the 4th of July already?

I remember when I was in high school and college, my dad would love to say on the
4th of July.."Well, summer is half over!" We would all look at him with annoyed looks and I think probably mutter"Shush!" But, here we are, the 4th upon us. We are staying here for the 4th. We will be in the Schoolcraft parade, supporting our friend and neighbor, Larry DeShazor who is running for State Representative. We will then have a bbq with the "Deshazor team" and then maybe some friends over. If Matthew can make it, Jeff will take him to the fireworks. It should be busy but a fun weekend.
This weekend was fun. Jeff's sister Jenny came into town with Derek for our niece Allison's birthday party. Jenny,Derek, Kim, Allison and G and G Murphy came over for pizza last night. Today was the big birthday party for Allison. The kids had fun playing with all the kids and of course eating cake. Caroline actually asked to go to bed when we got home. Well, not exactly verbally but she kept laying down so I said "Do you want to go night-night?" and she shook her head yes emphatically and ran to the gate upstairs..cutie! Tommorrow I have my six month check up in GR and then friends of ours from Chicago who are moving to Coldwater are coming in for the night. On Tuesday we are going to attempt taking all the kids to the zoo! We will see how that goes!
S