for 45 minutes one morning while they were out. Caused a h*ll of a lot of damage and left a lot of blood in it's wake. See? The poop and broken glass wasn't that bad. Needless to say, the Ruckers are doing some minor redecorating. We are just ordering a new oven door.

Nothing else to write about right now, except that we are going to sit down and watch the original Star Wars episode so that I can remember the rest of the story - right now, as a matter of fact. We left off last night where Hans Solo and the gang get stuck in the trash compactor - sure hope they make it out!