This past week was the annual GM summer shutdown, so with no plans, what is a boy to do? Spend a week at his parents of course. Everything went great except for the fact that I happened to come home without my glasses. I stopped by Ben Kaminskys parents on the way back to Detroit and they happened to have a jet ski out on the lake. Well you just can't leave a jet ski sit around and not be used can you? In my mind I had every intention of just taking it out on a nice leisurely cruise around the lake, so I happened to leave my glasses on. Well after a couple of minutes of innocent cruising, I decided to push things a little bit. Bad call on my part. I try putting the thing sideways, it catches on the water and I go flying off at about 25 miles an hour. I hit the water so hard that even my life jacket comes half way off, and surprise, surprise, my glasses are no where to be found. Not a huge deal, besides the hassle of getting a new pair this week and luckily I had some spare contacts laying around, and I'm a little sore. Back to the rest of the vacation. I managed to see a good number of people and relatives, but it never seems like there is enough time to see everybody. One of the "highlights" of the week was seeing the worlds largest wooden peg barn. Its this huge barn that was built over by Elkhart to be somewhat of an farmers market/Amish goods store. It was somewhat interesting but I still don't understand peoples fascination with this kind of stuff. Another highlight of the week was spending some time out with the LeCount and Moore family at lake Wawasee. There are now three LeCount small ones and they are absolutely adorable. Pictured is Grandma Terry with her grandson Fisher.

We also worked a bit on the house last week. I now have a blue kitchen! Its not finished yet, as I still have all the trim to paint and the cabinets will eventually get painted white, and I'll install new counter tops, but I'm quite happy with the look. Its pretty strong, but I think it fits my style well. Its also been nice having some extra painters around. Ben's wife moved in with us
about 3 weeks ago, and I now have two live in guest, until they sell there house in Alabama or they get sick of me, whichever may come first. I've also started a little patio area in my backyard, although it severely needs some landscaping. It has become a nice little refuge in that its behind my garage and can't be seen from the sidewalk or road.