weekly recap

Friday,for the start of the holiday weekend, Dean took off of work to help out since I was still in pain from my foot.   That evening we attended an appreciation party for the tech team members at church, which was a lot of fun!   Around 4 a.m. that night/next morning, our friends from Balto. arrived for a visit.   We spent the next day hanging out and on Saturday evening we, the adults and Zeke(since he threw up right before we left), went to the drive in to see Indiana jones and Iron Man.   It was a lot of fun, highlights included the van’s battery dieing and Caroline and Mike getting stuck for a good amount of time at the snack bar because they lost their order!!   Sunday we went to church then in the afternoon had a houseful of people, including lots of kids, for a game day.    We got to bed late again so we let our friends sleep in on Monday morning while we took the kids out to the local memorial day parade in which Caleb got to ride in the back of a pickup truck in w/ his baseball team.     We took the rest of the day pretty easily and relaxed while the kiddos played outside.   It rained some but cleared up enough to eat dinner out on the deck.  This morning Dean went to the last awards assembly for Caleb’s first grade year of school where he received two awards.   We had a lazy early afternoon but after naps and school let out we went to the butterfly show then drove to nearby Ky. to a skyline chili so our friends could experience it for the first time!   we then headed back towards home and the “root beer stand” for dessert before heading home to tuck the kiddos in bed.  Since then Dean and I have worked on laundry and our friends started playing some board games which we plan to join after prepping lunches for tomorrow’s trip to Kings Island!!   it’s been a great visit and reminds me how much we miss our friends in MD.    It’s  a shame Mike just got a job in D.C.!!   oh well, I guess being a military doctor is a good decision! (lots of great pics on my Flickr account!!)